2020 has been a year like no other. In spite of the challenges, we can report that our scientists and engineers made advances in all of the Laboratory's areas of expertise. Read more about their resilience and accomplishments.

PIXL is an X-ray spectrometer integrated into the Perseverance rover that began its journey on July 30th. After landing in early 2021, PIXL will measure the microstructure of rocks in search of fossils and evidence of ancient Martian microbial life.

In a recent paper, a CIMU team describes successful experiments to manipulate a solid object with ultrasound beams transmitted through the skin.

Recent findings from ICESat-2 are reported in Science: Pervasive ice sheet loss driven by competing ocean and atmosphere processes.