S&TR | December 2015

The Laboratory in the News

Propelling Our National Security Mission Work

Commentary by Michael Dunning

Smashing Science

Dynamic compression experiments demystify matter’s more extreme states.

Tiny Capsules Trap Big Climate Menace

Livermore scientists are developing a new microcapsule technology to control the capture and release of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Clues to Climate Change in Ocean Salinity

Long-term changes in ocean salinity suggest that precipitation and evaporation in the global water cycle are intensifying.

Elusive Protein Structures Revealed by Advanced Lasers

X-ray free-electron lasers are shedding light on the structure and dynamics of difficult-to-image proteins.

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