Science / Technology / Engineering

June 19, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A preemptive spark lasting for nanoseconds that helps find potentially dangerous short circuits hidden in the miles of wiring behind the panels of aging commercial airliners has been patented by Sandia National Laboratories.

May 25, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An exceedingly small monorail and a chain with links approximately 1/10 the diameter of a human hair were among the remarkable devices created by the imaginative yet detail-oriented winners of Sandia National Laboratories’ 2006 MEMS University Alliance (UA)...

May 17, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first of a series of seminars to examine the ideas, trends, people and practices in the education arena, called ImagiNANOvation™ Workshops will be held at the TVI Workforce Training Center on Thursday, May 25. This all-day workshop will include about 40...

May 16, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is accepting applications for the 2006 Dream Catcher Science Program.

May 15, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed an inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-manufacture class of dielectric films that have the capability of enabling programmable antifuses on integrated circuits (IC) at less cost and using easier-to...

April 17, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A building dedication celebrating the formal opening — on-time and on-budget — of Sandia National Laboratories’ architecturally attractive Microfab and Microlab facilities will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 21, on Kirtland Air Force Base.

April 12, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Some 100 wind turbine manufacturers, researchers, and suppliers will be on hand at a Wind Turbine Blade Workshop April 18-19 in Albuquerque sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories. The two-day workshop will be held at the Sheraton Uptown.

April 11, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Thanks to a tax credit passed by the New Mexico Legislature, Sandia National Laboratories was able to provide technical assistance to 283 New Mexico small businesses in 2005.

April 11, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. and UPTON, NY — If a so-called “dirty bomb” exploded in a populated area, first responders would have to make immediate decisions to lessen health impacts on people who might be exposed to radioactive material. In a cover article in the April issue of the...

March 13, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — RADTRAN, software developed by Sandia National Laboratories for assessing risks and consequences of transporting radioactive material, turns 30 this year.

March 8, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia’s Z machine has produced plasmas that exceed temperatures of 2 billion degrees Kelvin — hotter than the interiors of stars.

March 6, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the City of Albuquerque are hosting the 3rd Annual Technology Showcase & Business Matchmaking Event June 6 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The goal of the event is to present regional businesses with additional...

February 13, 2006 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., have developed a low-density, energy-absorbing foam that, among other potential applications, could help avoid a complete wipeout for the nation’s $200 million surfboard manufacturing market.

January 23, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and Sharp Corporation recently signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to work together on renewable and alternative energy technologies, including advanced fuel cells for portable power applications.

January 17, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine you are standing, John Wayne style, on the backs of two runaway horses pulling a stagecoach. You try to bring the horses to a stop but instead the harnesses break, the horses separate, and an unlucky passenger gets thrown from the stage.

January 16, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As part of the Department of Energy-funded FreedomCAR program, Sandia National Laboratories’ Power Sources Technology Group is researching ways to make lithium-ion batteries work longer and safer. The research could lead to these batteries being used in...

January 12, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Several researchers from Sandia National Laboratories, led by principal investigator Susan Rempe, are part of a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary team developing a nano-size battery that one day could be implanted in the eye to power an artificial retina.

January 11, 2006 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Carolyn Pura, who serves as the program deputy for borders and transportation security in Sandia National Laboratories’ homeland security business unit, is blunt in assessing the nature of her job. “Protecting our borders is difficult and expensive,” she says.

December 14, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories robot recently withstood enough radiation to kill 40 men in freeing a stuck radiation source — the size of a restaurant salt shaker — at a White Sands Missile Range lab so that the cylinder could be safely returned to its...

December 12, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — After four years of preparation, the BiNational Sustainability Laboratory announced itself ready for business in a 4,000-square-foot facility in Santa Teresa, N.M., a short ride east from El Paso and a few miles from the Mexican border.

November 15, 2005 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — In the days of $2.50-per-gallon gas, tightening environmental regulations, debate over drilling in nature reserves, and lethal instability in oil-rich regions, is today’s internal combustion engine still relevant? If the hydrogen economy is still decades...

November 15, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — While Hurricane Katrina was deciding whether to travel up the East Coast or strike New Orleans, a disaster repair crew off the coast of southernmost Georgia was working to raise the sunken host missile for a nuclear weapon.

November 10, 2005 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — A published report developed by a joint team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is being distributed to airport executives and emergency planners and is expected to aid security managers...

November 1, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —— As part of an agreement to identify opportunities for interactive research and development in a broad range of scientific areas, Sandia and The Aerospace Corporation recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU).