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What's up Livermore! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How new LLNL laser tech could reshape high‑power systems worldwide
  • How a Livermore lab's 'diamond rain' experiment could supercharge fusion
  • Why Eric Swalwell's legal troubles are putting Livermore in headlines

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Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Sunday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 94 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Sun through high clouds, temps: high: 88, low: 56.
  • Tuesday: Partial sunshine, with a high of 86 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 3D printing creates ceramic laser waveguides for extreme power transfer (interestingengineering.com) — Cutting-edge laser research happening at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could eventually boost the power and efficiency of systems used in manufacturing and defense, potentially strengthening a key local employer's role in global tech. Scientists there have 3D-printed ceramic laser waveguides that may one day deliver far higher power than today's glass fibers, though much more development is still needed.
   

• LLNL Recreates Neptune's Diamond Rain to Boost Fusion Energy Potential (time.news) — Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore have recreated the extreme "diamond rain" conditions found inside Neptune and Uranus, resolving long-standing questions about how diamond melts under immense pressure. Their precise new data could significantly improve inertial confinement fusion experiments, potentially tripling energy gain and strengthening LLNL's role in the global clean-energy race.
   

• FBI Raids Swalwell Home, Seizes Computers (canyon-news.com) — Residents may notice renewed national attention on Livermore because early reports mistakenly suggested the FBI raided Eric Swalwell's home here while investigating serious sexual assault allegations. Later accounts clarified agents searched his Washington, D.C. residence, but the story still ties the former congressman's legal troubles back to his East Bay roots and long California political career.
   

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Ok Livermore! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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