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Airport security officers at TSA gaining insight from Sandia human behavior studies
April 21, 2014 • LIVERMORE, Calif.— A recent Sandia National Laboratories study offers insight into how a federal transportation security officer’s thought process can influence decisions made during airport baggage screening, findings that are helping the Transportation Security Adminis…
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Pocket-sized anthrax detector aids global agriculture
April 17, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A credit-card-sized anthrax detection cartridge developed at Sandia National Laboratories and recently licensed to a small business makes testing safer, easier, faster and cheaper. Bacillus anthracis, the bacteria that causes anthrax, is commonly found in soils all over the world and can cause serious, and often fatal,...
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BaDx, the pocket-sized anthrax assay

Clearing up cloudy understanding on solar power plant output
March 19, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories engineers have been studying the most effective ways to use solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays — a clean, affordable and renewable way to keep the power on. Systems are relatively easy to install and have relatively small main…
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Moving technologies from the lab to the marketplace
March 13, 2014, Media Advisory • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Representatives from national labs, universities and business will gather for a Cleantech Open Business Briefing on March 18 at Sandia National Laboratories’ Livermore Valley Open Campus (LVOC) to highlight how those entities are working together to …
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Laminar-flow cleanroom inventor honored posthumously by National Inventors Hall of Fame
March 4, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The inventor of the modern cleanroom, Willis Whitfield, will be honored posthumously by the National Inventors Hall of Fame for a technology that revolutionized manufacturing in electronics and pharmaceuticals, made hospital operating rooms safer and advanced space exploration. Whitfield, the son of Texas cotton farmers who became...
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Willis Whitfield

Portable hydrogen fuel cell unit to provide green, sustainable power to Honolulu port
February 25, 2014 • Deployment project builds on earlier study’s optimistic results LIVERMORE, Calif.— Clean hydrogen power that’s expected to lower emissions and reduce energy consumption will be coming to the Port of Honolulu in 2015 after the completion of a new fuel cell technology de…
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Sandia’s Greg White chosen as a New Face of Engineering 2014
February 20, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia engineer Greg White has been chosen as one of the 2014 New Faces of Engineering, a recognition program that highlights the work of engineers ages 30 and younger.The award is sponsored by the National Engineers Week Foundation, now the DiscoverE F…
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Agreement lets Sandia, UNM staff work side-by-side
February 14, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has launched a new kind of collaboration designed to strengthen its research bonds with the University of New Mexico (UNM). “This is another sign of the close and deepening partnership between two of the pre-eminent research institutions in the state,” Sandia Vice President and...
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Black Engineer of the Year honoree inspires youth to excel in STEM
January 20, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — There’s more to receiving a Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) award than being a winner, says Aaron Brundage of Sandia National Laboratories.“The intent of the award is to provide guidance to young people to pursue careers in science, technology, en…
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Sandia conducts first impact test in years of B61 nonnuclear components
January 14, 2014 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A ground-penetrating bomb, minus its nuclear components, rammed through a target at the remote Coyote Canyon test range last month in Sandia National Laboratories’ first such rocket-driven impact test in seven years. Engineers said the Sandia componen…
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Fusion instabilities lessened by unexpected effect
January 9, 2014 • Control of widely recognized distortion may allow greater output at Sandia’s Z machine ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A surprising effect created by a 19th century device called a Helmholtz pair offers clues about how to achieve controlled nuclear fusion at Sandia National Laboratories’ powerful Z machine. A Helmholz coil produces a...
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Sandia to demonstrate robotics capabilities at 2013 DARPA Robotics Challenge Expo
December 18, 2013, Media Advisory • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Engineers from Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate real-world robotics successes at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials 2013 Expo this week in Florida. The challenge is focused on human-scaled robots that assist in humanitarian aid and disaste…
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Sandia Labs' Gemini Scout Robot

Pioneering path to electrical conductivity in ‘Tinkertoy’ materials to appear in Science
December 9, 2013 • LIVERMORE, Calif.— Sandia National Laboratories researchers have devised a novel way to realize electrical conductivity in metal-organic framework (MOF) materials, a development that could have profound implications for the future of electronics, sensors, energy conversion…
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Combustion chemist to be awarded Polanyi Medal for pioneering work at Sandia Labs
November 26, 2013 • LIVERMORE, Calif.— Sandia National Laboratories combustion chemist Craig Taatjes, whose groundbreaking work on Criegee intermediates has provided scientific insight into hydrocarbon combustion and atmospheric chemistry, has been selected to receive the prestigious Polanyi …
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American Indian group names Sandia engineer 2014 Professional of the Year
November 19, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Randy McKee’s passion is engineering excellence. “I’m a process guy,” says the Cherokee Nation member. “I always put that first in anything I do.” Close behind is his desire to help young people become professional engineers. McKee has spent countless hours mentoring in minority recruitment, graduate and...
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Sandia’s Katherine Guzman receives national Hispanic award for technical contributions
October 31, 2013 • [caption id="attachment_8051" align="alignright" width="239"] Sandia's Katherine Guzman, who was recently named a HENAAC 2013 Luminary honoree. (Photo by Dino Vournas) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.[/caption]LIVERMORE, Calif.— The Hispanic Engineer Na…
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Katherine Guzman

Plasmonic crystal alters to match light-frequency source
October 30, 2013 • A device like a photonic crystal, but smaller and tunable ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gems are known for the beauty of the light that passes through them. But it is the fixed atomic arrangements of these crystals that determine which light frequencies are permitted passage. Now a Sandia-led team has created...
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Greg Dyer Plasmonic Chip

Electricity storage how-to guide available
September 23, 2013 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has released an updated handbook on energy storage, an internationally known resource for utilities, regulators and others interested in electricity storage and power generation. The book was created in collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association...
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Sandia Labs harnessing the sun’s energy with tiny particles
September 16, 2013, Media Advisory • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="313"] Joshua Mark Christian working with the falling particle receiver, which more efficiently converts the sun’s energy to electricity in large-scale, concentrating solar power plants. (Photo by Randy Montoya) Click on the thumbnai…
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Falling particle receiver
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