Science at Sandia: Motivated by curiosity, vital to national security and well-being
A memo written by Richard Claassen 65 years ago changed the course of science and technology research at the Labs. These changes continue to impact research at Sandia daily.
Build-a-satellite program could fast track national security space missions
Valhalla, a modeling framework developed at Sandia, uses high-performance computing to design satellites, saving researchers months of creating preliminary designs.
Atomic-scale manufacturing might not just be for qubits anymore
A recent LDRD Grand Challenge project could transform electronics and solve energy challenges.
Powerful Sandia machine-learning model shows diamond melting at high pressure
Improvements to software and hardware shorten the process from one year to a day.
Testing sensors in fog to make future transportation safer
The fog facility at Sandia enables researchers to test new technology, like self-flying vehicles, in conditions that mimic nature.
Labs-directed research drives innovation to advance fusion ignition
In August, Sandia developed diagnostic sensors and imagers that contributed to a groundbreaking experiment at the National Ignition Facility.
This device could usher in GPS-free navigation
Sandia scientists designed and built a handheld device that tracks navigational measurements. This technology could be a pivotal component of next-generation navigation systems.
Sandia 3D-imaging workflow has benefits for medicine, electric cars and nuclear deterrence
The new method produces a range of computer-simulated outcomes, which could equip engineers and doctors with better information.
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-developed solar cell technology reaches space on board small satellite
mPower Technology’s DragonSCALES was initially developed at the Labs to reduce the cost of creating solar technology and increase its efficiencies. Future projects may take the technology as far as the moon.
World’s smallest, best acoustic amplifier emerges from 50-year-old hypothesis
Acousto-electric devices reveal new road to miniaturizing wireless tech
Hruby and Truman Fellows take time out to chat
Bette Webster, Nils Otterstrom and Aaron Sharpe talk about their research careers and Sandia
Using a mineral ‘sponge’ to catch uranium
Remediation technology reduces uranium levels 10,000-fold at legacy site in Colorado
A song of ice and fiber
Sandia embarks on first-of-its-kind Arctic seafloor data collection using underwater technique
Common ‘core’: Using molecular fragments to detect deadly opioids
Sandia detection method might someday be incorporated into hand-held instruments
Finding fire and ice: Modeling the probability of methane hydrate deposits on the seafloor
Sandia scientists use machine learning to find fuel source, climate-change driver
Thin explosive films provide snapshot of how detonations start
Thin explosive films provide snapshot of how detonations start
Catching quakes caused by energy exploration before they happen
Sandia scientists use 3D-printed rocks, machine learning to detect unexpected earthquakes
International research team begins uncovering Arctic mystery
New study on submarine permafrost suggests locked greenhouse gases are emerging
Safeguarding biological data
A partnership between Sandia and the Boston firm BioBright LLC to improve the security of synthetic biology equipment has become more relevant after the U.S. and others issued warnings that hackers were using the COVID-19 pandemic to increase their activities.
Material found in house paint may spur technology revolution
The development of a new method to make non-volatile computer memory may have unlocked a problem that has been holding back machine learning and has the potential to revolutionize technologies like voice recognition, image processing and autonomous driving.
PNM, Sandia partner on energy tech development
Sandia and New Mexico’s largest electricity provider, PNM, have teamed up to bring energy resilience, security and stability to the state and country. They have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to collaborate in numerous fields, with Sandia's work funded by the DOE Office of Electricity's Energy Storage Program.
How to multitask when nuclear nonproliferation is on the line
New cognitive science research from Sandia shows that while maps can help you identify landmarks while being escorted, using one also limits situational awareness and knowledge of surroundings not on the map. This finding is one of several coming from a three-year project that paired cognitive scientists and nuclear safeguards experts to conduct human performance tests and develop recommendations for inspectors.
Finding COVID-19 needles in a coronavirus haystack
To accelerate the filtering of coronavirus studies in the search for information relevant to COVID-19, Sandia has assembled a combination of data mining, machine-learning algorithms and compression-based analytics to bring the most useful data to the fore on an office computer.
Automating complex 3D modeling
A team of researchers led by Sandia has invented a first-of-its-kind software for scientists to create accurate digital representations, or meshes, of complex objects. The new software, VoroCrust, offers a novel way to meshes used by scientists in many disciplines to create geometric models of all kinds of parts, from rotors to wheels to protective equipment.