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Sandia research points way toward chameleon-like camouflage

April 7, 2009 • 'Nano-camo' for fashionistas and environmentalists[caption id="" align="alignright" width="250" caption="TRUE TO LIFE--Sandia researcher George Bachand examines an enlargement of actual images of light-emitting quantum dots. These ride microtubules that have spontaneously fo…

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We saw it coming: Asteroid monitored from outer space to ground impact

March 25, 2009 • Sandians Mark Boslough and Dick Spalding watch it in real time ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Reports by scientists of meteorites striking Earth in the past have resembled police reports of so many muggings — the offenders came out of nowhere and then disappeared into the crowd, making it difficult to get...

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Sandia's Mark Boslough discusses aspects of asteroids

Desalination of saline and brackish water becoming more affordable

March 19, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Treating brackish water for human consumption “can be done and be done affordably” here in New Mexico and other parts of the country, says Mike Hightower, water researcher at Sandia National Laboratories.

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Sandia receives DoD “trusted design” accreditation

March 14, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has received accreditation to provide “trusted design” services for both unclassified and classified integrated circuits at its Albuquerque, N.M., facility. Sandia’s Category 1A status was awarded through the Trusted IC Supplier Accreditation Program (www.dmea.osd.mil/trustedic.html) of the Department of Defense (DoD)’s Defense MicroElectronics Activity (DMEA)...

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Huge pressures that melt diamonds on planet Neptune determined by Sandia researchers – February 17, 2009

February 17, 2009 • Technique may provide data for NIF nuclear fusion effort ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The enormous pressures needed to melt diamond to slush and then to a completely liquid state have been determined ten times more accurately by Sandia National Laboratories researchers than ever before. As a bonus to science, researchers Marcus...

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Sandia’s diamond-like films on board NASA satellite

February 16, 2009 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Diamond-like carbon films created at Sandia National Laboratories are helping probe the far boundaries of the solar system as part of a NASA mission to study how the sun’s solar wind interacts with the interstellar medium – the matter that exists between...

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Sandia researchers win 2009 DOE INCITE award to fight disease

January 26, 2009 • One million processor hours — how long is that? ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers Mike Heroux and Laura Frink have been awarded a 2009 DOE INCITE multiyear award of one million processor hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Cray XT machines to produce high-fidelity simulations of complex biological...

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More chip cores can mean slower supercomputing, Sandia simulation shows

January 12, 2009 • 16 multicores perform barely as well as two for complex applications ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens performance for many complex applications, Sandia simulations have found. A Sandia team simulated key...

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Jumbo ‘nanotube’ existence confirmed at Sandia/LANL nanotech center

December 18, 2008 • A giant lightweight carbon nanotube with good strength and electrical properties is desirable, all right. A micron-sized carbon tube is easier to exploit commercially than any (so to speak) littler nanocousin.

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Sandia to host fourth Decade of the Mind symposium Jan. 14-15

December 17, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will host the fourth Decade of the Mind symposium Jan. 14-15. The symposium is expected to attract some 200 to 300 internationally respected scientists and decision makers.

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Sandia’s microencapsulation project gives local entrepreneur warm glow

December 16, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Microencapsulation isn’t a new technology, but it’s always finding new applications. Familiar uses include the scratch-and-sniff perfume ads in magazines, certain time-release pharmaceuticals, and (perhaps mostly for an older generation) carbonless copy paper.

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Sandia receives ‘outstanding’ rating from NNSA

December 15, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has received an overall “outstanding” rating on its FY08 Performance Evaluation Report from the National Nuclear Security Administration, the highest rating possible.

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Ground to be broken for new Ion Beam Laboratory at Sandia

December 12, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Groundbreaking for the new Ion Beam Laboratory is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 1 p.m. on Kirtland Air Force Base east of Sandia’s Processing Engineering & Technologies Lab (PETL) building.

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artist's rendering of Sandia's future IBL facility

Sandia, Mesa del Sol enter new energy, sustainability era

December 8, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories and Mesa del Sol have signed a formal agreement to partner and work on several technical projects supporting the research, development and demonstration of energy technologies in a real-life environment at Mesa del Sol — all toward

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New cell analysis platform developed by Sandia researchers now available for licensing, partnerships

December 1, 2008 • Livermore, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories is seeking commercial partners to license or contribute to the continued development of a new lab-on-a-chip platform for high-throughput manipulation and interrogation of individual cells, one that enables quantitative analysis of

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Sandia entrepreneurial program is back

November 24, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Entrepreneurial Separation to Transfer Technology (ESTT) program is back as an important part of Sandia National Laboratories’ technology transfer mission.

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Sandia sensor technology may help save wild horses

November 11, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sensor technology developed at Sandia National Laboratories for national security purposes may soon play a role in saving wild horses.

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Formidable NINE coalition merges goals to educate students

October 31, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —An unusual coalition of 60 industrial, academic, and national lab leaders have harnessed divergent interests with the intent to help students create new inventions, aid national defense, and show a bottom-line profit for industry in the field of nanotechnology.

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Sandia hosts fourth Decade of the Mind symposium

October 28, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Reverse engineering of the brain will be the focus of a two-day symposium — Decade of the Mind IV— Jan. 14-15 in Albuquerque. Hosted by Sandia National Laboratories, the symposium will be attended by some 200 to 300 internationally respected scientists and deci

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New Sandia biofuels project focuses on enzyme engineering

October 22, 2008 • LIVERMORE, CA —Biofuels researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have been awarded $600,000 in funding for a two-year, Department of Energy-funded effort titled “Development of Saccharifying Enzymes for Commercial Use.” The award is part of a joint proposal led by industry par

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Sandia, SES win Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Innovator Award

October 16, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Chuck Andraka, Sandia National Laboratories engineer, and Bruce Osborn, chief operating officer of Stirling Energy Systems (SES), were honored with a Popular Mechanics magazine Breakthrough Innovator Award Oct. 15 during a ceremony at the Hearst Tower in New Y

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Sandia aids cleanup of Iraqi nuclear facilities, rad waste

October 13, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia scientists are helping train Iraqi scientists and technicians to clean up radioactively contaminated sites and safely dispose of the radioactive wastes as part of the Iraqi Nuclear Facility Dismantlement and Disposal Program.

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Sandia manages new DOE renewable energy program

October 7, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories has been chosen as project manager of a new Department of Energy renewable energy program called Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS). The project will involve 12 industry teams from around the country. DOE will invest up t

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Sandia wind program initiates three new projects

September 30, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —The Wind Energy Technology Department at Sandia National Laboratories is conducting research in three new areas, the result of additional funding from the Department of Energy's Wind Energy Program.

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Forward wall to enclose small star on Earth passes Sandia tests

September 29, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Two prototype systems expected to help contain plasma exceeding 100 million kelvin have been qualified as fit-for-use by Sandia researchers. The systems, each fronted by tiles with a heat absorption system behind them, are from the US and the European Union.

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