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26-Nov-2001
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measures carbon in soils in a flash
DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
With increasing international concern about greenhouse gases and global warming, scientists have sought better and more cost-effective approaches for measuring changes in the amount of land-based carbon, much of which is located in soils. But because the amount of carbon varies considerably from one spot to the next, measuring significant changes in land-based carbon in fields, ranch lands and forests is difficult.
31-Oct-2001
Sandia modelers help micromachine designers succeed in economic jungle
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Just as a movie theater’s “coming attractions” help viewers choose movies they may want to see, preview images — computer -generated — of possible micromachines help designers choose the device they want fully fabricated.
31-Oct-2001
Sandia-developed formulation among products selected to help rid U.S. facilities of anthrax
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Federal authorities are using a decontamination formulation developed at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Sandia National Laboratories to help rid Capitol Hill buildings of anthrax this week.
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- NNSA’s Chemical and Biological National Security Program
19-Oct-2001
Mars within Los Alamos' neutron spectrometer's reach
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
A neutron spectrometer designed and built at the Los Alamos National Laboratory is closing in on Mars aboard NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey.
A similar Los Alamos instrument aboard NASA's Lunar Prospector provided compelling evidence for water-ice at the moon's poles.
19-Oct-2001
Laboratory receives seven Green Zia awards for environmental excellence
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryGrant and Award Announcement
Seven organizations and projects at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory received Green Zia awards from the New Mexico Green Zia Environmental Excellence Program for their efforts in pollution prevention.
4-Oct-2001
Scientists make key finding underlying genetic stability
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered new insights into how two common proteins found in mannalian cells can cause chromosomes to fuse together–-mutations that can destroy cells or give rise to cancer.
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- Science
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory
4-Oct-2001
Sandia’s soil and groundwater chemical ‘sniffer’ may help protect the nation’s water supply
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
A real-time gas- and water-quality monitoring system that consists of a miniature sensor array packaged in a weatherproof housing developed by the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories may become one tool in the effort to protect the nation’s water supply.
4-Oct-2001
Sandia develops program to assess water infrastructure vulnerabilities
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
andia National Laboratories researcher Jeffrey Danneels has some answers about how water distribution systems in this country can remain secure.
4-Oct-2001
Sandia-developed removable adhesive bonds and detaches with temperature changes -- New approach to epoxy adhesive relies on reversible chemistry
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
A Sandia National Laboratories research team has develope d a removable epoxy adhesive that makes bonding and detaching parts a matter of temperature change.