How LLNL launched ‘The Age of Ignition’ at NIF
How did LLNL make history at the National Ignition Facility by achieving fusion ignition on Dec. 5, 2022?
Our special expanded report, The Age of Ignition, explains how this was accomplished, how it helps strengthen national security, and what it means for science and energy.
Jupiter Laser Facility Gets a Reboot
May 21, 2024-
JLF helps to “deliver what we need for stockpile stewardship and Discovery Science,” NIF & Photon Science Principal Associate Director Jeff Wisoff said during the facility’s reopening celebration.
Machine Learning Optimizes High-Power Laser Experiments
May 20, 2024-
LLNL, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology, and Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI ERIC) scientists collaborated on an experiment that used machine learning to optimize performance of the L3-HAPLS laser, which was developed at LLNL.
World’s Most Powerful Supercomputers List
May 13, 2024-
Three new systems currently or soon-to-be sited at LLNL, including one already used to model ICF experiments at NIF, debuted on the latest Top500 list of most powerful supercomputers in the world.
STEM Day Students Tour NIF
April 30, 2024-
LLNL hosted about 200 students and chaperones from the Central Valley for “STEM Day at the Lab,” which included a tour of NIF that was supported by 37 volunteers.
Comic Book Tells the Story of Ignition
April 29, 2024-
LLNL illustrator John Jett used comic book art as another method for explaining how a Lab experiment at NIF made history.
Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day
April 26, 2024-
The NIF and Photon Science directorate has a strong portfolio of lasers and optics patents.
Video: Simulation of Burning Plasma Shot on NIF
April 24, 2024-
What does burning plasma look like? This simulation of a pivotal fusion experiment at NIF is an example of a next-generation multi-physics code that could advance high performance computing and engineering.
Carolyn Albiston: A Modern Renaissance Woman
April 10, 2024-
NIF Shot Data Systems software engineer Carolyn Albiston was curious about everything while growing up—sharks, fungi, the science of color—and about how different topics fit together.
