Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists recently obtained high-precision thermodynamic data on warm dense nitrogen at extreme conditions that could lead to a better understanding of the interiors of celestial ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 28, 2022
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In findings that could help advance another "viable pathway" to fusion energy, research led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicists has proven the existence of neutrons produced through thermonuclear reactions ...
Plasma Physics
Mar 7, 2022
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In image compression, a large file that could be cumbersome to store or share loses a small amount of visual information. This "lossiness" largely preserves the image while vastly reducing its file size—and serves as the ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 14, 2022
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A train carrying cargo has finite space. The amount of cargo that can be carried onboard is limited by the size of the cargo and the capacity of the train. Analogously, the amount of time taken up by an optical signal limits ...
Optics & Photonics
Jul 6, 2021
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Scientists at the theoretical institutes, Chinese Academy of Science and Cybermedia Center at Osaka University performed extensive computer simulations to generate and examine random packing of spheres. They show that the ...
General Physics
May 6, 2021
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In inertial confinement fusion (ICF) experiments at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a spherical shell of deuterium-tritium fuel is imploded in an attempt to reach the conditions needed for fusion, self-heating and eventual ...
General Physics
May 3, 2021
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Generating intense ultrashort pulses with high spatial quality has opened up possibilities for ultrafast and strong-field science. It is so important that the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 was given to Dr. Strickland and Dr. ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 19, 2021
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Pyrolyzed plastic ash is worthless, but perhaps not for long.
Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2021
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Results of a new five-year study of recycled concrete show that it performs as well, and in several cases even better, than conventional concrete.
Materials Science
Nov 30, 2020
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Powerful picosecond generators are in demand in various fields of experimental electrophysics to produce ultrashort electron beams and X-ray pulses in vacuum diodes and to form runaway electron flows in gases.
General Physics
Oct 13, 2020
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