Science / Technology / Engineering

October 18, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories makes tiny electronic devices and has powerful supercomputers. But it also has a strong interest in buildings that help sustain the environment.

October 17, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Two Sandia National Laboratories researchers will be awarded major prizes by the American Physical Society at its annual March meeting, to be held in New Orleans.

October 17, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M —Sandia National Laboratories’ Z machine, the world’s largest producer of X-rays, shook the ground for several hundred yards in every direction for the first time since July 2006, when the 22-year-old facility was gutted to undergo a complete refurbishment at...

October 16, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —After more than a decade of research and development, a hydrogen sensor invented by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories is soon to find its way into petroleum refining, hydrogen production, chemical industries, chlorine production, nuclear waste...

October 11, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Police in Afghanistan are among the many to benefit from Sandia National Laboratories’ co-sponsorship of the 6th annual Homeland Security Conference, set for Oct. 15-17 at the Albuquerque Marriott Hotel, 2101 Louisiana Boulevard N.E.

September 26, 2007 • LIVERMORE, CALIF. —Of all the threat scenarios facing emergency responders around the country, the release and spread of a dangerous biotoxin in a large public space is one of the most troubling.

September 13, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. & LIVERMORE, CALIF. —A joint effort involving a group of Sandia National Laboratories researchers to test and evaluate various types of fencing along the U.S. border with Mexico is helping decision makers determine appropriate fencing solutions.

September 4, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —The Sandia National Laboratories Pulsed Reactor (SPR) rides off into the sunset, headed toward Nevada. It leaves behind the operators who are sad to see such an important part of Sandia National Laboratories’ work and history leaving the Labs.

August 28, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. and LIVERMORE, CALIF. —In partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Sandia National Laboratories is designing and deploying a pilot alert and warning system that will provide a robust, multi-faceted path to ensure effective public...

August 27, 2007 • LIVERMORE, CALIF. —Sandia researchers have spent a good deal of time in recent years examining the viability of hydrogen storage materials through the Department of Energy (DOE) Metal Hydride Center of Excellence (which it leads), as well as a work for others (WFO) partnership...

August 23, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —The U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Clay Sell, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Tom D'Agostino, Senator Pete Domenici, and Sandia President Tom Hunter today celebrated completion of the Microsystems and Engineering...

August 22, 2007 • LIVERMORE, CALIF. — Peanut butter and jelly. Wine and cheese. Dinner and a movie. Some things just naturally go together.

August 21, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Cars already automatically lock doors when they sense motion and turn on warning lights if they detect potential engine problems.

August 20, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —On Thursday, Aug. 23, top officials from the Department of Energy, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Sandia National Laboratories, and the U.S. Senate will celebrate the final addition to a complex at Sandia that will produce electronic...

August 20, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Dozens of aircraft inspectors from the U.S. Coast Guard are in Albuquerque this week for a unique weeklong training course hosted by Sandia National Laboratories. Inspectors from the U.S. Air Force and commercial aircraft operators are attending the training...

August 15, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories has entered into a relationship with universities and industries around the country to establish the National Institute for Nano-Engineering (NINE).

August 14, 2007 • LIVERMORE, CALIF —The Department of Energy’s domestic FreedomCAR and Fuels presidential initiative has now gone global, and researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are playing a key role in that worldwide effort.

August 9, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M. and Livermore, Calif., are part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) -funded team led by UOP, LLC, a Honeywell company, looking at the production of military Jet Propellant 8...

August 8, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Imagine a world where a machine creates a “virtual you” by modeling how you think and your expertise on a subject. Or one where your car’s computer appreciates your driving skills and compensates for your limitations.

August 6, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Networks of small, permanently mounted sensors could soon check continuously for the formation of structural defects in I-beams and other critical structural supports of bridges and highway overpasses, giving structural engineers a better chance of heading...

July 18, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Networks of sensors mounted on commercial aircraft might one day check continuously for the formation of structural defects, possibly reducing or eliminating scheduled aircraft inspections.

July 17, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Regina Hunter, retired Sandia National Laboratories employee, is launching a new software product, Safe at Home™, based on Sandia-developed RAMPART™. Safe at Home allows homeowners to assess risks arising from accidents, fire, crime inside or outside the house

July 16, 2007 • AMARILLO, TEXAS — Sandia National Laboratories Weapons Evaluation Test Laboratory (WETL) at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas, has received the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) building certification. The award is given by the U.S. Green Building...

July 9, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Naturally occurring structures like birds’ bones or tree trunks are thought to have evolved over eons to reach the best possible balance between stiffness and density.