Science / Technology / Engineering

February 21, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —It’s a local twist to a nationwide problem: Potential unexploded ordnance (UXO) at old bombing ranges.

February 20, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Adults wonder how to get kids interested in science. One way, Tim Boyle, Sandia National Laboratories materials scientist, has found is to collect them in a room and accuse them of stealing his dog. In the silence — having garnered their immediate, undivided..

February 16, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If a so-called “dirty bomb ” exploded in a populated area, first responders would make immediate decisions to lessen health impacts on people potentially exposed to radioactive material.

February 15, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Cold War may be over but nuclear weapon programs continue.

February 15, 2007 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Gold is shiny, diamonds are transparent, and iron is magnetic. Why is that?

February 7, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new wind turbine blade design that researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developed in partnership with Knight & Carver (K&C) of San Diego promises to be more efficient than current designs. It should significantly reduce the cost-of-energy (COE) of...

January 22, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —It might not be science fiction much longer.

January 17, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories researcher has developed a simulation program designed to track the illicit trade in fissile and nonfissile radiological material well enough to predict who is building the next nuclear weapon and where they are doing it.

January 17, 2007 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — The initial version of “OVIS” — a software tool developed by Sandia National Laboratories that provides intelligent, real-time monitoring of computational computer clusters — is now available for free download at http://ovis.ca.sandia.gov.

January 9, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Miniaturized Synthetic Aperture Radar (MiniSAR) developed by Sandia National Laboratories flew for the first time on a Lockheed Martin unmanned aerial system (UAS) recently, taking images in flight.

January 8, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Discover magazine has recognized work done by Sandia National Laboratories physicist Mark Boslough as one of the “Top 100 Science Stories of 2006.”

December 4, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — By integrating readily available generic sensors with a more sophisticated sensor, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a detection system that promises to make it easier to catch perpetrators trying to infiltrate prohibited areas.

November 2, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia’s Z machine, by creating pressures more than 10 million times that of the atmosphere at sea level, has turned a diamond sheet into a pool of liquid.

October 9, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For the past 12 months, Sandia National Laboratories has served as the lead national lab in Project LOGIIC (Linking the Oil and Gas Industry to Improve Cyber Security). The project was created to keep U.S. oil and gas control systems safe and secure, and to...

October 5, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced today that Sandia National Laboratories is the new home of the National Laboratory Center for Solid-State Lighting Research and Development. He made the announcement at a news conference...

September 18, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories’ Security Systems & Technology Center and the Terrorism Research Center (TRC) will co-host the “Terrorism: Threats, Training, Tactics and Technology” conference Oct. 4-6, in Bldg. 962.

August 22, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Lockheed Martin Corporation on behalf of Sandia National Laboratories has contributed more than $15 million to Albuquerque-area community organizations since Lockheed Martin became manager of the laboratory Oct. 1, 1993.

August 18, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing — deemed the Nobel Prize for manufacturing by Business Week — recognized Sandia’s Neutron Generator Production with a Bronze-level Shingo Prize Public Sector Award for 2006. The center produces neutron...

August 15, 2006 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Baseball fans cheering on their beloved Oakland A’s in a recent homestand may have been happy about the team’s play, but the best news for those visitors to McAfee Stadium didn’t take place on the field and couldn’t be noticed by even the most observant...

August 14, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate two methods of removing arsenic and radium from drinking water at the Pine Hill School Public Water System on the Navajo Nation (Ramah Navajo Reservation) over the next several months.