New Research Looks at Process of Magnetic Flux Generation in ICF Implosions

LLNL researchers now have a better understanding of how strong the magnetic fields are during an inertial confinement fusion implosion at NIF.

LLNL Research Chipped into Latest Mobile Phones

The microprocessors at the heart of an increasing number of the world’s newest mobile phones and PCs were made possible in part by LLNL research spanning the last three decades.

Summer Scholar Develops Data-Driven Approaches to Key NIF Diagnostics

Su-Ann Chong’s meticulous organization and impressive work experience made the NIF&PS Summer Scholar an excellent match to work on neutron detection and modeling projects.

Optical Components for World’s Newest Telescope

NIF’s state-of-the-art optical assembly building played a role in the making of the last shipment of optical filters for world’s newest telescope in the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Read more...

Three LLNL Scientists Honored as APS Fellows

NIF&PS physicists Tammy Ma and Tilo Döppner and Physical and Life Sciences physicist Xueqiao Xu have been named 2021 fellows of the American Physical Society. Read more...

Gold Monoliths Lighter Than Air

LLNL researchers collaborated with target fabrication scientists to test storing, transporting, and mounting lighter-than-air gold aerogel “foam’ on targets at NIF.

NIF Featured in New Book Profiling Fusion Energy ‘Star Builders’

The recent experiment that vaulted NIF researchers to the threshold of fusion ignition was particularly exciting for economist Arthur Turrell, whose newly released book, The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet, starts with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a NIF shot.

Lab Garners Five Tech Commercialization Grants

A technology originally conceived as a way to improve the beam quality for NIF’s adaptive optics is one of five LLNL projects to secure DOE Technology Commercialization Fund grants. Read more...