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April 23, 2024 • They knew it was an ambitious goal. But by the time they announced it in 2022, Sandia and The University of New Mexico — two of the state’s largest research institutions — had been working out their strategy for more than a year. Read more about quantum powerhouse

April 23, 2024 • Sandia and Pacific Northwest national laboratories and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta are launching a research center that combines hardware and software design and development to improve artificial intelligence technologies that will ultimately benefit the public. Read more about AI center

April 23, 2024 • Focused on improving the accuracy of climate predictions, a Sandia-led computational team recently achieved a major milestone with a cloud-resolving model they ran on Frontier, the world’s first exascale supercomputer. Read more about Sandia cloud-resolving climate model

April 23, 2024 • Running a model of the global atmosphere with unprecedentedly high resolution on the world’s first exascale supercomputer, a Sandia-led team has won the Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modeling hosted by the Association for Computing Machinery. The award, announced on Nov. 16 at the SC23 convention in Denver, recognizes innovative...

April 22, 2024 • If you’ve ever asked a car mechanic how long a part will last until it breaks, odds are they shrugged their shoulders. They know how long parts last on average, and they can see when one is close to breaking. But knowing how many miles are left is extremely difficult,...

April 22, 2024 • Interlocking metasurfaces are a recent Sandia-invented joining technology that may replace other structural joining methods, such as bolts and adhesives. Much like LEGO® bricks (see Figure 1), they are patterned, modular surfaces that constrain motion between two bodies when assembled into a larger structure. Unlike LEGO bricks, they are designed...

April 22, 2024 • Computational simulation, or CompSim, models are digital prototypes of something a researcher is interested in building or testing. These prototypes make it easier and faster for the researcher to design a product that accomplishes a specific goal without first having to build and test a long list of physical prototypes....

April 22, 2024 • Sandia received a brain-based computing system from Intel Corp. that has 1.15 billion artificial neurons, aiming to advance large-scale brain-inspired computing. This innovative system, ten times faster and denser than its predecessor, holds potential for various applications from scientific simulations to societal enhancements like smarter soldier gear and rapid medical...

April 22, 2024 • A test launch for a hypersonic weapon — a long-range missile that flies a mile per second and faster — takes weeks of planning. So, while the U.S. and other states are racing to deploy hypersonic technologies, it remains uncertain how useful the systems will be against urgent, mobile or...

April 22, 2024 • Dragonflies intercept their prey with 95% accuracy. Understanding how their brains function could be the key to building more efficient algorithms and tech. Read more about insect brains

April 10, 2024 • Sandia is collaborating with international partners to collect data to better protect nuclear sites from cyberattacks and physical intrusions. As part of the multiyear research project with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Sandia developed software to emulate a cyberattack on a site’s central alarm station during exercises, with the goal of improving...

April 10, 2024 • Focused on improving the accuracy of climate predictions, a Sandia-led computational team recently achieved a major milestone with a cloud-resolving model they ran on Frontier, the world’s first exascale supercomputer. Read more about Cloud-resolving climate model

April 10, 2024 • Stout, a new Sandia supercomputer, secured its place on the Top500 computers list that was released Nov. 13. Boasting a performance of 8.9 petaflops, Stout claimed the No. 87 spot on the renowned benchmark list of the world’s fastest computers. Read more about Supercomputer Stout brews breakthroughs

April 10, 2024 • Sandia researchers have created a method of processing 3D images for computer simulations that could have beneficial implications for several industries, including health care, manufacturing and electric vehicles. Read more about Sandia 3D-imaging workflow

April 10, 2024 • A Sandia supercomputer simulation model called SNAP, or Spectral Neighbor Analysis Potential, that rapidly predicts the behavior of billions of interacting atoms has captured the melting of diamond when compressed by extreme pressures and temperatures. Read more about the Powerful Sandia machine-learning model

April 10, 2024 • With the insertion of a little math, Sandia researchers have shown that neuromorphic computers, which synthetically imitate the brain’s logic, can solve more complex problems than those posed by artificial intelligence and may even earn a place in high-performance computing. Read more about Neuromorphic computing

April 10, 2024 • Satellites equipped with remote sensing technology execute many critical national security missions, from detecting explosions to tracking sea ice, but until now it could take a team years to move from a concept to a deployable space system. Read more about Build-a-satellite program

April 10, 2024 • Nestled on the Alabama A&M University campus lies a state-of-the-art facility that allows faculty and students to conduct groundbreaking research and analyze the intelligence of artificial entities. On Nov. 28, AAMU and Sandia cut the ribbon on the university’s new artificial intelligence cage to conduct drone and robotic AI research....

April 10, 2024 • With a couple thousand years and modern science, humanity now knows quite a bit more about human intelligence and the natural world. However, artificial intelligence has humanity once again asking, “What do we really know?” Read more about Capabilities in popular AI models