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2007 News Releases

Sandia's giving tree has many branches - December 19, 2007

Sandia fits needy kids with new shoes for Christmas - December 14, 2007

Sandia supercomputers offer new explanation of Tunguska disaster - December 17, 2007

Sandia's 'It's the Write Thing to Do' contest rewards three students with savings bonds - December 6, 2007

Sandia's Sunshine to Petrol project to chemically transform carbon dioxide into carbon-neutral liquid fuels - December 5, 2007

Did early Southwestern Indians ferment corn and make beer? - December 3, 2007

Sandia research team studies best way to solve wicked problems - November 29, 2007

Buckyball birth observed by Sandia nanotech researcher - November 21, 2007

Fluorescence-based bioaerosol sensing project seeks to lower false alarm rates - November 20, 2007

Sandia-developed neutron scatter camera provides a new-and-improved way to look at radiation - November 14, 2007

Sandia/California named a fit business by the California Wellness Task Force - November 13, 2007

AAAS honors three Sandia researchers, one Sandia writer - October 29, 2007

Sandia hosts simulation-based engineering day Nov. 7 - October 23, 2007

Secret lives of two elements uncovered by Sandia researchers - October 22, 2007

Sandia MicroFab building gains environmental certification - October 18, 2007

Successful 'shots' signal re-opening of Sandia's giant Z accelerator - October 17, 2007

Two Sandia researchers awarded prestigious prizes from American Physical Society - October 17, 2007

Sandia sensor follows unusual tech transfer path - October 16, 2007

'Putting together pieces of the terrorism puzzle' theme of annual Homeland Security Conference Oct. 15-17 - October 11, 2007

Sandia researchers to develop portable microfluidic platform for rapid detection of biotoxins - September 26, 2007

Sandia, partners evaluate vehicle barrier performance of fence technologies for borders - September 13, 2007

Sun sets on Sandia Pulsed Reactor - September 4, 2007

FEMA, Sandia announce new integrated public alert and warning capability - August 28, 2007

Properties of hydrogen storage materials in automotive system the focus of new DOE-funded project at Sandia - August 27, 2007

DOE/NNSA dedicates half-billion-dollar microsystems engineering sciences complex at Sandia - August 23, 2007

Sandia computer scientists and USC student gamemakers create disaster-training tool - August 22, 2007

Sandia researchers help to make cars smarter - August 21, 2007

Sandia hosts aircraft inspectors for training in inspection technology - August 20, 2007

DOE/NNSA to dedicate half billion-dollar microsystems engineering sciences complex at Sandia - August 20, 2007

Sandia spearheads the formation of the National Institute for Nano-Engineering - August 15, 2007

'HYPER' initiative places international focus on hydrogen research - August 14, 2007

Sandia partners with UOP to develop biofuel for military jets - August 9, 2007

Cognitive Science and Technology Program becomes Sandia initiative - August 8, 2007

Full-time sensors can detect bridge defects - August 6, 2007

Sandia Forklift Rodeo highlights safety, accuracy - August 6, 2007

Nineteen international science fair participants return to Albuquerque for special two-week research internship at Sandia - July 30, 2007

Sandia assists 293 small businesses in 2006 - July 25, 2007

Greater infrastructure security against global threats taught at Sandia-hosted conference - July 18, 2007

Sensors may monitor aircraft for defects continuously - July 18, 2007

Retired Sandian Regina Hunter launches new software product based on Labs’-developed RAMPART™ - July 17, 2007

Sandia’s Weapons Evaluation Test Laboratory receives green building certification - July 16, 2007

Home for developmentally disabled children becomes site for Sandia arsenic water removal experiment - July 10, 2007

Self-assembled nanostructures function better than bone as porosity increases - July 9, 2007

Sandia receives five R&D 100 Awards - July 5, 2007

Inexpensive ‘adaptive optics’ achieved by Sandia’s optical clamp - July 2, 2007

Sandia to play key role in Bay Area-hosted DOE Bioscience Center - June 26, 2007

Sandia invention for making airplanes safer wins key award from Federal Lab Consortium - June 21, 2007

Sandia supports development of U.S. Army’s new lightweight, high-caliber, self-propelled cannon system - June 21, 2007

A safer food supply: Sandia and FDA to make it so - June 18, 2007

Nanoparticles unlock the future of superalloy metals - June 13, 2007

Sandia researchers looking to biology in earth’s extreme environments to help solve lignocellulosic ethanol puzzle - June 12, 2007

Sandia/Boeing collaboration targets aircraft fuel cell application - May 30, 2007

Sandia research indicates that lightning was the likely cause of Sago Mine explosion - May 29, 2007

Sandia invention to make parabolic trough solar collector systems more energy efficient - May 15, 2007

MEMS student design contest winners announced by Sandia - May 14, 2007

Sandia backs Intel International Science & Engineering Fair with volunteers, internship offers, a scholarship, and more - May 10, 2007

Sandia’s unattended water sensor capable of 24/7 detection of toxins bacteria in water supplies - May 9, 2007

Pi Awards recognize outstanding math teachers - May 7, 2007

Swarmy saves the day - May 2, 2007

Applications available for Sandia Dream Catcher Program - May 2, 2007

New Sandia sensor to have applications in homeland defense, safeguarding warfighters, clinical diagnostics - April 30, 2007

Sandia decon formulation, best known as an anthrax killer, takes on household mold - April 26, 2007

EESAT 2007 conference scheduled for September - April 25, 2007

Rapid-fire pulse brings Sandia Z method closer to goal of high-yield fusion reactor - April 24, 2007

Robert B. Coutts elected chairman of Sandia’s Board of Directors - April 16, 2007

Inaugural High School Homeland Security Conference to be held in Albuquerque - April 16, 2007

DragonFlyTV profiles two Sandia solar energy researchers in episode filmed in New Mexico - April 12, 2007

Sandia Professional Development Program begins for post-doctoral students - April 5, 2007

Sandia researchers take new approach to studying how cells respond to pathogens - April 3, 2007

Sandia handheld instrument assesses dental disease in minutes - March 30, 2007

Sandia researchers help to understand climate change - March 28, 2007

Ice created in nanoseconds by Sandia’s Z machine - March 15, 2007

Sandia’s High School Homeland Security Program educates students on emergency response - March 14, 2007

Sandia sponsors eighth annual School to World expo March 10th - March 8, 2007

Sandia searches for unexploded ordnance - Feb. 21, 2007

Stolen dog workshop interests students in science - Feb. 20, 2007

Fred Harper to speak at AAAS annual meeting - Feb. 16, 2007

Theory aims to describe fundamental properties of materials - Feb. 15, 2007

Ethics of nuclear weapons - Feb. 15, 2007

Sandia helps develop new wind turbine blade design - Feb. 7, 2007

Sandia develops next generation of screening devices - Jan. 22, 2007

Sandia’s “OVIS” now available as open-source software - Jan. 17, 2007

Sandia computer simulation monitors traffic in contraband nuclear material - Jan. 17, 2007

Sandia MiniSAR flies for first time on unmanned aerial system - Jan. 9, 2007

Discover magazine recognizes Sandia physicist Mark Boslough - Jan. 8, 2007