Sandia researchers seek ways to make lithium-ion batteries work longer, safer
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11-Jan-2006
Sandia researchers aim to keep points-of-entry safe through systems-level modeling of operations
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Sandia's recent work on border security is well on its way to providing an enormously valuable national asset by providing federal agencies with a reliable and comprehensive simulation capability that lets officials "test drive" various security solutions prior to investing in them.
6-Jan-2006
Sandia to conduct regional energy/water workshop in Salt Lake City
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesMeeting Announcement
Sandia National Laboratories will conduct a workshop in Salt Lake City Jan. 10-11, designed to help gauge future energy and water concerns.
- Meeting
- Energy/Water Workshop
4-Jan-2006
Tiny crystals promise big benefits for solar technologies
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have discovered that a phenomenon called carrier multiplication, in which semiconductor nanocrystals respond to photons by producing multiple electrons, is applicable to a broader array of materials that previously thought. The discovery increases the potential for the use of nanoscrystals as solar cell materials to produce higher electrical outputs than current solar cells.
- Journal
- Nature Physics
15-Dec-2005
'Mighty Mouse' robot frees stuck radiation source
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
A Sandia National Laboratories robot recently withstood enough radiation to kill 40 men in freeing a stuck radiation source -- the size of a restaurant salt shaker -- at a White Sands Missile Range lab so that the cylinder could be safely returned to its insulated base.
15-Dec-2005
DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program mobile facility moves to Niger
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
After a six-month stint taking cloud and aerosol measurements at Point Reyes National Seashore on the California coast, a mobile suite of climate monitoring equipment was moved to Niamey, Niger, in October for a year's deployment there.
- Funder
- DOE/US Department of Energy
13-Dec-2005
Light-bringer Debby Tewa provides advice about solar power to people on Indian reservations
DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Today, as a contractor to Sandia Labs' Sandia Tribal Energy Program, Debbie Tewa provides technical advice about maintaining photovoltaic (PV) units to people on Indian reservations who live remotely like she did as a child.
13-Dec-2005
BiNational Sustainability Laboratory opens, hopes to create 'necklace of labs' along Mexican border
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
After four years of preparation, the BiNational Sustainability Laboratory announced itself ready for business in a 4,000-square-foot facility in Santa Teresa, N.M., a short ride east from El Paso and a few miles from the Mexican border.
10-Nov-2005
Airport protection guidelines to be distributed to emergency planners and airport executives
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
A published report developed by a joint team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is being distributed to airport executives and emergency planners and is expected to aid security managers of airports and other transportation facilities in reducing the risk of chemical and biological attacks.
27-Oct-2005
How-to book published on laser beam-shaping applications
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBook Announcement
Following up on their well-received first book, Sandia researchers Fred Dickey and Scott Holswade have edited (with David Shealy of the University of Alabama at Birmingham) a compact new volume, Laser Beam Shaping Applications. Nineteen prominent practitioners share their knowledge of how to shape laser beams to optimize and improve their use.