Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Coverage of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the Nexus archive.
- World's 1st fusion factory in Livermore aims to be clean energy source for commercial use
The world's first fusion factory in Livermore aims to serve as a clean energy source for commercial use. Fusion energy has transitioned from theory to reality at Livermore-based Inertia at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
- Chinese supercomputer displaces US machines as world’s fastest for first time since 2017
A Chinese supercomputer named LineShine has surpassed U.S. machines to become the world’s most powerful, marking the first time since 2017 that a Chinese system has topped the TOP500 ranking. LineShine, located at China’s National Supercomputing Center, achieved 2.198 exaflops and operates using conventional CPUs rather than GPUs, while the U.S. El Capitan now ranks second.
- Return to the top: China’s LineShine beats US El Capitan in Top500 supercomputer rankings
China's LineShine supercomputer, developed by the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen, reclaimed the world's fastest supercomputer title with 2.198 exaflops, surpassing the US's El Capitan at 1.809 exaflops. The rankings were released at the International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg.
- Kim Budil
Kim Budil, director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discusses changing the pace of scientific research.
- Scientists simulated a nuclear fireball and found a surprise in the fallout
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recreated part of a nuclear fireball to study radioactive fallout formation. Their experiments showed that cooling vaporized materials significantly alters the particles formed, particularly for volatile elements like cesium.