Brett Livermore

Demonstration of ultrafast disintegration of matter by 2 keV LCLS pulses: The team combined techniques commonly used in solid state physics (Bragg reflection) with techniques from plasma physics (spectroscopy of diffusely-scattered light) to characterize ultrafast heating in graphite.  Credit: LLNLFor the first time, scientists have seen an X-ray-irradiated mineral go to two different states of matter in about 40 femtoseconds (a femtosecond is one quadrillionth of a second).Using the Linac...Read Full Story

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today recommended new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table.Scientists of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)-Dubna collaboration proposed the names as Flerovium for element 114 and Livermorium for element 116.Credit LLNL In June 2011, the IUPAC officially accepted elements 114 and 116 as the heaviest elements, more than 10 years after scientists from the...Read Full Story

By focusing proton beams using high-intensity lasers, a team of scientists have discovered a new way to heat material and create new states of matter in the laboratory.Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Hemoltz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf of Germany; Technische Universitat Darmstadt of Germany, and General Atomics of San Diego unveiled new findings about how proton...Read Full Story

Fusion Experiment Faces New HurdlesLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryInstallation of the National Ignition Facility power-conditioning system at the Lawrence Livermore laboratory in January 2002.By JOHN UPTONPublished: June 24, 2011RECOMMEND TWITTER E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SHARE The world’s most-ambitious nuclear experiments have escalated atLawrence Livermore National Laboratory.A nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization providing local coverage of the San Francisco Bay Area for The New...Read Full Story

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