Watershed models offer learning moments
Volunteers from Environment, Safety and Health visited 40 fifth-grade classrooms to provide hands-on education about the importance of preventing water pollution.
Guided by ‘a responsibility to act,’ environmental stewards tidy up Tech Area III
The group has removed more than 3,700 tons of leftover materials from large-scale tests.
Building muscle memory
Months of intense planning, organizing and coordinating culminated in Sandia’s Aug. 10 annual emergency exercise — a yearly workout to test its emergency response organization’s proficiency in responding to a site incident.
Improved nuclear accident code helps policymakers assess risks from small reactors
Sandia updated software to support regulators’ evaluation of the consequences of nuclear accidents.
Sandia shines in inaugural Bay Area postdoctoral research SLAM
Three postdoctoral researchers distilled their ideas into three-minute presentations to participate in the inaugural competition.
Underground tests dig into how heat affects salt-bed repository behavior
Scientists launch a yearslong experiment intended to refine computer models and inform policymakers on spent nuclear fuel disposal.
Demystifying inclement weather notifications
Learn about the types of messages that Sandians may receive as wintry weather hits.
Sandia creates global archive of historical renewable energy documents
The archive, which includes nearly sixty years of concentrating solar power research, is now easily and publicly accessible, a game-changer for solar researchers and engineers.
Mimicking mother nature: New membrane to make fresh water
Sandia scientists and their collaborators design an electrodialysis membrane inspired by a protein in algae that may be more effective than reverse osmosis.
Sandia helps set up future of ocean research with hydrogen fuel cells
Inspired by scientist Lennie Klebanoff’s research, students at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at U.C. San Diego urged their college to commit to a zero-emissions fleet of research vessels.