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May 18, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- In the movie "The Matrix," malevolent but intelligent security agents -- personifications of computer programs able to learn -- defend an evil worldwide web.

May 17, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Kentucky are developing enabling technologies for a new thin-film, ultralight deployable mirror that may be the future of space telescopes and surveillance satellites.

April 24, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When a lake freezes over, how do trillions of randomly oriented water molecules know at almost the same time to align themselves into crystalline form? Similarly, when iron becomes magnetized, how do trillions of atoms know to align themselves almost...

April 20, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- In a Hollywood-style biological attack, Bruce Willis or, better yet, George Clooney would be expected to render a killer virus harmless in 90 minutes.

March 30, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Government and business officials responsible for safeguarding their communities or companies against the threat of a terrorist attack now can visit a virtual information booth for advice on ways to improve security against terrorism and provide facilities...

March 26, 2000 • SAN FRANCISCO, CA. -- A powerful new portable chemical analysis device that fits in the palm of a hand is being developed by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and will be presented Sunday, March 26, at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society.

March 17, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Some 275 experts representing the United Nations, NATO, and more than 40 countries will gather in Albuquerque April 14-16 to discuss the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and the technologies required to monitor and control them.

March 16, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An innovative "natural" alternative to cleaning up uranium-contaminated sites is being studied by scientists at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories as a way to replace costly and sometimes ineffective traditional techniques.

March 13, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A Department of Energy research satellite designed and built at Sandia National Laboratories was successfully placed into orbit early Sunday morning, March 12, by a Taurus rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

March 9, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Vandenberg Air Force Base officials today gave the green light for an early Sunday morning, March 12, launch of a Department of Energy research satellite designed and built at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.

March 9, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Team Specialty Products (TSP), an engineering design and new product development company, will break ground for a new building March 16 at 10 a.m. in the Sandia Science and Technology Park, located just outside Kirtland Air Force Base's Eubank Gate. The...

February 29, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and Ford Motor Company have agreed to conduct cooperative technology research and development across a broad variety of areas including manufacturing, materials science, and electronics.

February 22, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- You can't give them to your loved one on Valentine's Day, and they are much too small to be a girl's best friend, but Sandia National Laboratories has created what are believed to be the world's first diamond micromachines.

February 3, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Taking a lesson from nuclear weapons surety, Chris Forsythe and Caren Wenner of the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have come up with a new approach to studying how and why engineered systems fail due to the actions or inaction of humans.

January 25, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Israeli and Palestinian environmental researchers are collaborating and sharing information through a year-old project initiated by the Cooperative Monitoring Center at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories.