Science / Technology / Engineering

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.

October 22, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M —Unexpected differences recently discovered between the elements niobium and tantalum may lead to more optimized electronic materials and photocatalysts.

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...