January 26, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories spent close to $1 billion overall on the procurement of goods and services in fiscal year 2011, and small businesses across the nation were awarded more than half those dollars, $540 million or 59 percent, according to the Labs’ latest economic impact report. The...
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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...
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
Developing power-over-fiber communications cable: When total isolation is a good thing
January 18, 2012 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sometimes total electrical isolation is a good thing — and that’s the idea behind a power-over-fiber (PoF) communications cable being developed by engineers at Sandia National Laboratories.It’s common to isolate communications between systems or d…
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering
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-…
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…
Categories: Computing
Topics: computer, cyber security, DNS, DNSSEC, Domain Name System, internet, national labs, network, research, Sandia
Sandia continues long tradition of holiday giving
December 22, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories continues a more than 50-year tradition of generosity with donations of gifts of shoes, toys, gift cards and food. This year, more than 500 children benefitted from Sandia’s longest holiday tradition, Shoes for Kids, which…
Vermont-Sandia Partnership announces Center for Energy Transformation and Innovation
December 13, 2011 • Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Gov. Peter Shumlin and Sandia National Laboratories Vice President Rick Stulen have announced a $15 million, three-year partnership to establish a joint Center for Energy Transformation and Innovation to be housed at the University of Vermont. Researchers at the center will collaborate on research in areas...
Sandia transportation fuels expert says policy makers need to think about practical ways to reach new energy goals
December 8, 2011 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Fortunately, research conducted at Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility, seen here and located on the grounds of the new Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC), can continue to improve engine performance and efficiencies…
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water
Voltage increases up to 25% observed in closely packed nanowires at Sandia Labs
December 7, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — Unexpected voltage increases of up to 25 percent in two barely separated nanowires have been observed at Sandia National Laboratories. Designers of next-generation devices using nanowires to deliver electric currents — including telephones, handheld computers, batteries and certain solar arrays — may need to make allowances for...
Categories: Nanotechnology
Sandia webinar to discuss real estate appraisals for photovoltaic installations
December 1, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Finding a way to appraise residential and commercial properties with photovoltaic installations is a growing challenge facing the nation’s real estate industry. As more homes and businesses turn to solar PV power, the need grows for ways to fairly ass…
Categories: Media advisories, Renewable energy
Rankings released for supercomputers doing “big data”
November 15, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—The list of supercomputers entered in the Graph500 competition now features 50 competitors, up from nine in its initial release a year ago, said Sandia National Laboratories researcher Richard Murphy, chair of the Graph500 steering committee. New rankings were released Tuesday in Seattle at SC2011, the international conference for...
Categories: Computing, Operations / Budget
Sandia’s Annular Core Research Reactor conducts 10,000th operation
October 31, 2011 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250"] A group of spectators gathers at the ACRR for its 10,000th operation. The shot was videostreamed live to a nearby auditorium to accommodate more than 150 onlookers. The ACRR has been in operation for more than 32 years at Sandia…
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Nonproliferation, Science / Technology / Engineering
Sandia/California SHARE campaign exceeds goal, pledges $266,750 to regional charities
October 27, 2011 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Exceeding their stated goal by more than $10,000, employees at Sandia National Laboratories/California in Livermore pledged more than $266,750 to local and regional charities this year through the Labs’ annual Sandia Helps and Reaches Everyone (SHARE)…
Categories: Operations / Budget
High-quality white light produced by four-color laser source
October 26, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The human eye is as comfortable with white light generated by diode lasers as with that produced by increasingly popular light-emitting diodes (LEDs), according to tests conceived at Sandia National Laboratories. Both technologies pass electrical current through material to generate light, but the simpler LED emits lights...
Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science
Cyber workshop at Sandia Labs seeks potential responses to cyberattacks
October 25, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Among other dubious achievements, hackers have stolen identities, broken into bank accounts and breached computer systems of military contractors. They could conceivably interrupt water or electricity service to targeted populations. And worse. To solve these problems, Sandia National Laboratories has plans to increase cybersecurity research over the...
Categories: Computing, Homeland security
Sandia wins national awards for cutting water use 30 percent, pursuing other energy savings
October 24, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — Sandia National Laboratories has reduced its water use by 30 percent since 2008 and its energy intensity by more than 8 percent since 2005 in nationally recognized efforts to integrate sustainable planning and design into its operations and facilities. Three projects aimed at decreasing energy and water...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget
Sandia experts available at international conference on electrical energy and storage
October 17, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As our nation moves toward a more robust and flexible electric power grid, energy storage is often cited as the solution to allow greater implementation of renewable and alternative energy sources. Researchers from around the world are gathering in San Diego, Calif., at the Electrical Energy Storage...
Hopes high for revitalized agreement between UNM and Sandia Labs
October 17, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A memorandum of understanding (MOU) of unusual depth and content was signed Sept. 23 by Sandia National Laboratories and executives from the University of New Mexico at the jointly occupied Advanced Material Laboratory on University Boulevard. The growing closeness of two major Albuquerque institutions — often not...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget
Sandia receives award for electronics stewardship
October 6, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has received an award for reducing the environmental impacts of the computers, printers and other office electronics it uses through its fiscal year 2010 electronics stewardship activities. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, which jointly manage...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget
Solar glitter, rescue robot and university partnership earn Sandia technology transfer awards
October 4, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will begin researching how to use glitter-sized photovoltaic cells in utility-scale solar power systems, which eventually could cut the costs of solar panels in half and nearly double their efficiency. Sandia’s work with industry, other labs and universities to improve the design, materials and...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget
Topics: robotics
UNM and Sandia broaden collaboration in science, technology and education
September 22, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On Friday, Sept. 23, Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico and will sign a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) that significantly strengthens collaborative research and development between the two institutions, expanding the opportunities for students to participate in cutting-edge research and preparing them for a...
Categories: Operations / Budget, Technology transfer / Economic Impact
Nearly $1 billion in economic activity in California generated by Sandia National Laboratories in 2010, according to new report
September 14, 2011 • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Sandia National Laboratories generated nearly $1 billion in both direct and indirect economic output in the state of California in 2010. Click on the thumbnail to view the report."][/caption]LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia …
Categories: Operations / Budget
Sandia researchers use wind power expertise to help create U.S. industry for tidal, wave energy production
September 14, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — A dearth of public information, complicated marine environments and even the corrosive effects of bubbles are among the challenges for companies trying to produce energy from river currents, tides and waves, but Sandia National Laboratories is working on solutions. Sandia is helping companies on the frontier of the...
Categories: Awards, Renewable energy
Nanomaterials, nanomedicine lab dedicated at UNM, with help from Sandia
September 9, 2011 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It wasn’t exactly the grand opening of a research megacenter, but the dedication Aug. 23 of the third floor of the University of New Mexico’s Centennial Engineering Center for a lab combining nanotechnology and nanomedicine offered a start-up charm of its own. Maybe Los Alamos National Laboratory...
Categories: Nanotechnology, Operations / Budget
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