S&TR | December 2014

The Laboratory in the News

Nothing Conventional about Livermore’s Conventional Weapons Development
Commentary by Anantha Krishnan

Shaking Things Up for the Nation’s Defense
The Laboratory’s work on a successful rocket sled test showcases an efficient approach for developing complex conventional munitions for supersonic aerospace systems.

Working Smarter for a Sustainable Future
By reducing water and energy consumption and adopting clean energy technologies, the Laboratory is working to become a model sustainable enterprise.

Crystals Go under the Microscope
With crystal orientation mapping, researchers can study a material’s microstructure at various scales.

NuSTAR Peers into the Neutron Star Zoo
Scientists are using high-energy x-ray data from NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) to explain the diverse properties of neutron stars.

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