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Huge pressures that melt diamonds on planet Neptune determined by Sandia researchers – February 17, 2009
February 17, 2009 • Technique may provide data for NIF nuclear fusion effort ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The enormous pressures needed to melt diamond to slush and then to a completely liquid state have been determined ten times more accurately by Sandia National Laboratories researchers than ever before. As a bonus to science, researchers Marcus...
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Sandia announces executive leadership changes
February 5, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories Director Tom Hunter this week announced changes to the Lab's executive leadership. The changes take effect Feb. 16, 2009.Sandia's top management structure includes three deputy lab directors who report to Hunter. Each overse…
Categories: Operations / Budget

Two Sandia researchers win nation’s most prestigious “early career” awards
January 28, 2009 • Leadership cited in condensed-matter physics, improved simulation methods ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Of eight DOE researchers selected to receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), two were researchers at Sandia National Laboratories. The awards, presented at a White House ceremony in mid-December, are the U.S. government’s most...
Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget
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More chip cores can mean slower supercomputing, Sandia simulation shows
January 12, 2009 • 16 multicores perform barely as well as two for complex applications ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens performance for many complex applications, Sandia simulations have found. A Sandia team simulated key...
Categories: Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Decade of the Mind symposium to be held this week
January 12, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The future of cognitive and neuroscience research will be discussed by leaders in the field at the Jan. 14-15 Decade of the Mind IV Symposium sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories.“Scientific breakthroughs in cognition and neuroscience are at a cr…
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Sandia’s giving tree has many branches
December 22, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ employees have just completed the yearly Employee Caring Program.Sandia broke their giving record. Sandia employees and retirees have pledged $3.738 million to the United Way of Central New Mexico, making it the number on…
Categories: Community / Education

Sandia engineer Cliff Ho wins Discover magazine’s ‘The Future of Energy in 2 Minutes or Less’ contest
December 17, 2008 • Nathaniel Greene, director of Renewable Energy Policy at NRDC and judge for Discover’s contest says on Discover’s website that “I love [Cliff’s] concrete and clear presentation. I thought it did a good job of laying out the different ways we can use solar energy.”
Categories: Climate Security, Energy / Environment / Water, Renewable energy, Space / Astronomy
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