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Released: 12-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Through the Quantum Looking Glass
Sandia National Laboratories

An ultrathin invention could make future computing, sensing and encryption technologies remarkably smaller and more powerful by helping scientists control a strange but useful phenomenon of quantum mechanics, according to new research recently published in the journal Science.

Newswise:  Pipelines for Progress
Released: 23-Aug-2022 12:30 PM EDT
Pipelines for Progress
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories is sharpening its recruitment focus on select historically Black colleges and universities with its Securing Top Academic Research and Talent, or START, program.

Newswise: Back to the drawing board: Reinventing offshore wind turbines
Released: 16-Aug-2022 10:35 AM EDT
Back to the drawing board: Reinventing offshore wind turbines
Sandia National Laboratories

In order to design radically new idea offshore wind turbines, Sandia National Laboratories engineers first needed to build a design tool capable of modeling the physics vertical-axis wind turbine, or a new "drawing board."

Released: 10-Aug-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Sandia Science & Tech Park continues to strengthen economy
Sandia National Laboratories

Since 1998, companies and organizations in the Sandia Science & Technology Park have paid nearly $7.2 billion in wages and generated more than $4 billion in taxable personal consumption, according to a new report.

   
Newswise: “We’ve Got the Power”: Sandia technology test delivers electricity to the grid
Released: 9-Aug-2022 9:55 AM EDT
“We’ve Got the Power”: Sandia technology test delivers electricity to the grid
Sandia National Laboratories

For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories researchers delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid.

Released: 2-Aug-2022 11:30 AM EDT
Can an Algorithm Teach Scientists to Write Better Quantum Computer Programs?
Sandia National Laboratories

A new research project, funded by an Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award, will help quantum computer scientists write better programs that fail less often.

Newswise: Employee honored for disability inclusion, advocacy
Released: 25-Jul-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Employee honored for disability inclusion, advocacy
Sandia National Laboratories

Heather Spalding, a business lead at Sandia National Laboratories, was recently recognized as an Employee of the Year by CAREERS & the disABLED magazine for her advocacy efforts, professional accomplishments, community outreach initiatives and more.

Released: 21-Jul-2022 1:45 PM EDT
Sandia applied mathematician wins DOE Early Career Research Award
Sandia National Laboratories

Guiding highly complex simulations with real-world, very fine data.

Released: 19-Jul-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Radar Gets a Major Makeover
Sandia National Laboratories

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working to replace legacy analog radars commonly used by the military with a new, digital, software-defined system called Multi-Mission Radio Frequency Architecture.

Released: 18-Jul-2022 12:25 PM EDT
Sandia Researchers Receive Two EO Lawrence Awards
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories pulsed-power physicist Daniel Sinars and quantum information scientist Andrew Landahl have each received 2021 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Awards, the U.S. Department of Energy’s highest scientific mid-career honor.

Newswise: 20th Anniversary of Sandia Tribal Energy Internship Program
Released: 13-Jul-2022 9:55 AM EDT
20th Anniversary of Sandia Tribal Energy Internship Program
Sandia National Laboratories

2022 marks a major milestone for Sandia National Laboratories’ groundbreaking tribal energy internship program: two decades of meeting the growing renewable energy technical needs of Native American tribes and providing valuable, real-world experience for Native and Alaska Native STEM students.

Newswise:Video Embedded using-the-power-of-the-sun-to-roast-green-chile
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Released: 6-Jul-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Using the Power of the Sun to Roast Green Chile
Sandia National Laboratories

Roasting green chile is a cultural touchstone in New Mexico, but burning propane to roast the peppers leads to a seasonal emission of approximately 7,800 metric tons of carbon dioxide — the equivalent of driving 1,700 cars for a year.

Newswise: Exploring Explosives for Expanding Geothermal Energy
Released: 21-Jun-2022 12:30 PM EDT
Exploring Explosives for Expanding Geothermal Energy
Sandia National Laboratories

Why are scientists setting off small-scale explosions inside 1-foot cubes of plexiglass? They’re watching how fractures form and grow in a rock-like substance to see if explosives or propellants, similar to jet fuel, can connect geothermal wells in a predictable manner.Geothermal energy has a lot of promise as a renewable energy source that is not dependent on the sun shining or the wind blowing, but it has some challenges to wide adoption.

Newswise:Video Embedded build-a-satellite-program-could-fast-track-national-security-space-missions
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Released: 8-Jun-2022 1:05 PM EDT
Build-a-Satellite Program Could Fast Track National Security Space Missions
Sandia National Laboratories

Valhalla, a Python-based performance modeling framework developed at Sandia National Laboratories, uses high-performance computing to build preliminary satellite designs based on mission requirements and then runs those designs through thousands of simulations.

Newswise:  National Group Honors Sandia Labs Recruiter as Veterans Champion
Released: 25-May-2022 11:05 AM EDT
National Group Honors Sandia Labs Recruiter as Veterans Champion
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories talent acquisition specialist Tony Lona, a recruiter focused on veterans and unique abilities, was named a 2022 Veteran Champion of the Year in Corporate America by G.I. Jobs Magazine.

Newswise: Together We Rise
Released: 16-May-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Together We Rise
Sandia National Laboratories

As fierce wildfires spread through New Mexico, burning hundreds of structures and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate, Sandia National Laboratories found a way for the workforce to help.

Newswise: Powering the Moon: Sandia Researchers Design Microgrid for Future Lunar Base
Released: 11-May-2022 10:30 AM EDT
Powering the Moon: Sandia Researchers Design Microgrid for Future Lunar Base
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories is well-known for designing reliable and resilient microgrids for military bases and vital city services. Now, Sandia researchers are working with NASA to design one for the moon.

Released: 4-May-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Seashell-inspired Sandia shield protects materials in hostile environments
Sandia National Laboratories

Word of an extraordinarily inexpensive material, lightweight enough to protect satellites against debris in the cold of outer space, cohesive enough to strengthen the walls of pressurized vessels experiencing average conditions on Earth and yet heat-resistant enough at 1,500 degrees Celsius or 2,732 degrees Fahrenheit to shield instruments against flying debris, raises the question: what single material could do all this?

Newswise: Cycloalkanes a strong candidate for reducing aviation emissions
Released: 21-Apr-2022 11:30 AM EDT
Cycloalkanes a strong candidate for reducing aviation emissions
Sandia National Laboratories

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have released data that could play an important role in the future development of cleaner and more sustainable aviation fuel. The team explored the physical properties of cycloalkanes, which, when used in jet fuel may reduce condensation trail formation and soot emissions as compared to current fuels.

Newswise: Cheers to five more years
Released: 15-Apr-2022 3:25 PM EDT
Cheers to five more years
Sandia National Laboratories

An initiative that helps businesses transform New Mexico national laboratories’ technologies into viable products and services will continue driving innovations to market into 2027.



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