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2007 News
- Fluorescence-based bioaerosol sensing project seeks to lower false alarm rates –
Sandia News Release, November 20, 2007
- Sandia’s unattended water sensor capable of 24/7 detection of toxins, bacteria in water supplies
May 9, 2007
- New Sandia sensor to have applications in homeland defense, safeguarding warfighters, clinical diagnostics
April 30, 2007
- Sandia decon formulation, best known as an anthrax killer, takes on household mold
April 26, 2007
- Sandia researchers take new approach to studying how cells respond to pathogens
April 3, 2007
- Sandia handheld instrument assesses dental disease in minutes
March 29, 2007
2006 News
2005 News
- Airports get safety guide
Labs help facilities plan for possible terrorist attacks - November 11, 2005
- Airport protection guidelines to be distributed to emergency planners and airport executives - November 10, 2005
- Sandia software could help border security
Program is designed to protect points of entry against attacks - October 31, 2005
- Two Sandia microChemLab technologies soon to be checking for toxins in the nation’s water supplies
September 27, 2005
- Researchers develop strategy - September 10, 2005
- Sandia's
dielectrophoresis device may revolutionize sample
preparation
August 23, 2005
- Sandia BROOM tool can help restore facilities following release of biological warfare agents
April 21, 2005
- Labs developing methods to deter, detect explosives - July 12, 2005
- Microfluidics meets its market - The Scientist, May 23, 2005 (117k .PDF)
- Sandia unveils new tool for Homeland Security
- Livermore's Sandia rolls out chemical weapon destroyer – February 16, 2005, Tri-Valley Herald
- Lab's 'spit project' helps pin diseases - January 28, 2005
- Sandia researchers develop portable device that can detect heart and gum disease instantly
Technology based on lab-on-a-chip technology
January 27, 2005
2004 News
- Sandia to begin testing innovative arsenic-removal technologies in Socorro
December 7, 2004
- Sandia, Tenix, and CH2M Hill will develop automated water safety sensor units
December 6, 2004
- Sandia researchers and Livermore Police Department successfully demonstrate viability of "sensor management architecture" for rapid deployment of detection system,
August 4, 2004
- $6 million appropriation to focus Sandia research on drinking water desalination, removal of arsenic
June 28, 2004
- Shrinking the Lab Down to Size
Much of the technology is still in development, but some labs-on-a-chip are already on the market.
Mechanical Engineering,
Gayle Ehrenman, Associate Editor,
May 2004
- Sandia-developed foam likely would stop SARS virus quickly, Sandia/Kansas State team shows
Project’s results might help officials battle emerging viruses such as bird flu
Sandia News Release,
February 2, 2004
2003 News
- Handheld Chemical Detectors on Alert for Biological Weapons
In "The Alchemist"
Jean Thilmany, November 10, 2003
- Sandia launches Chem/Bio Program Web site
Detection, facilities protection, urban monitoring among technical programs featured
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
October 16, 2003
- Sandia seeks commercialization partners for hand-held chemical analysis and detection system
“ µChemLab” device serves as homeland security tool for first-line responders and offers variety of other applications
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
October 7, 2003
- Sandia, Kansas State University developing rapid disease detection system for farm animals using RSVP™
Sandia Media Contact: Chris Burroughs, coburro@sandia.gov
K-State Media Contact: Mary Lou Peter, jmlpeter@ksu.edu
July 22, 2003
- Planned U.S. sensor network targets terror threats
By Rick Merritt
EE Times, July 14, 2003 (11:52 a.m. EST)
- Mock Anthrax Attack 'Kills' 9,000
by Ian Hoffman, Staff Writer
Oakland Tribune / Tri-Valley Herald, Thursday, July 03, 2003
- Sandia hosts DHS laboratory chief at tech-transfer conference
Labs pushed to crank out defense tools
Private industry may help feds mass-produce devices for war on terror
By Ian Hoffman, Staff Writer
Oakland Tribune / Tri-Valley Herald, June 4, 2003
- Labs Hustle on Biodefense
By Judy Silber
Contra Costa Times April 4, 2003
- "PROACT" system helps mitigate chemical/biological threats
Sandia researchers partner with SFO, others to develop facility-protection system,
April 2, 2003
- SF Airport Shows Off New Bioweapon Detector
By Guy Ashley
Contra Costa Times April 3, 2003,
- Ideal Sensors for Terror Attack Don't Exist Yet
By Kenneth Chang
New York Times April 1, 2003
- Sandia's facility protection work at SFO takes center stage
SFO tests 'sniffer' system to combat bioterror attack
Alan Gathright, Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco Chronicle, March 27, 2003
- Oakland Tribune examines Sandia-designed airport counter-terrorism efforts
S.F. airport serves as lab to quietly test bioterror sensors
By Ian Hoffman, Staff Writer
Oakland Tribune, March 25, 2003
- Sandia sensors guard D.C., Labs protect D.C. Metro
By Ian Hoffman, Staff Writer
Oakland Tribune, March 16, 2003
- Emergence of biodefense the focus of local conference
By Ian Hoffman, Staff Writer
Oakland Tribune / Tri-Valley Herald, February 27, 2003
- Ultralight device analyzes gases immediately
Flying SnifferSTAR may aid civilians and US military
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
January 23, 2003
2002 News
- U.S. Army Central Command selects chem-bio decontamination formulation developed at Sandia
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
October 1, 2002
- Palmtop- µChemLab™ story (2.81MB PDF)
Vol. 4, No. 3 Fall 2002
- Sandia researchers help prepare public health officials, others with anti-terror “decision analysis” tool
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
August 20, 2002
- Prototype detector could identify anthrax quickly
New technique requires only a few minutes of FAME
March 6, 2002
2001 News
