Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)U.S. Department of EnergyBiography
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a national security laboratory managed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration. The laboratory has approximately 6,300 employees, including term employees and post-doctoral fellows.
LLNL’s mission is to ensure the safety and security of the nation through applied science and technology in the following areas:
- Biosecurity
- Counterterrorism
- Nonproliferation
- Defense
- Energy and Environmental Security
- Intelligence
- Science, Technology and Engineering
- Nuclear Deterrent Weapons
Highlighted capabilities and technologies related to CBRNE include:
- Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry (RIMS)
- Hand-held Isotope Identification
- Easy Livermore Inspection Test for Explosives (ELITE)
- Biomedical Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Instrument
- Screening Cargo Containers for Nuclear Threats
- Batteryless Nanowire Sensor for Chemical Agents
- Integrated WMD Analysis
- Nanolipoprotein (NLP) Anthrax Vaccine
- Nuclear Explosion Monitoring
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Meet Ruby the Supercomputer: Now in Service for COVID-19 and Nuclear Security Research
LLNL COVID-19 researchers have begun using Ruby to compute the molecular docking calculations needed for discovering small molecules capable of binding to protein sites in the structure of SARS-CoV-2 for drug discovery purposes.
Biodefense Archive
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