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November 16, 2009
Why huge bands of iron formed billions of years ago on Earth’s surface
Ironing out a longstanding geological puzzle
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — No one knows why massive formations of banded iron — some ultimately hundreds of kilometers long, like a sleeping giant’s suspenders — mysteriously began precipitating on Earth’s surface about [...]
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November 2, 2009
Sandia announces completion of mixed waste landfill cover construction
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Environmental Restoration Project at Sandia National Laboratories reports the successful construction of an alternative evapotranspirative cover at the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) in September. The 2.6-acre site is located in Technical Area 3 in the west-central part of Kirtland [...]
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October 22, 2009
‘Perspectives on Energy Policy’ report now available
Energy leaders call for independent energy council, recommend outcomes and values-based policies
LIVERMORE, Calif. — The United States should create a high-level independent council to analyze and communicate critical issues to energy policymakers and the public, a group of 27 leaders in academia, government [...]
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October 19, 2009
Sandia joins forces with Boeing, Caltrans, other industry partners on fuel cell-powered mobile lighting application
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories, with help from The Boeing Company, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and others, is leading an effort to develop a commercially viable, fuel cell-powered mobile lighting system.
“Mobile lighting” refers to [...]
Turning algae into energy
Project converts dairy wastes to energy, other products
Lucas Mcgrath adjusts the nutrient injection ports on an algal tank mixing arm (Photo by Randy Montoya)
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As part of [...]
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September 10, 2009
Sandia climate study projects receive $5 million in Recovery Act funding
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Sandia National Laboratories climate study projects are getting a boost this year with the help of $5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — the stimulus package. Both projects are associated with the Atmospheric Radiation [...]
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August 25, 2009
Sandia team developing right-sized reactor
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A smaller scale, economically efficient nuclear reactor that could be mass-assembled in factories and supply power for a medium-size city or military base has been designed by Sandia National Laboratories.
The exportable, proliferation-resistant “right-sized reactor” was conceived by a Sandia research team led by Tom [...]
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May 5, 2009
Sandia awarded significant positions in DOE’s $777 million ‘Energy Frontier Research Center’ program
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers scored big in the $777 million, five-year DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) announced last week by the White House.
Sandia expects to become home to one of 46 new multimillion-dollar centers, be [...]
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April 2, 2009
Energy policy must reconcile values across security, economics, and the environment, energy leaders assert
LIVERMORE, Calif. — At a workshop convened by Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sustainability Solutions Institute (SSI), some 25 leaders from academia, government, and the private sector gathered on March 18-19 to [...]
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