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Americans continue to use more renewable energy sources
Americans used more natural gas, solar panels and wind turbines and less coal to generate electricity in 2012, according to the most recent U.S. energy charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory . Each year, the Laboratory releases energy flow charts that track the nation's consumption of energy resources. Natural gas use is up particularly in the…
High Performance Computing Innovation Center marks second anniversary
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory launched an aggressive initiative to boost American industry's global competitiveness on June 30, 2011, by opening the High Performance Computing Innovation Center (HPCIC) in the Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC). Using expertise acquired through decades of applying HPC to challenges in a broad range of fields, the HPCIC has…
Technology transfer expert to lead Lawrence Livermore's Industrial Partnerships Office
For some people, technology commercialization is an ordinary task of doing paperwork and ensuring the law is followed.But it's much more than that in the view of Richard Rankin, the new leader of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Industrial Partnerships Office (IPO)."One of the hardest parts of the technology commercialization business is picking winners among the…
Veteran overcomes obstacles on path to Engineering internship
(Editor's note: Among an outstanding group of summer students currently at the Lab is an engineering student who has overcome several significant obstacles. Eric Browy was wounded while serving our country in Iraq, and is currently working on a master's degree in optical science and engineering at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. He shares his story about…
LLNL garners 'Best in Class' award from NNSA
The NNSA announced in a press release last week the Pollution Prevention Awards (P2) given to its national laboratories and sites for innovative initiatives. The P2 awards recognize performance in integrating environmental stewardship practices that helps to reduce risk, protect natural resources and enhance site operations. In addition to three awards given to the Lab in…
