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Newswise: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s El Capitan verified as world's fastest supercomputer
15-Nov-2024 10:00 PM EST
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s El Capitan verified as world's fastest supercomputer
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in collaboration with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Hewlett Packard Enterprise and AMD, have officially unveiled El Capitan as the world's most powerful supercomputer and first exascale system dedicated to national security.

Newswise: Americans Increase Overall Pace of Decarbonization, but State Trends Vary
Released: 28-Oct-2024 1:00 PM EDT
Americans Increase Overall Pace of Decarbonization, but State Trends Vary
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

In 2023, Americans reduced their consumption of electricity and fossil fuels, while increasing consumption of carbon-free energies, according to the most recent energy and carbon flowcharts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Newswise: LLNL Researchers Discover Promising New Treatment to Counteract the Effects of Fentanyl for Overdose Cases
22-Oct-2024 8:00 PM EDT
LLNL Researchers Discover Promising New Treatment to Counteract the Effects of Fentanyl for Overdose Cases
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

A team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers has discovered a promising new treatment to counteract the effects of fentanyl and related opioids.

Newswise: Franklin Miller awarded Livermore’s 2024 John S. Foster Medal
Released: 9-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Franklin Miller awarded Livermore’s 2024 John S. Foster Medal
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director Kim Budil today announced that the 2024 John S. Foster, Jr. Medal is awarded to Franklin Miller, a principal at The Scowcroft Group. The ninth recipient of the prestigious Foster Award, Miller is recognized for his exceptional and inspirational career dedicated to national security, defense policy and international relations. Miller will be honored at a ceremony in Livermore on Oct. 30.

Newswise: Registration available for the 2024 STEM San Joaquin Conference
Released: 4-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Registration available for the 2024 STEM San Joaquin Conference
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The STEM San Joaquin Conference, formerly known as San Joaquin Expanding Your Horizons, invites students grades 6-9 to register for its annual event happening on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the University of the Pacific in Stockton.

Newswise: Lab scientists win three R&D 100 awards
Released: 27-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Lab scientists win three R&D 100 awards
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists and engineers have earned three R&D 100 awards from the trade journal R&D World Magazine. The LLNL awards include a spectral beam combining optic that enables a single, high-power beam with unparalleled compactness and damage resistance; an open-source memory-mapping library with increased power and flexibility; and a user-level file system for high performance computing systems. With this year’s results, the Laboratory has now collected a total of 182 R&D 100 awards since 1978.

Newswise: Bennu samples unveiled
Released: 16-Jul-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Bennu samples unveiled
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists recently received and will analyze samples from the asteroid Bennu that will help explain how it formed and where it came from.

Newswise: LLNL delivers compact dual-band telescope for launch this summer aboard NASA satellite
Released: 2-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT
LLNL delivers compact dual-band telescope for launch this summer aboard NASA satellite
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) space hardware team has delivered a payload for NASA’s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-R (PTD-R) satellite.

Newswise: Groundbreaking LLNL and BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics collaboration announces start of human trials for supercomputing-discovered cancer drug
5-Jun-2024 6:00 PM EDT
Groundbreaking LLNL and BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics collaboration announces start of human trials for supercomputing-discovered cancer drug
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

In a substantial milestone for supercomputing-aided drug design, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics (BridgeBio) today announced clinical trials have begun for a first-in-class medication that targets specific genetic mutations implicated in many types of cancer.

   
Newswise: LLNL debuts trio of systems on new Top500 list of world’s most powerful supercomputers, including El Capitan Early Delivery System
10-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT
LLNL debuts trio of systems on new Top500 list of world’s most powerful supercomputers, including El Capitan Early Delivery System
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Three new systems currently or soon-to-be sited at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on Monday debuted on the latest Top500 list of most powerful supercomputers in the world, including the first portion of the exascale machine El Capitan.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to provide optical payload for upcoming U.S. Space Force mission
Released: 8-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to provide optical payload for upcoming U.S. Space Force mission
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Space Program is now building an optical space domain awareness payload for an upcoming mission by the U.S. Space Force.

Newswise: GUIDE team develops computational approach to redesign antibodies for broader effectiveness against viral pandemics
7-May-2024 6:05 PM EDT
GUIDE team develops computational approach to redesign antibodies for broader effectiveness against viral pandemics
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

In a groundbreaking development for addressing future viral pandemics, a multi-institutional team involving Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers has successfully combined an artificial intelligence-backed platform with supercomputing to redesign and restore the effectiveness of antibodies whose ability to fight viruses has been compromised by viral evolution. The work was published in the journal Nature.

   
Newswise: LLNL Pandora SmallSat mission clears major NASA milestone on the path toward launch
Released: 25-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
LLNL Pandora SmallSat mission clears major NASA milestone on the path toward launch
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Pandora SmallSat mission recently passed NASA’s critical design review, a major milestone for the mission to continue its journey toward launch.

Newswise: Registration open for all LLNL summer education programs
Released: 4-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EST
Registration open for all LLNL summer education programs
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Registration is now open for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s summer education programs.

Newswise: ‘Science on Saturday’ extends into March in Tracy
Released: 29-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
‘Science on Saturday’ extends into March in Tracy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) popular lecture series, “Science on Saturday,” will continue its programming into March at the Grand Theatre Center for the Arts in Tracy.

Newswise: LLNL and Precision Neuroscience collaboration aims to develop next-generation neural implants for neurodegenerative diseases
Released: 13-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
LLNL and Precision Neuroscience collaboration aims to develop next-generation neural implants for neurodegenerative diseases
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has joined forces with Precision Neuroscience Corporation to advance the technology of neural implants for patients suffering from a variety of neurological disorders, including stroke, spinal cord injury and neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS.

   
Newswise: Are shapeshifting “soft machines” in our future? LLNL researchers advance material that responds to light
Released: 12-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Are shapeshifting “soft machines” in our future? LLNL researchers advance material that responds to light
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have furthered a new type of soft material that can change shape in response to light, a discovery that could advance “soft machines” for a variety of fields, from robotics to medicine.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore’s popular Science on Saturday lecture series returns to Las Positas College
Released: 1-Feb-2024 12:30 PM EST
Lawrence Livermore’s popular Science on Saturday lecture series returns to Las Positas College
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) popular lecture series, “Science on Saturday,” returns Feb. 3 and runs through Feb. 24. The series offers four different lectures with the theme, “Magic of Materials.”

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore has received a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2024
Released: 10-Jan-2024 12:30 PM EST
Lawrence Livermore has received a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2024
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2024.

Newswise: New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats
Released: 19-Dec-2023 12:00 PM EST
New nuclear deflection simulations advance planetary defense against asteroid threats
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a modeling tool for assessing the potential use of a nuclear device to defend the planet against catastrophic asteroid impacts.



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