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Using math to map social connections

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Mike Brzustowicz and his team are using a mathematical principle and Sandia’s computing capabilities to probe the mysteries of connections between people and things, and create a predictive measure for everything from energy grid resiliency to A.I.

Let’s get cracking: Sandia scientists detect gases from fractured rock

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Geoscientists have detected specific gases being released from fractured rocks in real time after a series of small chemical explosions set underground. This fundamental research, led by Sandia National Laboratories geoscientist Steve Bauer, could one day improve the prediction of earthquakes or detection of underground explosions.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

An unlikely plan is helping the U.S. fast-track hypersonic conventional weapons

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories has piloted a new way to transfer technical designs to defense contractors for the common hypersonic glide body, which detaches from a rocket and soars at speeds above Mach 5.

Testing coatings to conserve canisters against corrosion

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

To shield steel from the corrosive threats posed by sea air, Sandia National Laboratories researchers tested a variety of nickel mixtures as protective coatings on stainless steel. The researchers found that the specific material applied, and the specific application process used, impacted the properties of the coating, including how protective it was against corrosion.

Journal: Frontiers in Metals and Alloys
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Gone for good? California’s beetle-killed, carbon-storing pine forests may not come back

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ponderosa pine forests in the Sierra Nevada that were wiped out by western pine beetles during the 2012-2015 megadrought won’t recover to pre-drought densities, reducing an important storehouse for atmospheric carbon.

Journal: Frontiers in Environmental Science
Funder: Los Alamos National Laboratory LDRD, University of California National Laboratory Fees Research Program

National Black engineer awards celebrate Sandia Labs scientists

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Three Sandia National Laboratories professionals recently received 2023 Black Engineer of the Year Awards. Danielle Stephenson was lauded as a Senior Technology Fellow, Coby Davis as a Science Spectrum Trailblazer and Ned Adams as a Modern-Day Technology Leader.

New Mexico veteran-owned small business nominated for Department of Energy award

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Pluma, LLC, has been nominated by Sandia National Laboratories as the Department of Energy’s Protégé of the Year as part of its Mentor-Protégé Program. Pluma, a general construction business started in Albuquerque, is one of five businesses Sandia accepted into the program with the mission of helping them grow with the labs’ guidance, knowledge, leadership and resources.

Ultrafast beam-steering breakthrough at Sandia Labs

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

n a major breakthrough in the fields of nanophotonics and ultrafast optics, a Sandia National Laboratories research team has demonstrated the ability to dynamically steer light pulses from conventional, so-called incoherent light sources.

Journal: Nature Photonics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Ultrafast beam-steering breakthrough at Sandia National Labs

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers show for the first time that incoherent light emitted by most light sources — incandescent bulbs, LEDs, flashlights— can be reconstituted as a focused, steerable beam of light much like lasers.

Journal: Nature Photonics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Qubits put new spin on magnetism: Boosting applications of quantum computers

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research using a quantum computer as the physical platform for quantum experiments has found a way to design and characterize tailor-made magnetic objects using quantum bits, or qubits. That opens up a new approach to develop new materials and robust quantum computing.

Journal: Science Advances

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