ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Two amateur astronomers who independently observed and videotaped an asteroid striking the giant planet Jupiter on June 3 have opened the possibility, in effect, of a giant research lab in space for planetary scientists. According to a paper by professional astronomers, expected to be published today online by Astrophysical Journal Letters, the […]
Author Archives: Sandia National Labs
Amateur astronomers open potential lab in outer space for planetary scientists, Sandia researcher says
September 9, 2010 – 2:50 pm
LEDs promise brighter future, not necessarily greener
August 23, 2010 – 2:05 pm
Cheaper light may encourage more use ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Solid-state lighting pioneers long have held that replacing the inefficient Edison light bulb with more efficient solid-state light-emitting devices (LEDs) would lower electrical usage worldwide, not only “greenly” decreasing the need for new power plants but even permitting some to be decommissioned. But, in a paper published […]
Reborn Ion Beam Lab has grand opening, with talk by Sen. Bingaman to follow
August 19, 2010 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Sandia National Laboratories’ President Paul Hommert welcomes U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry, who will speak at the grand opening of Sandia National Laboratories’ reborn Ion Beam Laboratory in a ceremony from 9:30–10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20. B-roll of the intense beams creating bursts of light, as […]
Kinked nanopores slow DNA passage for easier sequencing
July 30, 2010 – 10:23 am
Sandia self-assembly and atomic-layer deposition improve process fivefold ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In an innovation critical to improved DNA sequencing, a markedly slower transmission of DNA through nanopores has been achieved by a team led by Sandia National Laboratories researchers. Solid-state nanopores sculpted from silicon dioxide are generally straight, tiny tunnels more than a thousand times […]
Groundbreaking Sandia study ties climate uncertainties to economies of US states
July 21, 2010 – 10:59 am
California, Pacific Northwest and Colorado achieve positive net impacts; other states languish ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A climate-change study at Sandia National Laboratories that models the near-term effects of declining rainfall in each of the 48 U.S. continental states makes clear the economic toll that could occur unless an appropriate amount of initial investment — a […]
Sandia Labs returns to normal operations
July 12, 2010 – 5:04 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — All shelter-in-place orders to Sandia National Laboratories employees have been lifted. Earlier today, multiple shootings occurred at the EMCORE facility outside Kirtland Air Force Base. The Eubank employee and contractor security gates are closed although it is believed they will open for business tomorrow as normal. Members of the news media should call the Albuquerque […]
Sandia employees remain in place after shooting outside Kirtland Air Force Base
July 12, 2010 – 11:40 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Multiple shootings have occurred at the EMCORE facility outside Kirtland Air Force Base. Certified and trained Sandia emergency personnel are responding to assist the Albuquerque police and fire departments and Kirtland Air Force Base with the emergency. In addition, off-site emergency organizations have been notified. Sandia employees near the Sandia Science & Technology Park […]
Tom Friedmann awarded NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
July 12, 2010 – 3:00 am
Diamond-like thin film offers hard data for solar models ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Tom Friedmann was awarded NASA’s Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal (EEAM) at a ceremony June 15 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif. He received the award for the quality of the diamond-like carbon thin films he contributed […]
Sandia wins four R&D 100 Awards in wide-ranging display of expertise
July 8, 2010 – 3:53 pm
Photovoltaic-coated batteries, water security, rapid medical diagnosis, simpler thin-film coatings selected ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers — competing in an international pool that includes universities, startups, large corporations and government labs — received four R&D 100 Awards this year, and played a role in at least one other. R&D Magazine presents the awards […]
Texas Tech, U of Utah win Sandia microdevice competition
June 15, 2010 – 5:00 am
World’s smallest chess set and a microbarbershop win big ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The world’s smallest chess board — about the diameter of four human hairs — and a pea-sized microbarbershop were winners in this year’s design contest for, respectively, novel and educational microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), held at Sandia National Laboratories in mid May. The two […]
Sandia to play major role in DOE-funded simulation of “virtual” nuclear reactor
June 14, 2010 – 8:50 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories computational scientists will lead two of five technical areas in a U.S. Department of Energy effort to create a “virtual” nuclear reactor, to be headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This state-of-the-art simulator will use advanced capabilities of the world’s most powerful computers to attempt significant leaps forward […]
Sandia researchers Phillips, Moody named MRS Fellows
May 26, 2010 – 5:00 am
Albuquerque, N.M. — Julia Phillips, director of Nuclear Weapons Science and Technology Programs at Sandia National Laboratories, and Sandia researcher Neville Moody have been named Fellows in the Materials Research Society (MRS). The title of Fellow honors MRS members for their research accomplishments and contributions to materials research worldwide. The maximum number of new Fellow […]
Breaking the logjam: improving data download from outer space
May 18, 2010 – 6:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Satellite systems in space keyed to detect nuclear events and environmental gasses currently face a kind of data logjam because their increasingly powerful sensors produce more information than their available bandwidth can easily transmit. Experiments conducted by Sandia National Laboratories at the International Space Station preliminarily indicate that the problem could be […]
Biofuel combustion chemistry more complex than petroleum-based fuels, say Sandia and Lawrence Livermore researchers
May 12, 2010 – 5:00 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Understanding the key elements of biofuel combustion is an important step toward insightful selection of next-generation alternative fuels. And that’s exactly what researchers at Sandia and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories are doing. The journal Angewandte Chemie devotes its May 10 cover to a paper co-authored by Sandia’s Nils Hansen and Lawrence Livermore’s […]
Sandia’s Bob Carling to speak at upcoming conference on future auto engines
May 11, 2010 – 5:00 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Bob Carling, director of Sandia National Laboratories’ Transportation Energy Center in California, will give a plenary presentation on May 31 at 10 a.m. local time during the 11th International Conference on Present and Future Engines for Automobiles. The conference is scheduled to run May 30-June 3 in Shanghai, China. Carling’s presentation will […]