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In his State of the Union address last year, President Bush proclaimed, "our scientists and engineers will overcome obstacles to taking these cars from laboratory to showroom so that the first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen, and pollution-free." Stepping up to that challenge are researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California, which has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to lead a virtual Center of Excellence for the development of reversible metal hydrides materials.

In this week's journal Science, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico describe a simple, commercially feasible method for self-assembling nanocrystals into robust orderly arrangements, like soup cans on a shelf or bricks in a wall or stopping nanocrystals from clumping.

Researchers at the at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new "inchworm" actuator instrument that provides detailed information about friction at the microscale.

Using a unique laser-based, soot heating technique, a team led by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Combustion Research Facility (CRF) has demonstrated the ability to measure "real world" particulate emissions from a vehicle under actual driving conditions.

The Department of Energy has selected Sandia to lead a Center of Excellence for the development of reversible metal hydrides materials. A key objective will be to develop materials capable of storing hydrogen safely and economically in a vehicle that can run for at least 300 miles before refueling.

New construction is under way at the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories on a $110 million, five-year program to revitalize the Laboratories' large-scale test capabilities.

A device to help eliminate friendly fire during military combat has been created by engineers at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories.

A cooperative effort is underway between the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) and Sandia National Laboratories' Cooperative Monitoring Center to help rebuild key elements of Iraq's scientific infrastructure.

Within a year the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories will be flying the smallest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ever to be used for reconnaissance on near-model-airplane-sized unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and eventually on precision-guided weapons and space applications.

A proposed U.S. mission to investigate three ice-covered moons of Jupiter will demand fast-paced research, fabrication and realistic non-nuclear testing of a prototype nuclear reactor within two years, says a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist.