Science / Technology / Engineering

August 9, 1999 • Albuquerque, N.M. -- The term "quantum dots" has a nice ring to it, like "beanie babies" or a special version of connect-the-dots games that absorb the attention of children.

July 8, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has strengthened its commitment to buying goods and services from suppliers in New Mexico, and is using SupplierLink, an online database, to facilitate the procurement process.

July 5, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The world's fastest encryption device, developed at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories, should soon be protecting data being transmitted from supercomputers, workstations, telephones and video terminals. It encrypts data at more...

June 17, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- People worry that their credit card numbers will be intercepted online to finance the purchases of strangers.

June 16, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories have pushed the Z machine, the world's most powerful X-ray source, to new limits using it to test effects of radiation on materials in experiments designed to mimic the response...

May 24, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Some 300 business leaders and public officials from New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Utah will explore the potential of technology-driven industry clusters during the Conference on the Southwest as a Region of Innovation: Steps Toward the Next...

April 29, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Seven experts representing the R&D community, robotics equipment suppliers, U.S. manufacturing industries, Congress, and organized labor are scheduled to participate in a first-ever panel discussion on needed advancements in robotics May 12 in Detroit. The...

April 27, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Bees dutifully going about their daily business -- gathering nectar and pollen and taking it back to the hive -- may one day help protect the lives and limbs of people, literally, if a landmine-detection demonstration at the Department of Energy's Sandia...

April 6, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories, five commercial ceramic manufacturers, and Los Alamos National Laboratory are making ceramic history by taking the "art" out of ceramics production and replacing it with science, resulting in better...

March 24, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Some 250 internationally known experts representing the United Nations, NATO, and more than 40 countries will gather here April 16-18 to discuss how to deal with the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and the technologies required to...

March 3, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- You come upon an unfamiliar briefcase leaning against a wall in the building in which you work. Or maybe it's sitting on a chair that shouldn't have a briefcase on it. If no one claims it, you might be tempted to open the latch to see to...

March 1, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Emergency personnel responding to a terrorist release of chemical or biological warfare agents will be faced with a dilemma: If they enter the scene without knowing the dangers, they might become a victim. If they wait to evaluate, more people might die...

February 24, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- That proteins fold isn't just a good idea, it's the law -- the law of life.

February 4, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An engineer at the U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new way to fabricate ceramics that requires no molds or machining.

February 3, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- MicroDexterity, a company launched by an eye surgeon who needed a robotic device that would eliminate any tremors in the hands of surgeons performing critically delicate procedures, has become the third company to establish operations at the Sandia Science...

January 18, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When disaster strikes, people evacuate. That's because the structures that normally protect us -- buildings, bridges, dams, and tunnels -- are often the most dangerous places to be during catastrophes like hurricanes, earthquakes, industrial accidents, or...

January 6, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- In their greatest success, researchers Shawn Lin and Jim Fleming at the US Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have created a microscopic three-dimensional lattice that confines light at optical wavelengths.

December 16, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Research underway at the US Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories to improve lithium ion battery materials may result in smaller, longer-lasting batteries for applications as diverse as portable computers and electric vehicles.

December 8, 1998 • Microchips -- the kind used in everything from personal computers to automobile electronics to breadmaking machines -- work fine in their intended environments. But if you try to operate one of these generic microchips in the presence of ionizing radiation, the kind that...

December 3, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Data classification, often considered a humdrum task, really is no such thing when the stakes are high enough.

November 10, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Just as scientists need very fast number-crunching computers to replace physical testing with computer models, business people need a corollary procedure: very fast data sorting -- the ability to manipulate huge amounts of data rapidly.

October 29, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., announced on Thursday, Oct. 29, establishment of a new national center of expertise in school security technology, to be based at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque.

October 12, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The "world's smallest combination lock," a minuscule mechanical device developed at Sandia National Laboratories, promises to build a virtually impenetrable computer firewall that even the best hacker can't beat.

October 8, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- On the heels of his July 16 Nature paper about improving night vision devices with an artificial lattice that efficiently bends infrared light...

September 28, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. -- The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Lockheed Martin Corporation today signed a contract modification to extend Lockheed Martin's management of Sandia National Laboratories for five more years.