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Two-factor authentication just got easier

July 30, 2025 • A new, simpler version of two-factor authentication could broaden its protection to many smart devices that currently cannot support it.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Asteroid hunting using heliostats?

July 29, 2025 • John Sandusky, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, believes he has found a way to put heliostats, which typically turn solar energy into electricity, to work in the dark.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: Laboratory Directed Research and Development, national laboratories, Sandia, space, technology

Sandia brings extended reality technology to Explora

July 18, 2025, Media Advisory • Explora visitors can step into the world of augmented, virtual and mixed reality during a special event presented by Sandia National Laboratories on July 23.

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: community involvement, Community Outreach, education, Sandia National Laboratories

Storage where you need it

July 15, 2025 • A team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a mobile, high-security vault that can be rapidly deployed to safeguard critical materials in remote or temporary locations.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Two technologists weld the Mobile Vault frame to the exterior Conex container while an engineer performs a 3D scan of the vault.

Inspiring the next generation of microelectronics experts

June 25, 2025 • Sandia provides hands-on experience for U.S. students in critical, growing area,

Categories: Community / Education, Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

A man in personal protective gear adjusts a machine while talking with a student on a computer screen.

Quantum Bootcamp

June 23, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories and Central New Mexico Community College are partnering to create a training program to bolster the number of quantum technicians in the state.

Categories: Community / Education, Computing, CRADA, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: CRADA, national laboratories, national labs, technicians, training

Nuclear deterrence expert picked to lead Sandia’s California site

June 16, 2025, Media Advisory • Sandia National Laboratories has selected nuclear deterrence expert Toby Townsend to lead its California campus, effective immediately.

Categories: HR / Personnel, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: California, Livermore, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, Toby Townsend

B61-13 first production unit completed ahead of schedule

June 16, 2025 • Two technologists at Sandia National Laboratories place the final screws in a B61-13 high-fidelity unit. The first production unit of the B61-13 was completed in May, about a year ahead of schedule.

Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: defense military, national laboratories, national security, nuclear deterrence

Sandia to help propel US semiconductor manufacturing

June 12, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories has joined a new partnership aimed at helping the United States regain its leadership in semiconductor manufacturing.

Categories: Computing, Military / Defense, Nanotechnology, Nonproliferation, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: CHIPS and Science Act, computer chips, NSTC, Sandia National Laboratories, semiconductors, tech transfer

Sandia National Labs helps save taxpayers millions through smarter spending

May 12, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories has helped save $439 million for the Department of Energy as part of the Supply Chain Management Center program. That’s more than any other DOE or National Nuclear Security Administration site.

Categories: Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: budget, DOE, national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories

Sandians prep students for solar high-altitude balloon launch

May 2, 2025, Media Advisory • Students from three Albuquerque schools are preparing to launch their solar high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere with the help of Sandia National Laboratories volunteers and the nonprofit, Science Heads.

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, science heads, STEM

Designing long-duration toxin sensors

April 23, 2025 • Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have spent the last three years developing an ultra-low-power chemical sensor to detect sarin and other chemical warfare agents or gaseous industrial toxins, aiming to protect the public and warfighters.

Categories: Chemistry, Homeland security, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: chemical detection, LDRD, low-power electronics, sarin

A woman in a blue lab coat grabs a tiny device with tweezers.

Innovation is motivation

April 17, 2025 • Hongyou Fan has been named Outstanding Researcher by the Federal Laboratory Consortium for his outstanding innovation and work in tech transfer.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

A surprise contender for cooling computers: lasers

April 8, 2025 • Minnesota-based startup Maxwell Labs has entered into a cooperative research and development agreement with Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico to demonstrate laser-based photonic cooling for computer chips.

Categories: Computing, CRADA, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, CRADA, Photonics

APS students headed to National Science Bowl

March 12, 2025 • Students from two Albuquerque Public Schools are headed to the 2025 Department of Energy National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C., with some serious bragging rights in hand.

Categories: Community / Education, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Science bowl

Recycling products from the inside out

March 6, 2025 • What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects.

Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: Sandia National Laboratories

National security leader Laura J. McGill named next director of Sandia Labs

March 4, 2025 • Laura J. McGill will become Sandia National Laboratories’ 17th Laboratories Director, effective May 1, 2025.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

B61-12 system production ends, sustainment begins

February 24, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories and the nuclear security enterprise have achieved a significant milestone for the nation’s nuclear deterrence program with the completion of the last production unit of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb.

Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: defense, national laboratories, nuclear deterrence, nuclear weapons, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories

Students use machine learning to predict crime at annual Thunderbird Hackathon

February 6, 2025, Media Advisory • High school students will immerse themselves into the world of coding and artificial intelligence while tackling community issues at the second annual Thunderbird Hackathon.

Categories: Community / Education, Computing, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: artificial intelligence, crime, national laboratories, Sandia, STEM education

Sandia’s economic impact soars to $5.2B in 2024

January 15, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories made its biggest financial impact ever in 2024, contributing $5.2 billion to the economy.

Categories: Climate Security, Energy / Environment / Water, Operations / Budget, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: economic development, national laboratories, Sandia, small business, tech transfer

New Mexico students create floating future city

January 13, 2025, Media Advisory • Sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories, the event is part of a national program that encourages middle school students to imagine, design and build sustainable future cities that are innovative, safe and secure.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Sandia National Labs to announce record-breaking impact in 2024

January 8, 2025, Media Advisory • Sandia National Laboratories has set a new record for its economic impact in 2024, surpassing the previous year by nearly $400 million.

Categories: HR / Personnel, Media advisories, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, economic development, national laboratories, Sandia, small business

To prevent an energy crisis, Sandia Labs cofounds new microelectronics research center

January 6, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories is collaborating with other research institutions to head off a potential future energy crisis that could be driven in part by artificial intelligence.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Department of Energy Office of Science, energy efficiency, microelectronics