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2024 News Releases

  • Sandia tests heat shields for space

    Sandia is testing heat shields for NASA at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility.

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  • Great Minds in STEM recognizes Sandia microgrid engineer

    Darbali-Zamora, an electrical engineer specializing in microgrids with renewable energy resources at Sandia, has been honored with a Luminary Award by Great Minds in STEM.

  • Old ways making way for new

    “They say water is life, and that couldn’t be truer,” said Anne Francis, who has spent her life on the Navajo Nation. A new technology is transforming that struggle into a sustainable solution.

  • Deflecting doom: How Sandia research could save Earth from asteroids

    The most efficient way to prevent potentially dangerous asteroids from damaging or even obliterating Earth may involve a coordinated nuclear response based on extensive prior data, according to Sandia National Laboratories physicist Nathan Moore.

  • Swifter simulations for modern science. All of it

    A good machine-learning algorithm is a powerful research accelerator. Pair it with a computer simulation and it can propel scientists to faster insights about the effects of drugs on cells or the potential of rocket engines to send humankind to Mars and beyond.

  • Work toward a cleaner way to purify critical metals

    A team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories has been pioneering an environmentally friendly method to separate rare-earth elements from watery mixtures. The team’s ultimate goal is to design sponges that selectively absorb one rare earth metal while excluding others.

  • Lighting the way for quantum innovation

    Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona State University, two research powerhouses, are collaborating to push the boundaries of quantum technology and transform large-scale optical systems into compact integrated microsystems.

  • Sandia Science & Technology Park injecting billions into state economy

    A study by the Mid-Region Council of Governments shows that over the last 25 years, businesses located within the Sandia Science & Technology Park paid out $7.7 billion in wages in the five-county region of Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia, Torrance and southern Santa Fe counties.

  • Steadying the hands of time

    Unless clocks are periodically synchronized, drift is just a fact of life. Even super accurate atomic clocks experience drift. Dan Thrasher, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, believes he can create a better one.

  • The mother of all motion sensors

    Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have used silicon photonic microchip components to perform a quantum sensing technique called atom interferometry, the latest milestone toward developing a kind of quantum compass for navigation when GPS signals are unavailable.

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  • Sandia researcher recognized for electrification work with tribal communities

    Sandia National Laboratories Senior Scientist Stan Atcitty has been honored with the A.P. Seethapathy Rural Electrification Excellence Award by the IEEE for his leadership and innovation in the rural electrification of U.S. tribal nations.

    Sandia National Laboratories Senior Scientist Stan Atcitty. center, speaks during a visit to Navajo Technical University on June 30, 2023. Atcitty received an award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his work with tribal nations providing information as to how they can meet their electrical needs

  • Transforming environmental testing one shake at a time

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Testing weapons and components in a lab-controlled environment has always been at the center of Sandia National Laboratories’ mission. Since the U.S. stopped underground explosives tests on weapons in the early 1990s, Sandia has developed other methods to conduct experiments that mimic the range of environments a weapons unit might experience. A […]

  • A FORCEE for good: Growing Sandia’s climate and earth sciences internship

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Summer at Sandia National Laboratories typically means high temperatures, blazing sunlight and campuses filled with bright, eager interns. About 75 of these young innovators have come to Sandia this summer as part of the Future of Research for Climate, Earth and Energy Intern Institute. Another 75 interns participate remotely. The FORCEE institute […]

    Sandia National Laboratories intern Charles Xu tests the pressure of repair coatings on spent nuclear fuel canisters. Xu is an intern in the Future of Research for Climate, Earth and Energy Institute.

  • In-house advanced manufacturing techniques help meet mission needs

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A group at Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it develops custom electronic connectors for weapons systems. The Rapid Development Connectors program is a five-year National Nuclear Security Administration-funded project to build a team and lab space capable of fabricating and delivering functional connectors in less than four weeks. The program’s overall […]

  • Sandia helps Las Positas College manufacture the future

    LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories, with the support of the National Nuclear Security Administration, has donated machinery and attachments to Las Positas College in Livermore, supporting the expansion of a cutting-edge manufacturing program. Those machines will help train the next generation of California students in the art of fabricating new things from raw materials. […]