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Testing sensors in fog to make future transportation safer
November 17, 2021 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Self-flying drones and autonomous taxis that can safely operate in fog may sound futuristic, but new research at Sandia National Laboratories’ fog facility is bringing the future closer. Fog can make travel by water, air and land hazardous when it becomes hard for both people and sensors...
Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Transportation
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Fog chamber video

Smarter, safer bridges with Sandia sensors
July 3, 2018 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Along with flying cars and instantaneous teleportation, smart bridges, roads and subway lines that can send out warnings when they’re damaged are staples of futuristic transportation systems in science fiction. Sandia National Laboratories has worked with Structural Monitoring Systems PLC, a U.K.-based manufacturer of structural health monitoring...
Categories: Conferences / Symposia, Science / Technology / Engineering, Transportation
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Man positions small, clear sensor on an old rusty bridge. Blue sky in background. In his other hand is a complex control system.

Converting natural gas to liquid transportation fuels via biological organisms
November 18, 2013 • LIVERMORE, Calif.— Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories will use their expertise in protein expression, enzyme engineering and high-throughput assays as part of a multiproject, $34 million effort by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) aimed at developing advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation....
Categories: Biology, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Microbes to butanol