Science / Technology / Engineering

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.

September 23, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories’ Responsive Neutron Generator Product Deployment Center won the prestigious Shingo Prize for 2008 — the first and only public sector organization so honored.

September 18, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories recently recognized five green-certified buildings in a brief ceremony organized by the Labs’ Environmental Planning Department.

August 21, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —They have worked for almost seven years in secret.

August 18, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Hydrogen Tour — consisting of 11 hydrogen-powered vehicles from major automakers, including BMW, GM, Honda, Toyota and others — will be at the Sandia Science & Technology Park Wednesday, Aug. 20 from 2-4 p.m.

August 13, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Science & Technology Park will celebrate its 10-year anniversary at an event Friday, Aug. 15, from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Pocket Park II on Innovation Parkway, and Gibson Avenue, SE.

August 13, 2008 • LIVERMORE, C.A. — Imagine an outbreak of a disease like SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) that could become an epidemic affecting thousands of people. Wouldn't it be helpful to know early in the epidemic how fast the disease would spread and how many people may be infected

August 11, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Cells are expected to respond defensively when an antigen lands on a cell membrane and prepares to cause mischief.

August 8, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Nine people from Sandia National Laboratories have earned the Certified Licensing Professional™ (CLP) credential, which recognizes intellectual property professionals who have demonstrated dedication to higher standards of practice within the licensing industry

July 24, 2008 • LIVERMORE, C.A. — Taking images of ice a few nanometers thick as it forms bulk ice was supposed to be impossible. A scanning tunneling microscope (STM) shouldn’t work with ice because STMs create images by relying on conducting current, which runs contrary to one of ice’s basic p

July 22, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate a new hyperspectral confocal fluorescence microscope Friday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. MDT in Bldg. 897 on Kirtland Air Force Base. This patent-protected and patent-pending technology has been combined with Sandia’s

July 16, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine you’re in charge of a collection of sensors, flying in formation on one of 31 U.S. Air Force satellites in medium Earth orbit.

July 15, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Media will have the opportunity to learn about what’s happening in the area of solar energy Thursday, July 17, during a media availability with Alexander (Andy) Karsner, assistant secretary for DOE’s (Department of Energy) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energ

July 9, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In an effort aimed at building technical capacity, resource sustainability, and regional stability, a team of scientists from Sandia National Laboratories spent the past year working with engineers and modelers from Iraq to build a computer model of the countr

July 2, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The cars go by so fast you can barely see them. Maybe a foot in length, going 200 miles per hour around a 70-ft diameter track, they sound like amplified mosquitoes, or maybe like a dentist’s drill hitting a soft spot on your tooth, backing off, returning,...

June 30, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researcher Georgianne Peek thinks a possible solution to high energy costs lies underground. And it’s not coal or oil.

June 30, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) will host a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Field Hearing at the Sandia Science & Technology Park, International Programs Building, on Wednesday, July 2 from 10 a.m. to noon.

June 23, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Recent findings by medical researchers indicate that naturally occurring nanotubes may serve as tunnels that protect retroviruses and bacteria in transit from diseased to healthy cells — a fact that may explain why vaccines fare poorly against some invaders.

June 5, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —A mechanical micromuscle with nanoscopic movements and a micro-creep-and-stress tester, both designed by students, were the big winners in Sandia National Laboratories’ fourth annual University Alliance Design Competition for microelectromechanical systems (MEM

June 5, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is accepting applications for the 2008 Dream Catcher Science Program.

May 21, 2008 • LIVERMORE CALIF. — Materials researchers across the globe have fervently been working to find the ideal hydrogen storage material, one that will safely and efficiently provide the needed range and running time for fuel cell vehicles. But a separate issue — hydrogen “embrittlement

May 21, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three new companies have each been awarded new contracts to provide Sandia National Laboratories' total of approximately 1,200 staff augmentation workers.

May 20, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base may soon share a wind farm that will provide as much as one-third of the electricity used by the two entities.

May 14, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —While Sandia National Laboratories spends a large portion of its funding within New Mexico, its economic footprint is thought to be much larger than the actual dollars it pays out. In fact, economic impact models have suggested that the effect Sandia has on the

May 6, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Morgan Sparks, a former director of Sandia National Laboratories, inventor of the first practical transistor and a longtime civic leader in Albuquerque, died on Saturday May 3 at his daughter's home in Fullerton, Calif. He was 91 years old.