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14-Aug-2003
Sandia team develops cognitive machines
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Over the past five years a team led by Sandia cognitive psychologist Chris Forsythe has been developing cognitive machines that accurately infer user intent, remember experiences with users and allow users to call upon simulated experts to help them analyze situations and make decisions.
25-Jul-2003
Internet speed mark in Guiness World Records Book
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Quick now, who holds the land-speed record for sending data over the Internet?
25-Jul-2003
Los Alamos releases new maps of Mars water
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
"Breathtaking" new maps of likely sites of water on Mars showcase their association with geologic features such as Vallis Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system.
22-Jul-2003
Sandia microfluidic device rapidly captures and releases proteins, Science reports
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
A microdevice whose business end looks like the gold-coated spine of a very tiny mouse, with each "vertebrae" line separated from the next by about a third the width of a human hair, has been demonstrated to easily collect and release proteins in aqueous solution in less than a second.
14-Jul-2003
Sandia researchers use quantum dots as a new approach to solid-state lighting
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
In a different approach to creating white light several researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories have developed the first solid-state white light-emitting device using quantum dots.
8-Jul-2003
Revolutionary tungsten photonic crystal could provide more power for electrical devices
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories -- exceeding the predictions of a 100-year-old law of physics -- have shown that filaments fabricated of tungsten lattices emit remarkably more energy than solid tungsten filaments in certain bands of near-infrared wavelengths when heated.
2-Jul-2003
Human genes can predict AIDS progression rate
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
A Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher and her colleagues have found that people with less common types of proteins on their white blood cells seem to mount a better immune response against the Human Immunodeficiency Virus - the virus that causes AIDS - and tend to fight progression of the disease better than people with common white blood cell proteins.
- Journal
- Nature Medicine
17-Jun-2003
At Los Alamos: Guarding the air we breathe
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
It's a sunny morning in late June. Tourists and locals throng midtown Manhattan, near Central Park South. The air carries a mix of aromas--sweet scents from blossoming trees in Central Park, a potpourri of ethnic foods from nearby restaurants, the pungent blend of sauerkraut and roasting hot dogs from a street vendor. But unscented and unnoted by the crowds, the air is also laced with anthrax spores from a bioterrorist attack.
12-Jun-2003
Team finds immediate predecessor of modern humans
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
An international team of scientists, including a researcher from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has discovered fossilized skulls that lend further credence to the hypothesis that modern humankind originated in Africa.
- Journal
- Nature
- Funder
- National Science Foundation, University of California's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Los Alamos National Laboratory