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Fueling the future with fish tank residue: Sandia scientist discusses use of algae as a biofuel

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As Americans demand new and cleaner ways to meet the country's energy needs, researchers are turning to algae as a promising new fuel source. The approach has the potential to significantly reduce the nation's reliance on imported oil while contributing to rural economic development and lowering greenhouse emissions.

Meeting: 2010 AAAS Annual Meeting

Supercomputer flexibility increased by virtualized operating system

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

New work on Sandia National Laboratories' Red Storm supercomputer -- the 17th fastest in the world -- is helping to make supercomputers more accessible, in effect removing them from the solitary confinement of their specialized operating systems.

Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.

Sandia's Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory awarded $4.2 million in stimulus funds

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories will use $4.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modify and enhance its existing Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory, with the goal of developing low-cost batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Stopping MRSA before it becomes dangerous is possible, Sandia/UNM researchers find

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Most scientists believe that staph infections are caused by many bacterial cells that signal each other to emit toxins. The signaling process is called quorum sensing because many bacteria must be present to start the process. But the Jeff Brinker research group has determined that the very first stage of staph infection, when bacteria switch from a harmless to a virulent form, occurs in a single cell and that this individual process can be stopped by the application of a simple protein.

New funding will stimulate alternative energy research

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Initiatives to provide geothermal heating or power at the Pueblo of Jemez and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology campus are receiving Los Alamos National Laboratory assistance, thanks to recent American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funding.

Funder: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory names 6 scientists as 2009 Fellows

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Antoinette "Toni" Taylor, Stephen Becker, Joachim Birn, Lowell Brown, Patrick Colestock and Samuel "Tom" Picraux have been designated 2009 Los Alamos National Laboratory Fellows in recognition of sustained, outstanding scientific contributions and exceptional promise for continued professional achievement.

Sandia announces completion of mixed waste landfill cover construction

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Environmental Restoration Project at Sandia National Laboratories reports the successful construction of an alternative evapotranspirative cover at the Mixed Waste Landfill in September. The 2.6-acre site is located in Technical Area 3 in the west-central part of Kirtland Air Force Base.

LANL Roadrunner simulates nanoscale material failure

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How nanowires evolve under stress is simulated atom-by-atom over a period of time that is closer than ever to experimental reality.

LANL Roadrunner models nonlinear physics of high-power lasers

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Los Alamos scientists are using an adapted version of VPIC, a particle-in-cell plasma physics code, to model the nonlinear physics of laser backscatter energy transfer and plasma instabilities to assist colleagues at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as they attempt to reach fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility next year.