Science / Technology / Engineering

September 23, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- In the emergencies of tomorrow -- when rescue personnel may need to triage and treat mass casualties following release of a nerve agent in a shopping mall, theme park, or subway, for instance -- there will be no second chances. Rescuers who become victims...

September 21, 1999 • Albuquerque, N.M. -- The largest construction project ever proposed by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories -- the $300 million Microsystems and Engineering Sciences Application (MESA) facility -- has received DOE approval for the Laboratories to proceed...

September 16, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- A new advanced five-level polysilicon surface micromachining process pioneered at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories promises that microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) of the future will be more reliable and capable of doing increasingly..

September 13, 1999 • LIVERMORE, CA -- Imagine machines with gears no bigger than a grain of pollen, fabricated thousands at a time for pennies apiece.

September 13, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- A simple theoretical concept to solve the staggeringly difficult problem of maintaining intact electrical transmission lines to produce rapidly repeated thermonuclear explosions for peacetime purposes has been proposed by researchers at the Department...

August 28, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- Lynx, a new fine resolution, real time synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) system, was unveiled here Saturday, Aug. 28 by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and General Atomics of San Diego.

August 23, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Synthetic goods are generally modeled on scarce but desirable materials -- diamonds, fine wools, even fruit juices.

August 16, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- A new remote sensor the size of a dime being developed by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories should allow users to rapidly detect dangerous gases from up to two miles away.

August 9, 1999 • RIVERSIDE, CALIF. -- When the FBI needed to disarm the Unabomber's final bomb while preserving potential evidence, it called on an elite team of bomb-disablement experts from Sandia National Laboratories and the City of Riverside Police Department. This week Sandia...

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...