Science / Technology / Engineering

November 5, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Recent experiments by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Gary Harms and his team are using a new Labs-built reactor to provide benchmarks showing that spent nuclear fuel — uranium that has been used as fuel at a nuclear power plant — is considerably less

October 30, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Julia Phillips, Director of the Physical & Chemical Sciences Center at Sandia National Laboratories, was awarded the US Department of Labor Women’s Bureau’s Horizon Award at a recent New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women Estrella Award ceremony.

October 30, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — BRAT, a new tool based on the Sandia National Laboratories-developed software RAMPART-GSA, may soon be applied to dairies, feedlots, ranches and food packaging. RAMPART-GSA assesses the risks of terrorism, natural disasters and crime to government buildings

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. and SEATTLE, Wash. — The Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories and Cray Inc. (Nasdaq NM: CRAY) today announced that they have finalized a multiyear contract, valued at approximately $90 million, under which Cray will collaborate with Sandia to dev

October 21, 2002 • Sandia’s biotech initiative

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A disposable plastic bag resembling the common kitchen garbage bag, its interior fed by a simple oxygen canister monitored by inexpensive, deceptively simple plastic instruments, has been licensed by the federal government as a tool to heal the sick and the w

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is expanding its work in biotechnology — combining traditional inorganic sciences with biology — to push scientific discovery and development into such areas as the creation of new materials and to help in America’s war on ...

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A team of about 30 scientists from Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico and California are striving to better comprehend communication across cell membranes via protein interactions. This is the kind of knowledge needed to develop new methods to detect

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers working on the Sandia National Laboratories Interfacial Bioscience (IBIG) project have learned a lot over the past two years about the role membrane proteins play in causing healthy cellular processes to go awry during illness or injury.

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The next generation of microsystems may be like nothing anyone has ever seen.

October 21, 2002 • LIVERMORE, CALIF. — If a cell typically contains 10,000 to 100,000 proteins or subcomponent peptides, then discerning distinct identities of only a few can be like looking for a proverbial needle in a haystack.

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine a new “smart” material that can “heal” itself like a living system.

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tomorrow’s sensors, communication devices and other microelectronics technology may be powered by life. That is, powered by glucose obtained from living biological systems, ranging from human skin to plant tissues.

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The bio-microfuel cell being developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories works similarly to a battery. The main difference is that a battery is a “closed” system; its lifetime is fixed by the amount of reactants packaged inside it. The fuel ...

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM) are working together to gain a greater understanding of genomics and ultimately to find new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent illnesses.

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The genome microarray studies being done by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM) rely on two major enabling technologies: the arrays themselves and the scanners that read the information from the arrays.

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have produced better scanning technology by developing a new kind of scanner called a hyperspectral imager.

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A final step for both the University of New Mexico (UNM) and Keck projects is analyzing, archiving, and annotating the data to determine gene relationships. Many approaches have been taken in these analyses.

October 21, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Ultrathin double layers of self-assembled fat molecules — resembling and acting much like soap bubbles — are at the heart of a new, dime-size biosensor being developed by a team of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories.

October 10, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A worldwide early-warning system that could alert international authorities of covert biological weapons research or use is part of a measure recently passed by the U.S. Senate and awaiting consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives.

October 7, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The American Physical Society (APS) has awarded Sandia National Laboratories Director C. Paul Robinson the George E. Pake Prize for his outstanding leadership and research accomplishments.

October 1, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A decontamination formulation originally developed at Sandia National Laboratories that renders harmless chemical and biological warfare agents has been selected for use by the U.S. Army Central Command (CENTCOM).

September 30, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — C. Jeffrey Brinker will be one of seven scientists awarded the Department of Energy’s E.O. Lawrence award in a ceremony on Oct. 28 in Washington, D.C.

September 25, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An eye toward saving taxpayer dollars and the creative re-use of materials have helped Sandia National Laboratories Environmental Restoration Project earn a 2002 Green Zia Award. New Mexico’s Gov. Gary Johnson presented the award today in Santa Fe.

September 25, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A transparent barrier system designed by an engineer at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories might one day help protect VIPs from would-be assassins, police from rioters, and crowds from bomb shrapnel.