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Researchers at Sandia work on new way to image brain
January 18, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers want to use small magnetic sensors to image the brain in a way that’s simpler and less expensive than the magnetoencephalography system now used.Magnetoencephalography is a noninvasive way to measure tiny magne…
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New Sandia balloon-borne infrasound sensor array detects explosions
January 11, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sheets of plastic similar to that used for garbage bags, packing tape, some string, a little charcoal dust and a white shoebox-size box are more than odds and ends. These are the supplies Danny Bowman, a Sandia National Laboratories geophysicist, needs to build a solar-powered hot air...
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Danny Bowman holding a stryofoam box (left) Sarah Albert holding an infrasound sensor (right) with a bright blue sky as background

Small, NM businesses key factor in Sandia’s 2017 economic impact
January 10, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories increased its spending with small companies in New Mexico and nationwide in fiscal year 2017, according to the labs’ latest economic impact report. “These annual numbers show that Sandia continues to make a positive impact on the New Mexico and national economies, particularly through...
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Pioneering smart grid technology solves decades old problematic power grid phenomenon
January 3, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Picture a teeter-totter gently rocking back and forth, one side going up while the other goes down. When electricity travels long distances, it starts to behave in a similar fashion: the standard frequency of 60 cycles per second increases on the utility side of the transmission line...
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Sandia computer modeling aids solder reliability in nuclear weapons
December 19, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Solder isn’t the first thing that comes to mind as essential to a nuclear weapon. But since weapons contain hundreds of thousands of solder joints, each potentially a point of failure, Sandia National Laboratories has developed and refined computer mo…
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Reducing the traffic jam in batteries
December 12, 2017 • Sandia researchers make solid ground toward better lithium-ion battery interfacesLIVERMORE, Calif. – Research at Sandia National Laboratories has identified a major obstacle to advancing solid-state lithium-ion battery performance in small electronics: the flow of lithium …
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Forrest Gittleson, left, and Farid El Gabaly investigate the nanoscale chemistry

Goodyear, Sandia Labs mark 25 years of using computer simulations to improve tire design
December 6, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a collaboration almost as old as technology transfer itself, Sandia National Laboratories and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have worked together for 25 years to create better vehicle tires and more advanced computational mechanics.[caption i…
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Optical Society elects two Sandia researchers as fellows
November 16, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers Hope Michelsen and Jeff Tsao have been elected fellows of the Optical Society.Michelsen was elected for pioneering contributions to the fundamental understanding of laser-radiation interactions with soot particle…
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New engine optics to fuel future research
November 3, 2017 • Sandia team develops optical diagnostic that helps improve fuel economy while reducing emissions[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250"] Sandia National Laboratories researchers Scott Skeen, left, and Lyle Pickett, center, and former Sandia researcher Julien Manin discu…
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Clean Engine Optics

Two Sandia engineers named University of New Mexico distinguished alumni
November 1, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico School of Engineering has named two Sandia National Laboratories engineers as distinguished alumni for 2017.Ireena Erteza was honored for electrical and computer engineering and Kenneth Armijo was selected for mechanical eng…
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Robotics principles help Sandia wave energy converters better absorb power of ocean waves
October 30, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Compared to wind and solar energy, wave energy has remained relatively expensive and hard to capture, but engineers from Sandia National Laboratories are working to change that by drawing inspiration from other industries. Sandia’s engineering team has designed, modeled and tested a control system that doubles the...
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New fractal-like concentrating solar power receivers are better at absorbing sunlight
October 25, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories engineers have developed new fractal-like, concentrating solar power receivers for small- to medium-scale use that are up to 20 percent more effective at absorbing sunlight than current technology. The receivers were designed and studied as part of a Laboratory Directed Research and Development project...
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Three Sandia engineers recognized for contributions to advancing women in STEM
October 24, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three Sandia National Laboratories engineers have been recognized by the Society of Women Engineers as part of its annual awards program for their support in the enrichment and advancement of women in engineering. Janet Williams won the Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes members who have made significant...
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Back to the Canyon
October 19, 2017 • Sandia Labs team continues to quantify fatigue using wearablesLIVERMORE, Calif. – Can fatigue be predicted? Can life-threatening fatigue be differentiated from recoverable fatigue?[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250"] Two hikers focus on the cognitive tests as part…
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R2R WATCH hikers test

Reducing power plants’ freshwater consumption with Sandia’s new silica filter
October 18, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Power plants draw more freshwater than any other consumer in the United States, accounting for more than 50 percent of the nation’s freshwater use at about 500 billion gallons daily. To help save this water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new silica filter for...
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‘Impactful Times’ tells story of decades of Sandia shock physics research
October 17, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Mark Boslough and Dave Crawford of Sandia National Laboratories predicted the Hubble telescope could see a rising plume as comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into Jupiter in 1994. Their prediction, however, went against the prevailing thought that the impac…
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Sandia Labs wins 5 regional technology transfer awards
September 20, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories won five awards from the 2017 Federal Laboratory Consortium for its work to develop and commercialize innovative technologies.The annual FLC awards program recognizes federal laboratories and their industry partners for outs…
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Nanotechnology experts at Sandia create first terahertz-speed polarization optical switch
September 14, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories-led team has for the first time used optics rather than electronics to switch a nanometer-thick thin film device from completely dark to completely transparent, or light, at a speed of trillionths of a second.The team led …
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Radiation analysis software makes emergency responders’ jobs quicker, easier
September 5, 2017 • InterSpec helps decision-makers determine source, type, amount of radiation in real time LIVERMORE, Calif. — When law enforcement officers and first responders arrive at an emergency involving radiation, they need a way to swiftly assess the situation to keep the public an…
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Ethan Chan, Alf Morales, and Will Johnson

Black hole models contradicted by hands-on tests at Sandia’s Z machine
August 28, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A long-standing but unproven assumption about the X-ray spectra of black holes in space has been contradicted by hands-on experiments performed at Sandia National Laboratories’ Z machine. Z, the most energetic laboratory X-ray source on Earth, can duplicate the X-rays surrounding black holes that otherwise can be watched only from a...
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World’s smallest neutrino detector finds big physics fingerprint
August 3, 2017 • Sandia part of COHERENT experiment to measure coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scatteringLIVERMORE, California — Sandia National Laboratories researchers have helped solve a mystery that has plagued physicists for 43 years. Using the world’s smallest neutrino detector, …
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David Reyna and Belkis Cabrera-Palmer

New Sandia fellowship named after first female director of nuclear security lab
July 24, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has established a new fellowship program, named after its immediate past director, Jill Hruby, in hopes of attracting and recruiting talented women in engineering and science fields who are interested in becoming technical l…
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