Sandia National Laboratories

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40 years of inspiring youth — HMTech STEM program returns

June 8, 2026, Media Advisory • This summer, Sandia National Laboratories volunteers will return to the classroom to ignite students’ passion for STEM through the Hands-on Minds-on Technology Program, known as HMTech.

Categories: Biology, Chemistry, Community / Education, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: education, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, students

Glaring impact, TAOS trajectory, quantum boom

April 24, 2026 • Each year, the FLC recognizes outstanding partnerships that help turn cutting-edge research at national laboratories and research centers into impactful products and services in the marketplace. This year there are 27 FLC award winners and seven honorable mentions. Three of those

Categories: Awards, Community / Education, Computing, Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Renewable energy, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: awards, economic impact, Federal Laboratory Consortium, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories

Ceremony marks construction milestone

April 16, 2026 • Construction on the 136,000-square foot Power Sources Capability Building at Sandia National Laboratories is ahead of schedule. A beam ceremony, which signifies completion of the building’s steel structure, was held on April 14.

Categories: Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: construction, national laboratories, nuclear deterrence mission, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories

Contributing a combined 76 Years of Innovation

April 10, 2026 • Edward Cole and Charles Hanley have spent decades solving hard problems in microelectronics and energy systems at Sandia National Laboratories. Now, both have been named fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Categories: Awards, Energy / Environment / Water, History, Physics, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: awards, grid resiliency, microelectronics, national laboratories, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, water power

Researchers develop rapid PFAS detector

March 9, 2026 • Sandia National Laboratories researchers developed a faster, cheaper way to test for PFAS.

Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: LDRD, national labs, pfas, Sandia National Laboratories, tech transfer

Brilliant minds unite for annual high school Science Bowl

March 3, 2026, Media Advisory • Some of New Mexico’s most brilliant young minds will come together March 7 for the annual New Mexico Regional Science Bowl sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories.

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, Science bowl

HIRE Vets ranks Sandia Labs at top for employing military veterans

February 5, 2026 • For the fifth consecutive year, Sandia National Laboratories has earned the HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award — the U.S. Department of Labor’s highest designation — for its commitment to attracting, hiring and retaining veterans.

Categories: Awards, HR / Personnel

Topics: awards, Sandia National Laboratories

Aiming to protect, with pinpoint precision

February 3, 2026 • A revolutionary patch to protect cancer patients and American warfighters was developed by a small team of Sandia National Laboratories researchers to be wearable, easily produced and disposable.

Categories: Bioscience / Medical Research, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: biodefense, cancer, medical, military, radiation, Sandia National Laboratories

Making the nation safer with Sandia’s help

January 19, 2026 • The New Mexico Small Business Assistance program has helped small businesses for 25 years with support from Sandia National Laboratories and, since 2007, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Categories: Computing, Military / Defense, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: economic impact, national labs, Sandia National Laboratories, small business, tech transfer

Students tackle food waste in Future City Competition

January 15, 2026, Media Advisory • Is there a future where food doesn’t go to waste? Where, from farm to table, the health of people and the planet are paramount? That is the future students are tasked with creating at the 2026 Future City Competition.

Categories: Community / Education, Energy / Environment / Water, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: education, national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, STEM education

Sandia’s economic impact sets record for 17th consecutive year

January 9, 2026 • Sandia National Laboratories generated a record $5.2 billion in economic impact in 2025, marking the 17th consecutive year Sandia has set a new high, according to its annual economic impact report released this week.

Categories: Community / Education, HR / Personnel, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: business, economic impact, national labs, Sandia National Laboratories, small business, tech transfer

Sandia’s economic impact sets record for 17th consecutive year

January 5, 2026, Media Advisory • Sandia National Laboratories contributed more than $5.2 billion to the economy in 2025, setting a record for the 17th consecutive year.

Categories: HR / Personnel, Media advisories, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: economic impact, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, small business

NASA’s VIPER mission gets vital help from Sandia

December 17, 2025 • NASA’s VIPER rover, designed to map water on the moon, has reached another major milestone with help from Sandia National Laboratories and its one-of-a-kind testing capabilities.

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: exploration, moon, NASA, national laboratories, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, VIPER

Kinetic careers: Sandia Labs engineers scoop up three national awards

December 9, 2025 • Science can be as dynamic as the researchers who explore it. The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers is recognizing three Sandia National Laboratories engineers who pushed beyond the boundaries of linear research to expand their knowledge and impact across multiple fields.

Categories: Awards

Topics: awards, national labs, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories

Predicting the (un)knowable

November 18, 2025 • Much is still unknown about how quantum computers behave and what they might one day help humans achieve. But a team at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a process to understand how to use quantum systems more efficiently — using the analogy of a simple jukebox.

Categories: Computing

Topics: computing, machine learning, quantum computers, quantum computing, Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia’s Small Business team honored again by DOE

August 7, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories' Mentor-Protégé Program and its leadership have once again been recognized by the Department of Energy for their success in helping small businesses grow.

Categories: Awards, Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: construction, economic impact, mentor protege, Sandia National Laboratories, small business

Cybersecurity suite that helps protect nation now available to public

August 1, 2025 • A cybersecurity platform developed at Sandia National Laboratories to detect and analyze advanced malware threats is now publicly available.

Categories: Cybersecurity, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: cisa, cybersecurity, hackers, malware, Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia brings extended reality technology to Explora

July 18, 2025, Media Advisory • Explora visitors can step into the world of augmented, virtual and mixed reality during a special event presented by Sandia National Laboratories on July 23.

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: community involvement, Community Outreach, education, Sandia National Laboratories

Nuclear deterrence expert picked to lead Sandia’s California site

June 16, 2025, Media Advisory • Sandia National Laboratories has selected nuclear deterrence expert Toby Townsend to lead its California campus, effective immediately.

Categories: HR / Personnel, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: California, Livermore, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, Toby Townsend

Sandia to help propel US semiconductor manufacturing

June 12, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories has joined a new partnership aimed at helping the United States regain its leadership in semiconductor manufacturing.

Categories: Computing, Military / Defense, Nanotechnology, Nonproliferation, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: CHIPS and Science Act, computer chips, NSTC, Sandia National Laboratories, semiconductors, tech transfer

Sandia National Labs helps save taxpayers millions through smarter spending

May 12, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories has helped save $439 million for the Department of Energy as part of the Supply Chain Management Center program. That’s more than any other DOE or National Nuclear Security Administration site.

Categories: Operations / Budget, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: budget, DOE, national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories

Sandians prep students for solar high-altitude balloon launch

May 2, 2025, Media Advisory • Students from three Albuquerque schools are preparing to launch their solar high-altitude balloons into the stratosphere with the help of Sandia National Laboratories volunteers and the nonprofit, Science Heads.

Categories: Community / Education, Media advisories, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: national laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, science heads, STEM

Sandia’s unique role in nuclear deterrence

April 22, 2025 • As lead systems integrator, Sandia National Laboratories plays a critical role in nuclear weapons, in close collaboration with our labs, plants and sites.

Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons

Topics: engineering, nuclear weapons, Sandia National Laboratories

Recycling products from the inside out

March 6, 2025 • What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects.

Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Materials Science, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: Sandia National Laboratories

B61-12 system production ends, sustainment begins

February 24, 2025 • Sandia National Laboratories and the nuclear security enterprise have achieved a significant milestone for the nation’s nuclear deterrence program with the completion of the last production unit of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb.

Categories: Military / Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: defense, national laboratories, nuclear deterrence, nuclear weapons, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories

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