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Recent News Releases

  • Quantum Bootcamp

    Sandia National Laboratories and Central New Mexico Community College are partnering to create a training program to bolster the number of quantum technicians in the state.

  • Nuclear deterrence expert picked to lead Sandia’s California site

    Sandia National Laboratories has selected nuclear deterrence expert Toby Townsend to lead its California campus, effective immediately.

    Toby Townsend

  • B61-13 first production unit completed ahead of schedule

    Two technologists at Sandia National Laboratories place the final screws in a B61-13 high-fidelity unit. The first production unit of the B61-13 was completed in May, about a year ahead of schedule.

  • Sandia to help propel US semiconductor manufacturing

    Sandia National Laboratories has joined a new partnership aimed at helping the United States regain its leadership in semiconductor manufacturing.

  • Sandia National Labs helps save taxpayers millions through smarter spending

    Sandia National Laboratories has helped save $439 million for the Department of Energy as part of the Supply Chain Management Center program. That’s more than any other DOE or National Nuclear Security Administration site.

  • Sandia Labs’ new director to discuss outlook and future economic impact

    Laura J. McGill, Sandia National Laboratories’ new director, will meet with members of the media on Wednesday, May 14, to discuss her outlook for the nation’s premier engineering laboratory.

    Laura McGill

  • Sandians prep students for solar high-altitude balloon launch

    Students from three Albuquerque schools are preparing to launch their solar high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere with the help of Sandia National Laboratories volunteers and the nonprofit, Science Heads.

  • Swift IT service with a smile

    Sandia National Laboratories employees can bring an unclassified laptop in the Albuquerque area to one of the two Swift IT Bar locations for in-person assistance.

    A man and a woman stand beside a laptop, looking at a tiny item in the woman's hand.

  • Designing long-duration toxin sensors

    Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have spent the last three years developing an ultra-low-power chemical sensor to detect sarin and other chemical warfare agents or gaseous industrial toxins, aiming to protect the public and warfighters.

    A woman in a blue lab coat grabs a tiny device with tweezers.

  • Sandia’s unique role in nuclear deterrence

    As lead systems integrator, Sandia National Laboratories plays a critical role in nuclear weapons, in close collaboration with our labs, plants and sites.

  • Innovation is motivation

    Hongyou Fan has been named Outstanding Researcher by the Federal Laboratory Consortium for his outstanding innovation and work in tech transfer.

  • Catch me if you can? Check.

    Sandia National Laboratories is helping defend deployed troops and the nation against hypersonic threats.

    FTX-40

  • A surprise contender for cooling computers: lasers

    Minnesota-based startup Maxwell Labs has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico to demonstrate laser-based photonic cooling for computer chips.

    Epitaxy

  • APS students headed to National Science Bowl

    Students from two Albuquerque Public Schools are headed to the 2025 Department of Energy National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C., with some serious bragging rights in hand.

  • Recycling products from the inside out

    What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects.

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