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15-Nov-2006
Red Storm upgrade lifts Sandia supercomputer to 2nd in world, but 1st in scalability
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
Sandia's Red Storm computer has increased its peak speed from 41.5 to 124.4 teraflops. The machine, built by Cray Inc., is now rated second fastest in the world, with a Linpack speed of 101.4 teraflops.
13-Nov-2006
Sandia researchers discover way to see how a drug attaches to a cell
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Sandia National Laboratories researchers John Shelnutt and Yujiang Song have discovered a better way to see where a drug attaches to a cell through a new process that produces novel hollow platinum nanostructures.
7-Nov-2006
Research shows brain injury may occur within one millisecond after head hits car windshield
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Center neurologist shows that brain injury may occur within one millisecond after a human head is thrust into a windshield in a car accident. This happens before any overall motion of the head following impact with the windshield and is a new concept to consider for doctors interested in traumatic brain injury.
2-Nov-2006
Z machine melts diamond to puddle
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Sandia's Z machine, by creating pressures more than 10 million times that of the atmosphere at sea level, has turned a diamond sheet into a pool of liquid, in an experiment to better understand the characteristics of diamond under the extreme pressure it would face when used as a capsule for a BB-sized pellet intended to fuel a nuclear fusion reaction.
10-Oct-2006
Sandia researchers develop contaminant warning program for EPA to monitor water systems in real time
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Sandia researchers are working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of Cincinnati and Argonne National Laboratory to develop contaminant warning systems that can monitor municipal water systems to determine quickly when and where a contamination occurs.
9-Oct-2006
LOGIIC helps keep oil, gas control systems safe
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
For the past 12 months, Sandia National Laboratories has served as the lead lab in Project LOGIIC (Linking the Oil and Gas Industry to Improve Cyber Security). The project was created to keep U.S. oil and gas control systems safe and secure, and to help minimize the chance that a terrorist attack could severely damage or cripple America's oil and gas infrastructure.
5-Oct-2006
DOE selects Sandia as National Laboratory Center for Solid-State Lighting Research and Development
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced today that Sandia National Laboratories is the new home of the National Laboratory Center for Solid-State Lighting Research and Development. He made the announcement at a news conference at Sandia's International Programs Building.
3-Oct-2006
Phase diagram of water revised by Sandia researchers
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Supercomputer simulations by Sandia researchers have significantly altered the theoretical diagram universally used by scientists to understand the characteristics of water at extreme temperatures and pressures. The new computational model also expands the known range of water's electrical conductivity.
12-Sep-2006
Sandia fingerprinting technique demonstrates wireless device driver vulnerabilities
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have demonstrated a fingerprinting technique that allows hackers with ill intent to identify a wireless driver without modification to or cooperation from a wireless device. Revealing this technique publicly, Sandia researchers hope, can aid in improving the security of wireless communications for devices that employ 802.11 networking.