Looking 10,000 years into the future
Sandia’s Carlsbad site serves as science adviser to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Encouraging minority students in STEM
Interns learn technical skills and gain insight into national security through a program that connects minority-serving colleges and universities with NNSA labs and plants.
We’ve got the power
A successful test on the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid demonstrates the benefits of a new power-generating system.
Pipelines for progress
A new program at Sandia builds academic partnerships with historically Black colleges and universities, creating an employee-recruiting pipeline for some of the strongest engineering talent in the U.S.
Exploring explosives for expanding geothermal energy
Sandia researchers test explosives and propellants to create geothermal power sites.
Virtual tools bring cybersecurity experts together to tackle tough problems
An annual workshop brings together cybersecurity experts from Sandia and the federal government to collaborate on solutions to cybersecurity challenges.
Powering the moon: Sandia researchers design microgrid for future lunar base
In partnership with NASA, Sandia researchers design reliable and resilient microgrids that could sustain astronauts, mining and fuel processing on the moon.
NNSA celebrates opening with ribbon-cutting for new complex
The 330,000-square-foot, LEED Gold-certified complex will house more than 1,200 employees who support the national security mission.
Record-breaking, ultrafast devices step to protecting the grid from EMP
A new Sandia device can shunt record-breaking excess electricity in a few billionths of a second.
International collaboration compares geologic repository assessment tools
Sandia researchers have developed software that supports the assessment of possible sites to dispose of spent nuclear fuel in the future.