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April 11, 2001 • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories in California have joined efforts as a Virtual National Laboratory to develop technology that arose from research capabilities in the 1980s. Recognizing the potential value of their defense research for lithography — which the Defense Advanced Research Projects...

February 7, 1997 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia scientist Dr. Charles "Jack" Jakowatz has been selected to receive a 1996 Ernest O. Lawrence Award, one of the Department of Energy's top prizes, for achievements that advance the use of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to detect exceptionally small changes in landscape. The technique is used...

May 1, 1997 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last week gave an improved type of aircraft fuselage 'patch' a thumbs up and returned a Delta Airlines L-1011 to commercial service. It was the plane's first inspection since a team led by Sandia National Laboratories engineers installed the patch -- called...

March 17, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Some 180 internationally known experts representing the United Nations, NATO, and about 40 countries will gather here April 3-5 to discuss how to deal with the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons and the technologies required to monitor them. The focus of the International Arms Control...

May 5, 1998 • This computer-generated image by Sandia National Laboratories' scientists shows the impact of a 1-km comet (or asteroid) hitting in the open ocean. The comet and 300 to 500 cubic kilometers of ocean water would be vaporized nearly instantaneously by the tremendous energy of the impact. The impact energy of about...

May 14, 1998 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories' role in helping the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) design a systematic new approach to aircraft safety was highlighted during a May 13 Washington, D.C., news conference. The FAA expects the new program to help its team of some 3,500 airline inspectors more effectively track...

January 18, 1999 • BETTER-BUILT BUILDINGS -- Rudy Matalucci leads a group of Sandia National Laboratories engineers and researchers seeking to use techology to make buildings and other structures safer, more secure, and more reliable amid a broadening range of threats, including natural disasters and terrorism. (Sandia National Laboratories photo by Randy Montoya)Download 300dpi JPEG...

May 14, 1998 • Architect's drawing of the proposed EMCOREwest facility, which would be the first building in Sandia National Laboratories' Science and Technology Park.Download 150dpi JPEG image, 'EMCORE.jpg', 576K ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Albuquerque's growing reputation as a high-tech magnet gains another level May 28-29 with a conference introducing the captains of high-tech America...

March 1, 1999 • ANSWER TO ANTHRAX -- Sandia National Laboratories researcher Mark Tucker examines two petri dishes: one with a simulant of anthrax growing in it, the other treated with a new decontaminating foam developed at Sandia. The nonhazardous foam begins neutralizing both chemical and biological agents in minutes. (Photos by Randy Montoya)Download 300dpi...

January 14, 2002 • THE DECONTAMINATION FORMULATION is being tested to determine its effectiveness on E. coli, salmonella, and spoilage organisms that may exist on food-processing equipment. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When farm-to-fork systems fail, billions of dollars can be lost and people can die. To help prevent such failure, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories,...

January 30, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories, a Department of Energy national laboratory, will co-host the Conference on Electrical Energy Storage Applications and Technologies (EESAT2002), April 15-17. Sponsored by Sandia, the DOE, and the Electricity Storage Association, the conference will be held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco,...

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 monitor and control them. The focus of the...

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. The push to contract purchases with New Mexico businesses has already resulted in a number of local success...

September 13, 1999 • SANDIA MICROSYSTEM -- The three principal components of Sandia's micro-chem lab fit easily inside a snow-pea pod. The three components collect, concentrate, and analyze a gaseous chemical sample weighing less than a single bacterium. Various microsystems will be featured at Sandia's Sept. 20 Microsystems Expo in Santa Clara, Calif. (Photo by...

September 16, 1999 • SANDIA'S STEVE RODGERS (left) and Jeff Sniegowski look over a computer schematic of a five-level polysilicon surface micromachine.Download 300dpi JPEG image, 'fivelayer.jpg', 1Mb (Media are welcome to download/publish this image with related news stories.) ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- A new advanced five-level polysilicon surface micromachining process pioneered at the Department of Energy's...

October 18, 1999 • ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- More than two hundred construction industry leaders, emergency management experts, government officials, and scientists will gather in Washington, D.C., later this month to explore how technology can make our homes, shopping malls, offices, public buildings, and infrastructures safer in a natural disaster or terrorist attack. The meeting...

April 17, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Networked sensors to detect the movement of hostile forces and materials — and longer-term approaches for changing the environment in which terrorism breeds — are being developed at Sandia National Laboratories. Long-term fixes also include new ideas for monitoring borders, materials, and agents. Immediate workIn the near...

May 16, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories and The United States-Mexico Foundation for Science have formalized a framework for joint development of the Bi-National Sustainability Laboratory concept to address economic development in the U.S. border region and Mexico. The framework is set forth in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in...

November 10, 1998 • New computational sorting record: (from left) Milt Clauser and Carl Diegert of Sandia, with Chris Nyberg (president, Ordinal Technology Corporation), and David Cossock (Compaq Computers) attend the world-record data speed-sort achieved by Sandia's Kudzu computer. Nyberg's company was the former world record holder.Download 150dpi JPEG image, 'kudzu.jpg', 1MB ALBUQUERQUE, N.M....

February 21, 2001 • O what a bumpy path they fly! — UNM students (and everything else) on the Sandia-backed NASA flight go weightless at the top of each arc — just enough time to perform a zero-gravity experiment and give their stomachs an experience to remember. The students will have 32 experiences of...

April 4, 2001 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Although several outstanding electronic invoice solutions exist, a flexible standard for electronic invoicing that meets industry needs was not available until now. Rapid e-Invoice, the first XML (extensible markup language )-based standard for electronic invoicing via the Internet is now available for industry-wide use. With the help...