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2024 News Releases
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Sandia’s economic impact soars to $5.2B in 2024
Sandia National Laboratories made its biggest financial impact ever in 2024, contributing $5.2 billion to the economy.
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New Mexico students create floating future city
Sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, the event is part of a national program that encourages middle school students to imagine, design and build sustainable future cities that are innovative, safe and secure.
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Electron work yields positive outcome for Wei Pan
While Wei Pan spends his days studying negatively charged electrons, he’s positively buzzing with excitement after being elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society this year, recognizing his remarkable contributions to the field.
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Sandia National Labs to announce record-breaking impact in 2024
Sandia National Laboratories has set a new record for its economic impact in 2024, surpassing the previous year by nearly $400 million.
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To prevent an energy crisis, Sandia Labs cofounds new microelectronics research center
Sandia National Laboratories is collaborating with other research institutions to head off a potential future energy crisis that could be driven in part by artificial intelligence.
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Hey! Where’s my qubit?
Vanishing atoms can ruin quantum calculations. Scientists have a new plan to locate leaks.
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New Sandia R&D agreements reach levels not seen in three decades
Sandia National Labs saw the highest number of new R&D agreements in 30 years in fiscal year 2024.
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Sandia study supports superior bits
A recent Sandia analysis of drilling records from the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy aims to provide guidance to the art of selecting the right drill bit for geothermal well drilling, based on location and depth, to reduce drilling costs.
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Sandia’s El Dorado supercomputer ranked 20th fastest in world
Sandia’s new El Dorado supercomputer ranks 20th in the world on the latest Top500 list. The machine is smaller in scale but architecturally identical to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s El Capitan supercomputer, which ranked as the fastest in the world.
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New program aims to BRIDGE gap in solar
Hands-on training. Native American women learn to install photovoltaic panels as part of a collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories.
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Detecting battery failures quicker
Batteries in electric vehicles can fail quickly, sometimes catching fire without much warning. Sandia National Laboratories is working to detect these failures early and provide sufficient warning time to vehicle occupants.
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Middle schoolers set to battle it out on the racetrack
Sandia National Laboratories is once again hosting the annual electric car challenge, bringing together middle schoolers from across New Mexico to showcase their ingenuity and creativity.
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Study asks: Can cell phone signals help land a plane?
Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and The Ohio State University are taking experimental navigation technology to the skies, pioneering a backup system to keep an airplane on course when it cannot rely on global positioning system satellites.
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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.
