tomorrow natalia zalzava will be inducted into the woman's hall of fame. her work has repeatedly proven to the world what was once considered impossible is not. >> reporter: at the livermore national laboratory, inside physicist natalia zalzava, inside that sound never stops. >> i've been living with this sounds since 1982. >> reporter: but that's what ground breaking science sounds like. >> you see that's sitting on the platform. >> reporter: inside that liquid are crystals. >> it will grow much faster. >> reporter: they're growing and growing quickly. >> we put in small seeds and crystal starts growing in that solution. >> reporter: it is a science better seen in the dark. >> it produces much more light. >> reporter: but what you don't see is how fast they grow or the technique called rapid crystal growth that was perfected by zaitseva. >> there was no way to grow this crystal by the original technique. >> reporter: but she found out how to make the crystal grow 10 to 100 times faster. her crystals are now being used in a laser. her technique is being us