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Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results
December 21, 2009 • Adventures in microsolar supported by microelectronics and MEMS techniques ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. The tiny cells could turn a person into a walking solar battery charger if they were fastened...
Categories: Nanotechnology, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering
Representative thin crystalline-silicon photovoltaic cells – these are from 14 to 20 microns thick and 0.25 to 1 millimeter across.

Sandia adds water power to clean energy research portfolio
December 18, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories will receive more than $9 million over three years from a Department of Energy competitive laboratory solicitation for the development of advanced water power technologies. Sandia, through a partnership with several national laboratories and academic institutions, will lead two of the four topic areas...
Categories: Awards, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Two Sandia researchers elected AAAS Fellows
December 17, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia researchers Dave Haaland and David Myers have been elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  Election as a Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. Haaland was cited for “distinguished contributions in the area of chemometrics and spectral...
Categories: Operations / Budget

Sandian honored by American Indian organization
November 24, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandra Begay-Campbell, a Sandia National Laboratories engineer and a member of the Navajo Nation, was selected for the prestigious Ely S. Parker Award by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society at an honors banquet Oct. 31 in Portland, Ore. Begay-Campbell, who has worked at Sandia for...
Categories: Awards, Community / Education, Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget
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Sandia engineer Sandra Begay Campbell received the Ely S. Parker award

Why huge bands of iron formed billions of years ago on Earth’s surface
November 19, 2009 • Ironing out a longstanding geological puzzle ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — No one knows why massive formations of banded iron — some ultimately hundreds of kilometers long, like a sleeping giant’s suspenders — mysteriously began precipitating on Earth’s surface about 3.5 billion years ago. Or why, almost 2 billion years later, the...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering
Yifeng Wang holds a piece of banded iron during a visit to an aquarium. Wang and colleagues have proposed an explanation -- published recently in Nature Geoscience -- for the precipitation of banded iron deposits in the planets oceans billions of years ago.

Sandia announces completion of mixed waste landfill cover construction
November 2, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Environmental Restoration Project at Sandia National Laboratories reports the successful construction of an alternative evapotranspirative cover at the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) in September. The 2.6-acre site is located in Technical Area 3 in the west-central part of Kirtland Air Force Base. The protective cover consists...
Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Magnetic mixing creates quite a stir
October 27, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia researchers have developed a process that can mix tiny volumes of liquid, even in complicated spaces. Researchers currently use all types of processes to try and create mixing, with only “mixed” success. “In small devices,” says Sandia materials scientist Jim Martin “people have tried all kinds...
Categories: Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering
KYLE SOLIS (in photo at left), a graduate student intern in Nanomaterials Sciences Dept. 1112, prepares a sample for mixing using a new approach called vortex field mixing, developed by researchers in his organization. (Photo by Randy Montoya)

Turning algae into energy
October 7, 2009 • Project converts dairy wastes to energy, other products ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As part of a project to create alternative sources of energy, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are cultivating green algae that holds promise as a new supply of biofuel. “People have been growing algae for centuries for food supplements...
Categories: Biology, Climate Security, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Transportation
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Sandia receives DoD ‘trusted foundry’ accreditation
September 24, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories’ silicon fabrication facility in Albuquerque, N.M., has been accredited by the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide “trusted foundry” services for both unclassified and classified integrated circuits. The foundry accreditation represents an increase in scope to Sandia’s already-existing accreditation for design services. The accreditation program...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget

Sandia hopping robots to bolster troop capabilities
September 11, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Boston Dynamics, developer of advanced dynamic robots such as BigDog and PETMAN, has been awarded a contract by Sandia to develop the next generation of the Precision Urban Hopper, meaning Sandia‘s hopping robots may soon be in combat. When fully operational, the four-wheeled hopper robots will navigate...
Categories: Awards, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Jon Salton, left, and Steve Buerger put the Precision Urban Hopper through its paces. (Photo by Randy Montoya) Download 300dpi 4.27MB JPEG image (Media are welcome to download/publish this image with related news stories.)

Sandia Labs to highlight evolving national security mission in Washington, D.C., 60th anniversary events
September 11, 2009 • Sandia National Laboratories will hold a media availability Sept. 15 at the National Press Club featuring several of the lab’s technical experts and the National Nuclear Security Administration’s top Defense Programs official, followed by a technical exposition Sept. 16 at the Capitol Visitor Center showcasing state-of-the-art national security technologies. News...
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