LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories’ California site in Livermore is ranked eighth among the winners in The Scientist magazine’s eighth annual Best Places to Work for Postdocs survey.
“This year’s award winners represent an array of forward thinking institutions that are open to changing in support of the values and needs of its postdocs,” said [...]
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Sandia’s California lab cited in ‘best places to work’ survey
March 3, 2010 – 5:00 am
Sandian Named Asian American Engineer of the Year
March 1, 2010 – 5:00 am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Sandia National Laboratories’ Clifford Ho has been selected by the Chinese Institute of Engineers ─ USA to receive the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award. The honor is presented each year to the nation’s most outstanding Asian American engineers and scientists who make significant, lasting and global contributions to the nation. [...]
National Security Computing Center open for business
February 25, 2010 – 1:44 pm
Red Storm becomes a DOE asset for national security projects
ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Sandia National Laboratories’ Red Storm high-performance computer will get broader use to help solve the nation’s most pressing national challenges now that it has been designated part of a Department of Energy user facility.
Red Storm is the primary computer in the National [...]
Fueling the future with fish tank residue: Sandia scientist discusses use of algae as a biofuel
February 18, 2010 – 3:27 pm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As Americans demand new and cleaner ways to meet the country’s energy needs, researchers are turning to algae as a promising new fuel source. The approach has the potential to significantly reduce the nation’s reliance on imported oil while contributing to rural economic development and lowering greenhouse emissions.
Experts project that algae-based biofuels [...]
Sandia signs agreement with New Zealand institute to address critical transportation energy issues
February 4, 2010 – 5:01 am
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories and Scion, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, have signed an agreement that will focus research on the cooperative development of technical information and system studies relevant to low-carbon energy technologies.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlines the intention to develop mutually beneficial research activities between Sandia and Scion.
Bob Carling, [...]
Supercomputer flexibility increased by virtualized operating system
January 20, 2010 – 8:16 am
Progress on opening up supercomputers to a broader range of applications and users
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Supercomputers have sprung up across the world landscape like the statues on Easter Island — separate, huge, and impenetrable to the average person. They perform hundreds of trillion calculations per second, a figure almost ungraspable by a species that [...]
Online computer program aids food producers in assessing vulnerabilities
December 14, 2009 – 9:31 am
Individual farmers can play roles in national defense, says Sandia researcher
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An online computer program that Sandia National Laboratories helped develop two years ago to protect the entire U.S. food manufacturing industry — from field to retail or food services — has been extended for use by farmers and food producers.
The idea is [...]
Sandia, others funded to sequence microbial genes for potential biofuels use
October 28, 2009 – 7:01 am
The 454 genome sequencing instruments (shown here at the Joint Genome Institute’s Walnut Creek, Calif., headquarters) are among the platforms to be utilized in the grasslands project. Photo courtesy of Roy Kaltschmidt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Click the image to download a 300 dpi JPEG. (Media are welcome to download/publish this image with related news [...]
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