Big Ideas Lab

Epizodai

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  CODA Telescope 15.09.2026 24min

  The breakthrough wasn’t a new telescope. It was a new way to build one.
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  Science of Scale-Up 01.09.2026 19min

  A scientific breakthrough is only the beginning.
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  NIF Diagnostics 18.08.2026 18min

  Lawrence Livermore turns an event too fast, too hot, and too dense to touch into knowledge.
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  STARMOC 04.08.2026 21min

  The number of objects in orbit is doubling every two years, and the systems built to keep watch still run on formats designed around 1960s punch cards.
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  The Postdoc Journey 30.06.2026 15min

  What happens after a PhD, but before a scientist is fully established?
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  SLAM 16.06.2026 21min

  Scientists from all 17 national laboratories get three minutes to explain years of complex research.
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  The Bennu Asteroid 02.06.2026 17min

  A delivery four and a half billion years in the making.
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  Genesis Mission 19.05.2026 24min

  AI, supercomputing, experiments, and the infrastructure of the national laboratories unite under one mission to accelerate discovery.
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  Skyfall 05.05.2026 16min

  Scientists are simulating cyber attacks and system failures on real-world energy infrastructure.
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  JASPER 21.04.2026 16min

  Scientists at JASPER study one of the most consequential materials on Earth: plutonium.
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  HPC4EI 07.04.2026 20min

  Today’s toughest industrial challenges are being solved without ever touching the factory floor.
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  Energetic Materials 24.03.2026 22min

  How does something explode?
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  Target Fabrication 10.03.2026 14min

  A tiny, precisely engineered object built to withstand the intensity of the world’s highest energy laser system.
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  24 Hour Operations 24.02.2026 11min

  The world’s most demanding science never sleeps.
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  Discovery Science at NIF 10.02.2026 14min

  Researchers and students gain access to the most extreme conditions in the universe.
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  Drones 27.01.2026 15min

  When humans can’t go first, another kind of responder takes the lead.
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  Dark Matter 13.01.2026 18min

  The silent majority of the material universe. Dark matter.
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  Neutrinos 30.12.2025 17min

  Neutrinos are particles that defy expectations.
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  Offsite Assignments 16.12.2025 18min

  Every decision in national security hinges on knowledge, insight, and expertise - some of that expertise starts in a lab in Livermore.
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  Energy Flow Charts 02.12.2025 15min

  Discover the charts that show where America’s power comes from and where it goes.