A group of Livermore scientists recently founded Phoenix Laser Systems Inc.

The Livermore scientists tried 56 different experiments, adding increasingly high amounts of silicon to the media.

Livermore scientists first suggested using a nuclear reaction as a power source in 1975.

"Strategic defense makes much more sense than ever before," President Bush told Livermore scientists while visiting the laboratory last Wednesday.

Livermore scientists at work on the project began to object to what they viewed as super salesmanship.

First, Livermore scientists discovered that the beam's brightness was far less than they had thought.

Second, Livermore scientists tried to focus the beam to increase its power and brightness.

During their evaluation testing of the warheads in the mid-1970's, Livermore scientists discovered that the chemical explosives had degraded and were emitting an odor.

A report in October 1987 by Livermore scientists said the accidents led designers to exchange the chemical explosive for one less liable to accidental detonation.

The Livermore scientists believed in freedom of information, so nearly everyone who wanted in, got in.