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Sandia helps return firefighting air tankers to service with improved inspection programs

March 27, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The United States Forest Service (USFS) this week re-activated the first two large firefighting tankers using an improved aircraft inspection and certification program designed at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories.

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Sandia director details serious concerns with lab security force, announces corrective measures

March 20, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories President C. Paul Robinson today announced that a recent lab self-assessment and an ongoing investigation have revealed serious concerns about the management of the lab’s security force. He specified actions Sandia has taken...

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Silicon and graphite: a materials match made in battery heaven

March 6, 2003 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., have developed a new class of composite anode materials composed of silicon and graphite that may double the energy storage capacities currently possessed by...

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Three Sandians elected to National Academy of Engineering

February 20, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three Sandia National Laboratories engineers have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE): Al Romig, vice president for Science, Technology, and Partnerships; Jack Jakowatz, manager, Signal Processing and Research; and Jim Asay, a Sandia...

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Los Alamos, Sandia National Laboratories to host Homeland Security Workshop for state, local responders

February 18, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE/LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Center for Homeland Security, in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, is announcing a homeland security workshop for local, state and regional first responders.

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UNM/Sandia center to tackle policy and technology issues linked to international security, strife

February 18, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Officials of the University of New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories, and Lockheed Martin Corporation on Wednesday will sign an agreement that formalizes a unique collaborative initiative to nurture scholarly thought and research on policy issues linked...

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Sandia, Bureau of Reclamation release research strategy for cost-effective water desalination

February 12, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories and the Bureau of Reclamation today announced the release of a research road map to guide future investments necessary to reduce the cost of water desalination.

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Ultralight device analyzes gases immediately

January 23, 2003 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A half-ounce ‘sniffer’ intended to ride on small aerial drones to detect possible gas attacks on cities and military bases has been created by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in partnership with Lockheed Martin Corporation.

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Huge data sets examined interactively yet remotely

December 16, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A surgeon in New York who wants the opinion quickly of a specialist in Los Angeles probably would send medical MRI [magnetic resonance imaging] files as e-mail attachments or make them accessible in Internet drop zones. Unfortunately for patients on operating

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DOE intends to extend Lockheed management contract for Sandia

December 13, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories President and Director C. Paul Robinson said today the Department of Energy’s intent to extend Lockheed Martin Corporation’s management contract for Sandia provides continuity for Sandia and will benefit the nation.

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‘Hot laps’ to become yesterday’s problem

December 4, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Laptops make laps hot, as users of mobile lightweight computers sometimes learn dramatically. And things could get worse: upcoming chips may produce 100 watts per square centimeter — the heat generated by a light bulb — creating the effect of an unpleasantly

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Sandia to host Strategic Indirect Warfare Conference

November 25, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An improved understanding of America’s war on terror both at home and abroad and its impact on our nation are among the goals of the Strategic Indirect Warfare 2002 Conference, Dec. 3-5 at the Albuquerque Marriott Hotel, 2101 Louisiana NE. Hosted by the Department of Energy’s Sandia...

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Sandia’s Salinas code shares Gordon Bell Award

November 25, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ supercomputer program Salinas, which tested out at 1.16 teraflops/sec, shared the prestigious Gordon Bell Award at the SC2002 conference last week in Baltimore.

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Sandia partners with University of New Haven to offer advanced degree program in national security

November 13, 2002 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — College students seeking academic instruction that could help the U.S. win the war on terrorism will soon have an opportunity to learn from the best and the brightest and earn a Masters of Science Degree in National Security and Public Safety to boot.

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Sandia-developed field kit helping nation’s police departments solve real crimes

November 12, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A chemical detection technique developed at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories and licensed to a Colorado Springs company has helped police departments solve at least five real crimes, including four murders, in recent

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Sandia research with new reactor could mean significant savings in the eventual safe transport, storage, disposal of nuclear waste

November 5, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Recent experiments by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Gary Harms and his team are using a new Labs-built reactor to provide benchmarks showing that spent nuclear fuel — uranium that has been used as fuel at a nuclear power plant — is considerably less

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Sandia’s Julia Phillips wins first Horizon Award

October 30, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Julia Phillips, Director of the Physical & Chemical Sciences Center at Sandia National Laboratories, was awarded the US Department of Labor Women’s Bureau’s Horizon Award at a recent New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women Estrella Award ceremony.

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BRAT may assess risks of terrorism, natural disasters to dairies, feedlots, ranches, food packaging

October 30, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — BRAT, a new tool based on the Sandia National Laboratories-developed software RAMPART-GSA, may soon be applied to dairies, feedlots, ranches and food packaging. RAMPART-GSA assesses the risks of terrorism, natural disasters and crime to government buildings

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Sandia National Laboratories and Cray Inc. finalize $90 million contract for new supercomputer

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. and SEATTLE, Wash. — The Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories and Cray Inc. (Nasdaq NM: CRAY) today announced that they have finalized a multiyear contract, valued at approximately $90 million, under which Cray will collaborate with Sandia to dev

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Sandia’s biotech initiative

October 21, 2002 • Sandia’s biotech initiative

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Wide civilian and military distribution expected

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A disposable plastic bag resembling the common kitchen garbage bag, its interior fed by a simple oxygen canister monitored by inexpensive, deceptively simple plastic instruments, has been licensed by the federal government as a tool to heal the sick and the w

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Sandia researcher explores ways to develop ‘smart’ materials that behave like living systems

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine a new “smart” material that can “heal” itself like a living system.

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Sandia researching new way to power small devices using living biological systems

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tomorrow’s sensors, communication devices and other microelectronics technology may be powered by life. That is, powered by glucose obtained from living biological systems, ranging from human skin to plant tissues.

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How Sandia’s bio-microfuel cell works

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The bio-microfuel cell being developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories works similarly to a battery. The main difference is that a battery is a “closed” system; its lifetime is fixed by the amount of reactants packaged inside it. The fuel ...

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Sandia/UNM researching microarray technology for new ways to diagnose, prevent illnesses

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM) are working together to gain a greater understanding of genomics and ultimately to find new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent illnesses.

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