Science / Technology / Engineering

September 7, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For the last two years, tests have been conducted at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility to see how materials used for NASA’s future planetary exploration missions can withstand severe radiant heating.

August 25, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Dust from asteroids entering the atmosphere may influence Earth’s weather more than previously believed, researchers have found.

August 23, 2005 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California have developed an enhancement to a well known “force phenomenon” called dielectrophoresis that they say could revolutionize the way biological sample preparation is conducted. Sandia is actively...

August 17, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Several Sandia National Laboratories projects were instrumental in helping NASA with its Space Shuttle Discovery’s return-to-flight mission (STS-114).

August 2, 2005 • Albuquerque, N.M.— Two tiny devices recently developed by researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories could mean the elimination of blood drawing by diabetes patients to test glucose levels or by medical personnel to determine if...

July 28, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A pilot plant to evaluate commercially available technologies for removing arsenic from municipal drinking water supplies will begin operating in mid-August in Anthony, N.M.

July 21, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has completed a two-year study of the potential health effects associated with accidental exposure to depleted uranium (DU) during the 1991 Gulf War.

July 13, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Some physicists believe that the pulses of power formed in a technique called a Z-pinch may one day be a more efficient source of fusion power than magnetic confinement used by Tokamak reactors, the current leading contender for controlled nuclear fusion.

July 1, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Like the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the rods of radioactive cobalt-60 rose from their lair, an 18-ft.-deep pool in the Gamma Irradiation Facility of Sandia National Laboratories.

June 30, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A multi-organizational team is adapting for DOE use a technology that can help keep security adversaries out of DOE sites that contain nuclear assets.

June 21, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —Sandia National Laboratories in cooperation with Time Domain Corporation and KoolSpan Inc. has developed a secure wireless Ultra Wideband (UWB) data communication network that can be used to help sensors monitor U.S. Air Force bases and DOE nuclear...

June 20, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories flew what is probably the world’s smallest fine-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in May, making real-time images from the 6-kilometer range with a resolution...

June 16, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A project to improve the false alarm rate and to standardize the certification of fire detection systems in cargo compartments of commercial aircraft is underway with major participation by Sandia National Laboratories, the Federal Aviation Administration...

June 6, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Labs has accelerated a small plate from zero to 76,000 mph in less than a second.

June 1, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Students from Texas Tech University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department have won this year’s annual MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) design competition sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories.

May 18, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories recently provided three engineering concepts to small business owner Dale Petty for a gadget that keeps car tires inflated to the right pressure.

April 21, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed a software-based tool called BROOM — short for Building Restoration Operations Optimization Model — to assist in the gathering of samples following a release of biological warfare agents in a public...

April 11, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Corporation Board of Directors has named Dr. Thomas O. Hunter President of Sandia Corporation and Director of Sandia National Laboratories, effective April 29. Hunter most recently has served as Sandia’s senior vice president for Defense Programs...

April 4, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and The University of Texas System will sign a multi-faceted memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, April 6. The event begins at 9 a.m. in the Russell Senate Office Building, Room 284.

March 22, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories assisted 278 New Mexico small businesses in 2004 thanks to a tax credit passed by the New Mexico Legislature.

March 22, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Manufacturers, inventors, and researchers challenged by MEMS reliability issues should consider signing up for one of the upcoming “MEMS reliability short courses” offered by Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque May 10-12 and Dec. 13-15.

March 22, 2005 • LOS ANGELES, Calif. — To investigate tumors, pathologists currently rely on labor-intensive microscopic examination, using century-old cell-staining methods that can take days to complete and may give false readings.

March 8, 2005 • A MEMS test unit sits under the black box that contains its atmosphere. The gold plates beside it are wiring sites. Next to the device, for size comparisons, are grains of table salt. Download 300dpi JPEG image, ‘Radant-salt-3b.jpg’, 684K (Media are welcome to download/publish..