S&TR | October/November 2017

The Laboratory in the News

Innovative Problem Solving Strengthens Stockpile Stewardship

Commentary by Charles Verdon

Preserving the Past to Protect the Future

Scientists digitize and analyze mid-20th century atmospheric nuclear test films in support of stockpile stewardship and nuclear weapons science.

Plutonium Isotope Standard Enhances International Safeguards

A 25-year effort to certify a plutonium reference material is nearing completion, and the result will strengthen safeguards worldwide.

Additive Manufacturing Helps Reinvent Nanoporous Materials

Livermore researchers use an innovative three-dimensional printing technique to fabricate specialized foams for a range of applications.

Sudden Changes at Ultrahigh Pressure

Livermore researchers are revealing new physics of material phase transitions by shocking matter at extreme conditions.

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