NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Science Breaking Boundaries
Team Science for National Security
For more than 70 years, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has made seemingly impossible innovations a reality through the combination of preeminent science, technology and engineering. Our "team science" approach to problem solving brings together dynamic individuals from many different disciplines to work on big, galvanizing challenges.
While our enduring mission of enabling U.S. security and global stability and resilience largely focuses on nuclear deterrence, that work formed the foundation for myriad breakthroughs including fusion ignition, supercomputing-aided drug design and sophisticated climate modeling.
LLNL Goes Exascale
Computing at LLNL is taking a leap forward with the addition the of El Capitan supercomputer. Projected to be capable of more than two quintillion (1018) calculations per second, El Capitan's unprecedented processing power will enable stockpile stewardship and cement the U.S.'s leadership in complex, high-fidelity modeling and simulation.
See Our Work in Action
LLNL Achieves Fusion Ignition
On Dec. 5, 2022, an LLNL experiment ushered in “The Age of Ignition” with an experiment that produced more energy from a fusion reaction than the energy needed to spark the reaction, a condition known as ignition. Decades in the making, this accomplishment supports our national security mission and demonstrated the scientific basis for inertial fusion energy.
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Explore a Legacy of Innovation
Our commitment to pursuing big ideas is part of our DNA. Learn about LLNL's earliest days and some of the people, programs and events that have shaped our vibrant history.