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September 9, 2003 • A modular, high-voltage power supply developed by Sandia National Laboratories engineers.  LIVERMORE, Calif. — Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories in California have designed a miniature power supply device with potential applications in drug delivery systems, medicine, portable detection and analysis, and a host of electronic devices. Sandia is actively soliciting...

July 7, 2003 • THE REAL HARRY POTTER? — A tungsten photonic lattice glows in a vacuum chamber as Sandia researcher Shawn Lin inspects an iridescent disk that contains approximately 1,000 tungsten photonic lattices. Most emissions from these filaments are in the near-infrared range, and may improve efficiencies of heat-driven engines like hybrid electric...

April 26, 2007 • Scott’s Liquid Gold Mold Control, based on Sandia’s decon formulation, is now on hardware store shelves around the country. Here a box of the product sits on the shelf at a Home Depot store in Albuquerque, N.M. (Photo by Randy Montoya) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A product based on a technology originally...

May 14, 2007 • An accordion? A road jack? Neither — it’s University of Oklahoma’s smallest-arm MEMS project, with out of plane extension capability and grabbers at far right. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two winners of the third annual University Alliance competition for student microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) designs have been announced by Sandia National Laboratories,...

June 12, 2007 • Biochemist Joanne Volponi prepares samples of cellulase enzymes for activity assaying in a high-throughput, fluid-handling robotic system. Sandia is demonstrating various computational tools and enzyme engineering methods that can help process cellulosic biomass. (Photo by Randy Wong) LIVERMORE, Calif. — Buried beneath a sulfurous cauldron in European seas lies a class of...

December 1, 2008 • Sandia researcher Thomas Perroud examines a MICA chip. MICA enables researchers to precisely target, sort, and measure samples as small as a single cell in an automated system that includes flow cytometry (Photo by Randy Wong). Livermore, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories is seeking commercial partners to license or contribute...

January 9, 2002 • BETTER WATER MANAGEMENT TOOLS such as Sandia’s Dynamic Water Budget Models migh avert crises in many parts of the world, says model co-developer Dick Thomas of Sandia National Laboratories, seen here in a dry Albuquerque crop field. (Photo by Randy Montoya) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have...

January 23, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — More than 200 school administrators, security professionals, law enforcement officials, and researchers from throughout the country gather today in Arlington, Va., for a three-day workshop in school safety and security. The “School Safety: Technologies, Research, and Emerging Concepts” conference, Jan. 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency at Crystal...

February 5, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories has awarded a worldwide licensing agreement to NeoSafety, a workplace risk solutions company, to market the RAMPART™ method and software and co-develop a suite of complementary products. RAMPART™, for Risk Assessment Method — Property Analysis and Ranking Tool, is a...

February 21, 2001 • Sandia National Laboratories principal investigator Tina M. Nenoff examines vials of recently crystallized SOMS powder. (Photo by Randy Montoya)Download 300dpi JPEG image, ‘Nenoff_SOMS.jpg’, 1.3MB (Media are welcome to download/publish this image with related news stories.) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers studying ways to capture radioactive chemicals swimming in a sea of hazardous waste...

March 13, 2000 • Time-exposure photo of the MTI satellite blasting into the night sky aboard an Orbital Sciences Corporation Taurus rocket early Sunday morning, March 12. (Sandia photo by Diana Helgesen)Download 300dpi JPEG image, 'MTI-Launch.jpg', 1.1Mb (Media are welcome to download/publish this image with related news stories.) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A Department of Energy research...

June 5, 2000 • DECON FOAM -- Sandia scientist Maher Tadros displays his Discover Award-winning decontaminating foam for neutralizing chemical and biological agents. (Photo by Randy Montoya)Download 300dpi JPEG image, 'Tadros.jpg', 626K (Media are welcome to download/publish this image with related news stories.) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Two technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Sandia National...

August 29, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories today announced that its formulation for the rapid decontamination of chemical and biological warfare agents has been licensed to EnviroFoam Technologies Inc. of Draper, Utah. The nonexclusive license agreement gives EnviroFoam rights to manufacture and sell products based on the formulation in all fields...

August 1, 2002 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When you turn on the spigot in the US, you expect the water to flow and be clean and safe to drink. You don’t think about it. Not so in parts of Mexico where the recent drought means decreased water quality or even no water at all...

November 13, 2002 • LIVERMORE, Calif. — College students seeking academic instruction that could help the U.S. win the war on terrorism will soon have an opportunity to learn from the best and the brightest and earn a Masters of Science Degree in National Security and Public Safety to boot. The University of New...