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October 23, 2007 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M —Members of the media will get rare inside look at Sandia National Laboratories on Wednesday, Nov. 7, when several new large-scale testing facilities will be showcased. Sandia’s large-scale testing facilities were originally created to validate and test nuclear weapons modeling and simulation code. Now, each also serves as...

June 12, 2000 • Alignment structures, less than a 10th of an inch in size in this optical module, make use of Sandia National Laboratories' expertise in the LIGA microfabrication process. This photonic subsystem, by Sandia's licensing partner Axsun Technologies of Billerica, Mass., sits on an electronic assembly that occupies about 60 percent of...

October 17, 2000 • ONE GIANT LEAP — Barry Spletzer of Sandia National Laboratories’ Intelligent Systems and Robotics Center shows how high the new hopping robots can go. This one leaps 10-20 feet high on each jump. The Sandia researchers have achieved hops as high as 30 feet with their unique combustion approach. (Photo by...

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...

February 27, 1998 • Celebrated actor Charlton Heston displays a silicon wafer containing thousands of tiny silicon machines in a scene from Sandia's new micromachine/ microsystems video program.Download 150dpi JPEG image, 'hestonw2.jpg', 128K ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories' micromachines are tiny little marvels, but now they have a spokesman who is bigger than...

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...

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...