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Sandia researchers awarded more than 65 million supercomputing simulation hours by DOE INCITE program
December 9, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Two projects led by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories’ Combustion Research Facility (CRF) and Computer Sciences and Information Systems Center have been awarded 65 million hours on two Department of Energy (DOE) supercomputers through the DOE’s Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program....
Categories: Awards, Computing, Operations / Budget

Building name change at Sandia/California more than just wordplay
December 1, 2010 • New “Applied Biosciences Laboratory” reflects emerging bioresearch mission  LIVERMORE, Calif. — Officials at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore have announced a change in name for one of its laboratory facilities, signaling the lab’s increased attention on bioresearch. The Applied Biosciences Laboratory (ABL) was known as the Chemical and Radiation Detection...
Categories: Operations / Budget
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Registration open for Sandia-sponsored 4th International Conference on Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources
November 19, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Registration is open for the 4th International Conference on the Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources, the premier event for technical discussion of electric integration of new energy resources. Jointly sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, the U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Resources Canada, Public Service Company...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering

Tougher rating system evaluates nine supercomputer capabilities
November 18, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nine supercomputers have been tested, validated and ranked by the new “Graph500” challenge, first introduced this week by an international team led by Sandia National Laboratories. The list of submitters and the order of their finish was released Nov. 17 at the supercomputing conference SC10 meeting in...
Categories: Computing

New standard proposed for supercomputing
November 15, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new supercomputer rating system will be released by an international team led by Sandia National Laboratories at the Supercomputing Conference 2010 in New Orleans on Nov. 17. The rating system, Graph500, tests supercomputers for their skill in analyzing large, graph-based structures that link the huge numbers of...
Categories: Computing
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National Cancer Institute Awards nearly $4M to UNM Cancer Center to support cancer nanotechnology partnership with Sandia Labs
November 9, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The National Cancer Institute recently announced two five-year awards totaling nearly $4 million for a partnership between the University of New Mexico Cancer Center and Sandia National Laboratories. One $1.95 million grant will fund the creation of a joint Cancer Nanotechnology Platform Partnership, and another $1.8 million...
Categories: Awards, Nanotechnology, Operations / Budget

Sawyer to replace Romig as Executive Vice President for Mission Support
November 8, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories Director Paul Hommert announced today that Kimberly Sawyer will replace Al Romig as Sandia’s executive vice president and deputy Laboratories director for Mission Support, effective November 29. Currently, Sawyer serves as the vice president of Technical Operations for Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems & Sensors...
Categories: Operations / Budget
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Sandia computational researchers awarded $2.6 million in grants from DOE Office of Science
October 27, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Four Sandia researchers have been awarded three-year grants totalling $2.6 million from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science to pursue computational research proposals that would help create an exascale computer. An exascale computer would be 1,000 times faster than a petascale computer, the fastest now available,...
Categories: Awards, Computing, Operations / Budget

Sandia Labs wins 3 technology transfer awards for projects, student research
October 14, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has won technology transfer awards for a water disruptor now diffusing improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan, mobile, fuel cell-powered lighting used at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards® and a national institute that teaches students cutting-edge nanoengineering. The winners of the Federal Laboratories Consortium (FLC)...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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Water’s interaction with platinum demands closer examination, Sandia researchers find
October 13, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Basic assumptions about water’s adsorption to platinum do not hold true, Sandia researchers have found. “The way that water molecules prefer to arrange themselves on platinum has always been largely a matter of speculation,” Sandia researcher Peter Feibelman said. Accurate knowledge is important because the first layer of water...
Categories: Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Sandia National Laboratories’ photovoltaic vehicle receives GreenGov Presidential Award
October 11, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories has received White House recognition as one of eight recipients of the 2010 GreenGov Presidential Awards. The awards honor federal agencies and employees who work to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, meet a number of energy, water and waste reduction targets and leverage federal purchasing...
Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget, Renewable energy

Nanoscopic particles resist full encapsulation, Sandia simulations show
October 11, 2010 • Sandia researcher Matt Lane stands before computer simulations of 2-nm. gold particles too small to measure experimentally. The particles aggregate to produce cigar-shaped objects that prefer to sit at the water’s surface. Red represents oxygen, blue  carbon, white hydrogen, yellow the sulfur coating. The gold particles are  not modeled directly....
Categories: Nanotechnology, Science / Technology / Engineering

Rain or shine, Sandia National Laboratories’ researchers find new ways to forecast large photovoltaic power plant output
September 27, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed a new system to monitor how clouds affect large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants. By observing cloud shape, size and movement, the system provides a way for utility companies to predict and prepare for fluctuations in power output due to changes...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Red Sky/Mesa wins Oracle green award
September 22, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Red Sky/Red Mesa, listed by Top500 Supercomputer Sites as the 10th fastest computer in the world, has been selected as one of the 15 winners of Oracle’s Enable the Eco-Enterprise award. “Red Sky/Red Mesa is the most eco-transparent (energy efficient) compute platform Sandia has deployed to date,”...
Categories: Awards, Computing, Operations / Budget

Sandia using pathogen detection technology for understanding algal pond collapse
September 22, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Armed with a pathogen detection technology honed through internal investments, as well as a recent $800K grant secured through the Department of Energy’s Biomass Program, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are tackling algal pond collapse, an issue that may be preventing some companies from producing the amount...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Sandia mourns death of former executive, Hall of Fame inductee
September 19, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — W.J. “Jack” Howard, a former Sandia National Laboratories executive vice president who was a valued national adviser on U.S. nuclear policy, passed away Sept. 13 at the age of 88. During his career, Howard, who lived in Albuquerque, was responsible for the early recognition that U.S. nuclear...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget

Successful integration of biofuels and combustion engines vital for biofuel success, says Sandia-led report
September 15, 2010 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Transportation experts are proposing that the research and development of next-generation biofuels must be done in conjunction with the development of advanced combustion engines if those biofuels are to become a reality and long-term success in the U.S. transportation sector, according to a new report issued by...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy

Sandia Labs’ device helps U.S. troops in Afghanistan disable improvised explosive devices
September 10, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A device developed by Sandia National Laboratories researchers that shoots a blade of water capable of penetrating steel is headed to U.S. troops in Afghanistan to help them disable deadly improvised explosive devices, or IEDs — the No. 1 killer and threat to troops in Afghanistan, according...
Categories: Military / Defense, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Sandia National Laboratories helping to safeguard world’s dangerous biological agents
September 2, 2010 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Safeguarding the world’s most dangerous biological agents has been a top priority for a dedicated group of Sandia scientists for more than a decade, and now, this team is training laboratory leaders from around the world to secure deadly agents such as anthrax and HIV from accidental...
Categories: Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
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