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Sandia researchers help to understand climate change

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia researchers Mark Ivey and Bernie Zak are members of a research team from around the world whose work on the cold tundra in northern Alaska is helping to transform scientists' understanding of what the future may hold for Earth's climate.

Funder: US Department of Energy's Office of Science

Sandia handheld instrument assesses dental disease in minutes

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

According to a paper in the March 27 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a recently completed pilot study conducted with the University of Michigan shows that a Sandia handheld device determined in minutes -- from a tiny sample of saliva alone -- not only if a patient has gum disease but quantitatively how advanced the disease is.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Ice created in nanoseconds by Sandia's Z machine

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia's huge Z machine, which generates termperatures hottter than the sun, has turned water to ice in nanoseconds. However, don't expect anything commercial just yet: the ice is hotter than the boiling point of water.

Theory aims to describe fundamental properties of materials

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Gold is shiny, diamonds are transparent and iron is magnetic. Why is that? The answer lies with a team of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories about a material's electronic structure, which determines its electrical, optical and magnetic properties.

Sandia helps develop new wind turbine blade design

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

A new wind turbine blade design that researchers at Sandia developed in partnership with Knight & Carver of San Diego should significantly reduce the cost-of-energy (COE) of wind turbines at low-wind-speed sites. Named "STAR" for Sweep Twist Adaptive Rotor, the blade is the first of its kind produced at a utility-grade size.

Sandia develops next generation of screening devices

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing the next generation of screening devices that will identify hazardous and toxic materials even if concealed by clothing and packaging materials.

Sandia computer simulation monitors traffic in contraband nuclear material

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Sandia National Laboratories researcher has developed a simulation program designed to track the illicit trade in fissile and nonfissile radiological material well enough to predict who is building the next nuclear weapon and where they are doing it.

Sandia researchers develop better sensor detection system

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By integrating readily available generic sensors with a more sophisticated sensor, researchers at Sandia have developed a detection system that promises to make it easier to catch perpetrators trying to infiltrate prohibited areas.

Sandia research to focus on early detection of harmful algal blooms

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Sandia researchers Todd Lane and Victoria VanderNoot have been awarded a research grant to develop a technology that can successfully detect deadly toxins from harmful algal blooms.

Detecting explosives with honeybees

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a method for training the common honey bee to detect the explosives used in bombs.

Funder: US National Nuclear Security Administration