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# Current Issue June 2026

## **Tsunami Forecasting Goes Exascale**

Livermore researchers and collaborators won the international 2025 Gordon Bell Prize for outstanding achievement in high-performance computing with their innovative tsunami early warning model.

[Feature Article](https://str.llnl.gov/tsunami-forecasting-goes-exascale) [Inside this issue](https://str.llnl.gov/str-june-2026)



 

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## [Microbial Matchmaking for Food Security](https://str.llnl.gov/microbial-matchmaking-food-security)

Lawrence Livermore researchers are applying nitrogen fixation to crop fertilizers to improve food security.



 

 



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## [Exoplanets in Reach](https://str.llnl.gov/exoplanets-reach)

As part of NASA’s Pandora, Lawrence Livermore researchers are studying exoplanets’ atmospheric contents with unprecedented precision.



 

 



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## [Inventing Entrepreneurs](https://str.llnl.gov/inventing-entrepreneurs)

Entrepreneurial skills training through the Laboratory’s Innovation and Partnerships Office supports staff seeking technology market impact.



 

 



 

 



 

## [Big Science, Broad Impact](https://str.llnl.gov/str-june-2026/commentary-big-science-broad-impact)

Commentary by Bronis de Supinski

Chief Technology Officer of Livermore Computing

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