Science / Technology / Engineering

May 18, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- In the movie "The Matrix," malevolent but intelligent security agents -- personifications of computer programs able to learn -- defend an evil worldwide web.

May 17, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Kentucky are developing enabling technologies for a new thin-film, ultralight deployable mirror that may be the future of space telescopes and surveillance satellites.

April 24, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When a lake freezes over, how do trillions of randomly oriented water molecules know at almost the same time to align themselves into crystalline form? Similarly, when iron becomes magnetized, how do trillions of atoms know to align themselves almost...

April 20, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- In a Hollywood-style biological attack, Bruce Willis or, better yet, George Clooney would be expected to render a killer virus harmless in 90 minutes.

March 30, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Government and business officials responsible for safeguarding their communities or companies against the threat of a terrorist attack now can visit a virtual information booth for advice on ways to improve security against terrorism and provide facilities...

March 26, 2000 • SAN FRANCISCO, CA. -- A powerful new portable chemical analysis device that fits in the palm of a hand is being developed by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and will be presented Sunday, March 26, at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society.

March 17, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Some 275 experts representing the United Nations, NATO, and more than 40 countries will gather in Albuquerque April 14-16 to discuss the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and the technologies required to monitor and control them.

March 16, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An innovative "natural" alternative to cleaning up uranium-contaminated sites is being studied by scientists at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories as a way to replace costly and sometimes ineffective traditional techniques.

March 13, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A Department of Energy research satellite designed and built at Sandia National Laboratories was successfully placed into orbit early Sunday morning, March 12, by a Taurus rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

March 9, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Vandenberg Air Force Base officials today gave the green light for an early Sunday morning, March 12, launch of a Department of Energy research satellite designed and built at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico.

March 9, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Team Specialty Products (TSP), an engineering design and new product development company, will break ground for a new building March 16 at 10 a.m. in the Sandia Science and Technology Park, located just outside Kirtland Air Force Base's Eubank Gate. The...

February 29, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and Ford Motor Company have agreed to conduct cooperative technology research and development across a broad variety of areas including manufacturing, materials science, and electronics.

February 23, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A unique Department of Energy research satellite developed in New Mexico is scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at approximately 1:30 a.m. PST this Sunday, March 12.

February 22, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- You can't give them to your loved one on Valentine's Day, and they are much too small to be a girl's best friend, but Sandia National Laboratories has created what are believed to be the world's first diamond micromachines.

February 3, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Taking a lesson from nuclear weapons surety, Chris Forsythe and Caren Wenner of the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have come up with a new approach to studying how and why engineered systems fail due to the actions or inaction of humans.

January 20, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The prestigious journal Science, listing the top ten categories of major discovery in 1999, includes a paper by three researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories as a major contribution to advancing the field of photonics -- the...

January 19, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Rescuers seeking a skier or snowboarder buried under an avalanche face a major problem: how to find the unfortunate person before suffocation, or frostbite and hypothermia, do. Death can come in half an hour.

December 23, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Launch preparations are scheduled to begin next week for a Department of Energy research satellite developed in New Mexico.

December 10, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Department of Energy's just-released 30-Day Review of the Stockpile Stewardship Program was praised by Sandia National Laboratories President and Labs Director C. Paul Robinson today as "an important study . . . (that) recognizes the important...

November 30, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- You might call it an "electronic dog."

November 19, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Though courted by the finest universities in the United States, a noted Sandia National Laboratories materials scientist has decided to remain at the Labs and accept a second position as tenured professor in the University of New Mexico's (UNM) ...

November 19, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Among the 500 listings of the world's fastest supercomputers is a peculiar entry at 44th post.

November 11, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-- Micromirrors being developed by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories may one day be part of the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), the successor to the Hubble that will peruse the universe looking for remnants from the period in...

November 5, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- In an inconspicuous, flat-roofed building on the high desert of New Mexico, a machine that creates temperatures rivaling those of the sun is helping physicists examine up-close what happens to iron in the grip of black holes and neutron stars.

October 28, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An increasingly popular school security handbook authored by a Sandia National Laboratories scientist is now available on the World Wide Web. It can be found at http://www.ncjrs.org/school/home.html.