Science / Technology / Engineering

March 31, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers in the Power Sources R&D group at Sandia National Laboratories have been driving nails into batteries, heating them to extreme temperatures, overcharging them, and putting them into some of the most adverse conditions possible to see how much abuse

March 28, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —One sign of changing times is that Sandia National Laboratories has been polled one of the top-10 U.S. work places for post-doctoral students in the life sciences.

March 24, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories Fleet Services Department has exceeded fuel and energy efficiency standards set by the Department of Energy, one of a few organizations to do so in the nuclear weapons complex.

March 20, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Russian researchers, wanting to reduce the number of accidents at nuclear materials facilities in their country, have teamed up with several human factors and cognition experts from Sandia National Laboratories to figure out ways to determine on any given day i

March 17, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —David Schmidly and Tom Hunter, respective presidents of the University of New Mexico and Sandia National Laboratories, will sign a memorandum of understanding expected to improve cooperation between their respective institutions in a ceremony to take place Tues

March 13, 2008 • LIVERMORE, CALIF. —Say you’re an emergency response manager for a high-profile transportation facility. Among other responsibilities, you’re charged with overseeing the biodetection system at your facility and knowing how to respond if a detector goes off.

March 6, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories is cosponsoring the 2008 Terrorism Research Center Conference, “Terrorism: Training, Threats, Tactics and Technology” April 1-3 at the Albuquerque Marriott Hotel, 2101 Louisiana Blvd. N.E.

February 27, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —The kilogram is losing weight and many international scientists, including some at Sandia National Laboratories, agree that it’s time to redefine it.

February 21, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national laboratories.

February 18, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Media are invited to tour Sandia National Laboratories’ newly refurbished Z machine and participate in a rededication of its premier pulsed power accelerator starting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb.19, at Sandia.

February 13, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Three Sandia National Laboratories research teams and one Sandia executive will be presented national awards by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for their skills in transferring technology from Sandia to the private sector.

February 12, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —On a perfect New Mexico winter day — with the sky almost 10 percent brighter than usual — Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency record by achieving a 31.25 percent net efficiency rate

January 31, 2008 • LIVERMORE, Calif. —Sandia National Laboratories’ Livermore, Calif., site has been selected by the Livermore Chamber of Commerce as recipient of its inaugural Environmental Spirit Award.

January 28, 2008 • LIVERMORE, Calif. —Jess® 7.1a3, a popular rule engine created by Sandia National Laboratories, has been licensed by Lockheed Martin Corporation to play a critical role in the Navy’s DDG 1000 destroyer ships.

January 22, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Water and energy are inextricably linked. It takes large volumes of water to produce energy and significant amounts of low-cost energy to treat and distribute water.

January 17, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Helen Greiner, co-founder of iRobot, and Vayl S. Oxford, director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, are confirmed keynote speakers for the American Nuclear Society Joint Topical Conference on Emergency Management and Robotics for Hazardous Environments

January 7, 2008 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Some 20,000 soldiers a year may soon be trained in interpersonal skill building and cross-cultural awareness using a videogame recently developed by researchers from Sandia and BBN Technologies.

December 5, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Using concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion, a research team from Sandia National Laboratories is building a prototype device intended to chemically “reenergize” carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using concentrated solar power. The carbon monoxide c

December 3, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —The belief among some archeologists that Europeans introduced alcohol to the Indians of the American Southwest may be faulty.

November 29, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —What’s the best way to solve a wicked problem — by working in a large group sharing ideas via the intranet or as individuals? That’s the question George S. Davidson and his research team at Sandia National Laboratories attempted to resolve this summer.

November 21, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Almost everyone in the scientific community has heard of buckyballs, but no one until Sandia’s Jianyu Huang has seen one being born.

November 20, 2007 • LIVERMORE, CALIF. —Commercially available, fast-response bioaerosol detectors that can help guard against bioterrorist strikes in large public spaces face a significant hurdle: false alarms. Facility managers responsible for airports, train stations, sports arenas, and other...

November 14, 2007 • LIVERMORE, CALIF. —In an effort to find an answer to the problem of identifying smuggled special nuclear material (SNM), researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California say a neutron scatter camera they are developing may be able to detect radiation from much greater...

October 29, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M —Three Sandia National Laboratories researchers and one writer will receive the title of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science during the annual AAAS meeting in February, to be held in Boston. The award is for efforts toward...

October 23, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M —Members of the media will get rare inside look at Sandia National Laboratories on Wednesday, Nov. 7, when several new large-scale testing facilities will be showcased.