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Kinetic careers: Sandia Labs engineers scoop up three national awards

December 9, 2025 • Science can be as dynamic as the researchers who explore it. The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers is recognizing three Sandia National Laboratories engineers who pushed beyond the boundaries of linear research to expand their knowledge and impact across multiple fields.

Categories: Awards

Topics: awards, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories

Not the largest supercomputer, but maybe the most interesting

December 8, 2025 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new kind of supercomputer has arrived at Sandia National Laboratories, and while it’s not the largest in the world, it may be one of the most unconventional.

Categories: Computing

Topics: National Nuclear Security Administration, supercomputer, Vanguard

Quantum computers get a boost from a tiny material tweak

December 3, 2025 • A small, counterintuitive tweak to advanced materials can improve how quantum computers hand off information inside their systems, making them more efficient, reliable and scalable.

Categories: Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Energy Frontier Research Center, quantum information science, semiconductors, µ-ATOMS

Predicting the (un)knowable

November 18, 2025 • Much is still unknown about how quantum computers behave and what they might one day help humans achieve. But a team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a process to understand how to use quantum systems more efficiently — using the analogy of a simple jukebox.

Categories: Computing

Topics: computing, machine learning, quantum computers, quantum computing, Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia incorporates AI into New Mexico Electric Car Challenge

November 14, 2025, Media Advisory • New Mexico middle school students will once again experience the thrill of building their own electric cars as part of the annual New Mexico Electric Car Challenge.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

September 22, 2025 • The Global Burst Detection system, developed by Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories, carries a suite of sensors and instruments capable of identifying signals from nuclear detonations and providing real-time information to the U.S. military and government.

Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: GPS, LDRD, Nuclear detonation detection, United States Nuclear Detonation Detection System

Sandia team creates X-ray images of the future

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Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Protecting the grid with artificial intelligence

September 8, 2025 • Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed brain-inspired AI algorithms that detect physical problems, cyberattacks and both at the same time within the grid.

Categories: Computing, Energy / Environment / Water

Topics: LDRD

Two men sit at a laptop with solar panels behind them. One man is connecting a device the size of a pack of cards to the laptop.

Sandia’s Small Business team honored again by DOE

August 7, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories' Mentor-Protégé Program and its leadership have once again been recognized by the Department of Energy for their success in helping small businesses grow.

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: construction, economic impact, mentor protege, Sandia National Laboratories, small business

Cybersecurity suite that helps protect nation now available to public

August 1, 2025 • A cybersecurity platform developed at Sandia National Laboratories to detect and analyze advanced malware threats is now publicly available.

Categories: Cybersecurity, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: cisa, cybersecurity, hackers, malware, Sandia National Laboratories

Two-factor authentication just got easier

July 30, 2025 • A new, simpler version of two-factor authentication could broaden its protection to many smart devices that currently cannot support it.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Asteroid hunting using heliostats?

July 29, 2025 • John Sandusky, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, believes he has found a way to put heliostats, which typically turn solar energy into electricity, to work in the dark.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: Laboratory Directed Research and Development, national laboratories, Sandia, space, technology

Sandia brings extended reality technology to Explora

July 18, 2025, Media Advisory • Explora visitors can step into the world of augmented, virtual and mixed reality during a special event presented by Sandia National Laboratories on July 23.

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: community involvement, Community Outreach, education, Sandia National Laboratories

Storage where you need it

July 15, 2025 • A team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a mobile, high-security vault that can be rapidly deployed to safeguard critical materials in remote or temporary locations.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Two technologists weld the Mobile Vault frame to the exterior Conex container while an engineer performs a 3D scan of the vault.

Inspiring the next generation of microelectronics experts

June 25, 2025 • Sandia provides hands-on experience for U.S. students in critical, growing area,

Categories: Community / Education, Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

A man in personal protective gear adjusts a machine while talking with a student on a computer screen.

Quantum Bootcamp

June 23, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories and Central New Mexico Community College are partnering to create a training program to bolster the number of quantum technicians in the state.

Categories: Community / Education, Computing, CRADA, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: CRADA, national laboratories, national labs, technicians, training

Nuclear deterrence expert picked to lead Sandia’s California site

June 16, 2025, Media Advisory • Sandia National Laboratories has selected nuclear deterrence expert Toby Townsend to lead its California campus, effective immediately.

Categories: HR / Personnel, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: California, Livermore, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, Toby Townsend

B61-13 first production unit completed ahead of schedule

June 16, 2025 • Two technologists at Sandia National Laboratories place the final screws in a B61-13 high-fidelity unit. The first production unit of the B61-13 was completed in May, about a year ahead of schedule.

Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: defense military, national laboratories, national security, nuclear deterrence

Sandia to help propel US semiconductor manufacturing

June 12, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories has joined a new partnership aimed at helping the United States regain its leadership in semiconductor manufacturing.

Categories: Computing, Military / Defense, Nanotechnology, Nonproliferation, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: CHIPS and Science Act, computer chips, NSTC, Sandia National Laboratories, semiconductors, tech transfer

Sandia National Labs helps save taxpayers millions through smarter spending

May 12, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories has helped save $439 million for the Department of Energy as part of the Supply Chain Management Center program. That’s more than any other DOE or National Nuclear Security Administration site.

Categories: Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: budget, DOE, national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia Labs’ new director to discuss outlook and future economic impact

May 5, 2025, Media Advisory • Laura J. McGill, Sandia National Laboratories’ new director, will meet with members of the media on Wednesday, May 14, to discuss her outlook for the nation’s premier engineering laboratory.

Categories: Media advisories, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: director, economic impact, Laura McGill

Sandians prep students for solar high-altitude balloon launch

May 2, 2025, Media Advisory • Students from three Albuquerque schools are preparing to launch their solar high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere with the help of Sandia National Laboratories volunteers and the nonprofit, Science Heads.

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, science heads, STEM

Swift IT service with a smile

April 30, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories employees can bring an unclassified laptop in the Albuquerque area to one of the two Swift IT Bar locations for in-person assistance.

Categories: Computing, Operations / Budget

Topics: corporate computing help desk, corporate IT, information technology

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Designing long-duration toxin sensors

April 23, 2025 • Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have spent the last three years developing an ultra-low-power chemical sensor to detect sarin and other chemical warfare agents or gaseous industrial toxins, aiming to protect the public and warfighters.

Categories: Chemistry, Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: chemical detection, LDRD, low-power electronics, sarin

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Sandia’s unique role in nuclear deterrence

April 22, 2025 • As lead systems integrator, Sandia National Laboratories plays a critical role in nuclear weapons, in close collaboration with our labs, plants and sites.

Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons

Topics: engineering, nuclear weapons, Sandia National Laboratories

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