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  var news_data_3045 = "[{"nid":"52826","tid":"796","vid":"newsline_categories","category":null,"name":"Top Story","title":"Visionary LLNL director and national security pioneer Johnny Foster dies at 102","source":"pao","ext_link":null,"pub_date":"April 29, 2025","terms":"936:Nuclear deterrence,796:Top Story","alias":"http:\/\/contenthub.llnl.gov\/\/article\/52826\/visionary-llnl-director-national-security-pioneer-johnny-foster-dies-102","alias_path":"\/article\/52826\/visionary-llnl-director-national-security-pioneer-johnny-foster-dies-102","body_value":"Former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director John S. Foster Jr., a pioneering physicist and nuclear weapon designer who shaped U.S. national security for seven decades, died on April 25 at the age of 102. Known affectionately as \u201cJohnny,\u201d Foster was a towering figure in American science, nuclear strategy and defense, serving as LLNL\u2019s fourth director (1961\u2026","body_mini_value":"Former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director John S. Foster Jr., a pioneering physicist and nuclear weapon designer who\u2026","thumbnail_380_380":"https:\/\/contenthub.llnl.gov\/sites\/contenthub\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_380_380\/public\/2025-04\/External_Foster_875x500_1.jpg?itok=zFYfziYz","crop_thumbnail":"https:\/\/contenthub.llnl.gov\/sites\/contenthub\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_400_225\/public\/2025-04\/External_Foster_875x500_1.jpg?itok=zYCu0RvA","scaled_1140w":"https:\/\/contenthub.llnl.gov\/sites\/contenthub\/files\/styles\/scaled_1140w\/public\/2025-04\/External_Foster_875x500_1.jpg?itok=6O-E5sbb","original":"https:\/\/contenthub.llnl.gov\/sites\/contenthub\/files\/2025-04\/External_Foster_875x500_1.jpg"}]";
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   April 29, 2025 ## [Visionary LLNL director and national security pioneer Johnny Foster dies at 102](https://www.llnl.gov/article/52826/visionary-llnl-director-national-security-pioneer-johnny-foster-dies-102)

  

 





 

 



 





 

 

 


  var news_data_3049 = "[{"nid":"52311","tid":"501","vid":"tags","category":null,"name":"Materials Science","title":"New program aims to fast-track energetic materials education for researchers","source":"pao","ext_link":null,"pub_date":"Feb. 6, 2025","terms":"556:Energetic Materials Center,931:High-Energy-Density Science,501:Materials Science,881:Physical and Life Sciences,836:Strategic Deterrence,796:Top Story","alias":"http:\/\/contenthub.llnl.gov\/\/article\/52311\/new-program-aims-fast-track-energetic-materials-education-researchers","alias_path":"\/article\/52311\/new-program-aims-fast-track-energetic-materials-education-researchers","body_value":"More than 80 physicists, chemists, material scientists and engineers participated in a new educational program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) during 2024, developed and delivered by the Lab\u2019s energetic materials experts. 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   Feb. 6, 2025 ### [New program aims to fast-track energetic materials education for researchers](https://www.llnl.gov/article/52311/new-program-aims-fast-track-energetic-materials-education-researchers)

  



   Jan. 16, 2025 ### [LLNL dedicates El Capitan, ushering in new era in supercomputing for national security](https://www.llnl.gov/article/52336/llnl-dedicates-el-capitan-ushering-new-era-supercomputing-national-security)

  



   Jan. 16, 2025 ### [Three LLNL scientists honored with presidential early-career award](https://www.llnl.gov/article/52426/three-llnl-scientists-honored-presidential-early-career-award)

  

 





 

 



 





 

 

 

 

 

 
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