A collaborative team of researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, General Atomics, and Los Alamos National Laboratory has achieved a major step ...

Simulations still can't predict exactly when an earthquake will happen, but with the incredible processing power of modern ...

Half of the sun's radiant energy falls outside of the visible spectrum. On a cold day, this extra infrared light provides ...

When it comes to alternative power sources, nuclear fusion is still a dream scenario. While using nuclear fusion to create ...

The THOR target, featuring the windows around the hohlraum’s equator. Courtesy LANL LANL NEWS RELEASE A Los Alamos National ...

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Researchers at the National Ignition Facility achieved nuclear fusion ignition with the help of an AI program that ...

In the decades since Project Pluto’s cancellation, the Russians have taken the core idea as their own—and unlike the Americans, do not appear concerned about the ethical quandaries it presents.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in nuclear fusion reached a milestone this month, as AI agents at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) developed a new fusion-target design ...

Jeff Colvin, a research physicist and author of “Avoiding Apocalypse: How Science and Scientists Ended the Cold War,” will give a presentation on the Manhattan Project, the top-secret effort to ...

LLNL announces a new tsunami warning system using the world's fastest supercomputer, El Capitan, for real-time forecasts.

Kim Budil, director at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, was named to Forbes magazine’s 2025 “50 over 50” list, the lab announced Monday. The fifth ...