December 14, 2012
Sandia’s Kauai Test Facility celebrates 50 years of rocket launches; Airborne pods seek to trace nuclear bombs’ origins; Cyanobacteria: Engineering an alternative fuel source; and more.
2012 Issues
November 30, 2012
PV partners: Sandia helps DOE bring large-scale solar systems to market; Project aims to create an OS for exascale computing environment; Intern adds Rhodes Scholarship to remarkable achievements; New inclement weather notification process is simple, straightforward, standardized; and more.
November 16, 2012
Willis Whitfield, inventor of modern-day laminar-flow clean room, passes away; Helping solve unique problems: Technologist Richard Simpson gets deeply involved in wide range of experiments; Sandia hiring program helps wounded veterans get back in the game; and more.
November 2, 2012
Sandia tackles complex brain injury issue; Seismic tools aid in tunnel detection; From Tinian to Albuquerque: Sandia legend Leon Smith passes away at age 92; and more.
October 19, 2012
Multiphase shock tube offers insights into physics early in blasts; Federal Laboratory Consortium tips hat to wide range of Sandia work; Sandia benchmark helps wind industry measure success; and more.
October 5, 2012
Primary Standards Lab: Sandia’s the word for precision measurements, calibrations; Sandia helps technical panel when sinkhole opens up in Louisiana; Probability maps help sniff out contamination in food supply; and more.
September 21, 2012
Sandia’s Explosives Technology Group discovers key detonation behavior in common explosive; Greg Nielson named to Popular Science Brilliant 10 list; Steve Castillo named HENAAC’s 2012 Engineer of the Year; and more.
September 7, 2012
Experiments verify key aspect of Sandia nuclear fusion concept; Lifelike, cost-effective Sandia Hand can disable IEDs; Explosive Destruction System keeps pace with changing mission; and more.
August 24, 2012
Failure the only option at the Mechanics Lab; Island hopping, bacterial style; DNA fingerprinting to go; and more.
August 10, 2012
Hard data from a hard place: Science on Alaska’s North Slope; Modeling the Fukushima accident: MELCOR code used to model accidents at Fukushima; New Northrop Grumman, GE umbrella CRADAs tap wide range of Sandia expertise; and more.
July 27, 2012
Fiery research: Computer models for propellant fires; Sandians honored by President Obama for early career accomplishments; Authors reprise 2010 paper showing increased productivity from more efficient lighting; and more.
July 13, 2012
NNSA honors Sandian for helping with new data tool roll-out; Turning teacher in retirement offers a ‘purposeful and enjoyable way’ to help others; MIT climate skeptic speaks at Sandia; and more.
June 29, 2012
Sandia wins four R&D 100 Awards; Cyber research facility opens at Sandia/California; Explosives legend Paul Cooper hangs up his teaching hat; and more.
June 15, 2012
Follow the sun: Sandia solar-tracking technology fuels global business; An ideal companion for biofuels; Sandia/California honors young women for outstanding achievement in math and science; and more.
June 1, 2012
Small worlds come into focus with new Sandia instrument; Sandia’s web tool identifies best energy storage options; Sandia helping nation find best way to protect infrastructure, recover from disasters; and more.
May 18, 2012
Labs technology launched in first test flight of Army’s conventional Advanced Hypersonic Weapon; Sandia research comes up with unique materials approach to provide temperature-stable circuits; Old robot gets new life at New Mexico Highlands University; and more.
May 4, 2012
A new twist on botulinum testing; Pedal to the metal: Sandian helps UNM students reach the finish line; Old robot gets new life at New Mexico Highlands University; and more.
April 20, 2012
When seconds count: ER doc, Sandia engineer join forces on stronger trauma shears; Vestas to install research wind turbine at Sandia’s Lubbock test facility; Cheston Bailon’s path to Sandia passed through Iraq; and more.
March 23, 2012
Neutron Generation: From tubes to chips; Experiments may force revision of astrophysical models of universe; SPIDERS microgrid project secures military installations; and more.
February 24, 2012
Sandia working to improve nervous system control of prosthetics; Initial geothermal investment comes full circle in new project; Making an impact in the economy: New Mexico companies did $400 million in business with Sandia; and more.
February 10, 2012
Sandia one of ‘greatest research institutions in the world,’ visiting Energy Secretary Steven Chu says; Sandia tool determines value of solar photovoltaic power systems; Prestigious Asian American event comes to Albuquerque; and more.
January 27, 2012
Legacy Waste Program nearing completion; Sandia researchers, UK partners publish groundbreaking work on Criegee intermediates in Science magazine; National Nuclear Science Week a glowing success; and more.
January 13, 2012
Anthrax-killing foam proves effective in meth lab cleanup; Sandia cyber project looks to help IT professionals with complex Domain Name System vulnerabilities; Developing power-over-fiber communications cable: When total isolation is a good thing; and more.