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Clean water that’s ‘just right’ with Sandia sensor solution

July 11, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Water utilities have a Goldilocks problem: If they don’t add enough chlorine, nasty bacteria that cause typhoid and cholera survive the purification process. Too much chlorine produces disinfection byproducts such as chloroform, which increase cancer risks. The amount of chlorine needs to be “just right” for safe...

Categories: Energy / Environment / Water, Nanotechnology

Topics: chloroform, graphene, nanoporous carbon, nanotechnology, public health, SAW detector, surface acoustic wave sensor, trihalomethanes, water, water purification

Curtis Mowry and Mike Siegal with tiny nanoporous carbon coated SAW sensors in front of blue water pipes

Sandia honored for fighting Ebola, analyzing emerging biotechnologies

April 20, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The work of Sandia National Laboratories at the intersection of biology and national security, including lifesaving efforts during the 2014 Ebola epidemic, has been recognized by the Department of Energy. On April 11, Dmitri Kusnezov, chief scientist and senior adviser to the secretary of energy, visited Sandia...

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research

Topics: biodefense, biological threats, computer modeling, computer modeling and simulation, Department of Energy, DTRA, Ebola, International Biological Threat Reduction, national security, public health, secretary of energy, Secretary of Energy Appreciation Awards, transportation modeling

Paula Austin outside an Ebola treatment unit in Sierra Leone.

Designing diagnostic labs that are safe, specific and sustainable

January 24, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An outbreak is like a wildfire; the sooner it’s caught, the easier it is to fight, said Vips Halkjaer-Knudsen, a lab design expert at Sandia National Laboratories. To detect an outbreak early — whether Ebola, Zika or influenza — healthcare workers must have a local, trustworthy diagnostic...

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Homeland security

Topics: biorisk management, biosafety, biosecurity, global security, laboratory design, laboratory security, public health, sustainable design