S&TR | July/August 2013

The Laboratory in the News

Mighty Challenges Call for Computing on a Grand Scale

Commentary by Bruce T. Goodwin

Reaching for New Computational Heights with Sequoia

Energy-efficient computing is driving a new hardware and software paradigm that helps lay the path for exascale computing.

Celebrating the Life and Contributions of Johnny Foster

The Laboratory honored the 90th birthday of one of its greatest leaders.

A Diamond Mystery

Experiments at the world’s largest laser reveal new characteristics of diamond when compressed to extremely high pressures.

Coming Through in a Pinch: Z-Pinch Plasma Heralds Novel Accelerator Designs

Simulations and experiments at Livermore are producing intriguing results on previously not well-understood acceleration mechanisms inside dense plasma focus Z-pinches.

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