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Sandia National Laboratories researchers find energy storage “solutions” in MetILs
February 17, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia researchers have developed a new family of liquid salt electrolytes, known as MetILs, that could lead to batteries able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s batteries.[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" capti…
Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering
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MetILs researcher

Anthrax-killing foam proves effective in meth lab cleanup
February 16, 2012 • Sandia’s decontamination foam, developed more than a decade ago and used to decontaminate federal office buildings and mailrooms during the 2001 anthrax attacks, is now being used to decontaminate illegal methamphetamine labs. Mark Tucker, a chemical engineer in Sandia’s Chemical & Biological Systems Dept. and co-creator of the original decontamination...
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Mark Tucker and Intelagard's Decon foam formulation

Sandia tool determines value of solar photovoltaic power systems
January 31, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Consistent appraisals of homes and businesses outfitted with photovoltaic (PV) installations are a real challenge for the nation’s real estate industry, but a new tool developed by Sandia National Laboratories and Solar Power Electric™ and licensed …
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
PV Tool

Sandia’s self-guided bullet prototype can hit target a mile away
January 30, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — Take two Sandia National Laboratories engineers who are hunters, get them talking about the sport and it shouldn’t be surprising when the conversation leads to a patented design for a self-guided bullet that could help war fighters. (Click here for a video showing the prototype’s flight.) Sandia...
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Bullet prototype

Sandia chemists find new material to remove radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel
January 23, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Research by a team of Sandia chemists could impact worldwide efforts to produce clean, safe nuclear energy and reduce radioactive waste. The Sandia researchers have used metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to capture and remove volatile radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel. “This is one of the first attempts to...
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National Nuclear Science Week celebrates nuclear everything from energy to safety to medicine
January 19, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Each day during National Nuclear Science Week, Jan. 23-27, some 250 middle school and high school students will pack the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History for hands-on activities that span the breadth of the nuclear world.They will work o…
Categories: Community / Education, Nuclear Weapons
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Periodic Table

Sandia researchers, UK partners publish groundbreaking work on Criegee intermediates in Science magazine
January 13, 2012 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — In a breakthrough paper (full text/PDF) published in this week’s issue of Science magazine, researchers from Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester and Bristol University report direct measurements of reactions of a gas-…
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Criegee intermediates

Sandia cyber project looks to help IT professionals with complex Domain Name System (DNS) vulnerabilities
January 11, 2012 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories computer scientist Casey Deccio has developed a visualization tool known as DNSViz to help network administrators within the federal government and global IT community better understand Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) a…
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DNSViz
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