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Atomic Armor for accelerators enables discoveries

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Protective coatings are common for many things in daily life that see a lot of use: we coat wood floors with finish; apply Teflon to the paint on cars; even use diamond coatings on medical devices. Protective coatings are also essential in many demanding research and industrial applications.

US Department of Labor recognizes Sandia Labs for hiring veterans

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin J. Walsh recently recognized Sandia National Laboratories as one of 849 recipients of the 2021 HIRE Vets Medallion Award during a virtual award ceremony presented by the Department of Labor. The Honoring Investments in Recruiting and Employing American Military Veterans Act Medallion Program recognizes employers who successfully recruit, hire and retain veterans.

How Sandia Labs is revealing the inner workings of quantum computers

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A precision diagnostic developed at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories is emerging as a gold standard for detecting and describing problems inside quantum computing hardware.

Journal: Nature

Four Sandians recognized by Society of Women Engineers

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

This fall, four Sandia National Laboratories employees were recognized by the Society of Women Engineers. Laura Biedermann, Annie Dallman, Erica Douglas and Chris LaFleur were recognized for their professional excellence, leadership and support of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.

Economic Impact: Sandia spends $3.9B, exceeds small-business goals

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Supporting a growing workforce and a wide range of businesses, Sandia National Laboratories contributed an all-time high of $3.9 billion into the economy during fiscal year 2021.

Estimating the strength of selection for new COVID-19 variants

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As the discovery of the new omicron variant illustrates, new COVID-19 variants will continue to regularly emerge. In an effort to make sense of these new variants, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed methods to quantify how much more or less transmissible they are, which could have far-reaching implications for public health in terms of COVID-19 risk and the vaccination levels required to obtain herd immunity.

Journal: Nature Communications

Measuring a quantum computer’s power just got faster and more accurate

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new kind of benchmark test, designed at Sandia National Laboratories, predicts how likely a quantum processor will run a specific program without errors. revealing the technology's true potential and limitations.

Journal: Nature Physics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Using sparse data to predict lab quakes

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A machine-learning approach developed for sparse data reliably predicts fault slip in laboratory earthquakes and could be key to predicting fault slip and potentially earthquakes in the field.

Journal: Nature Communications

Common ‘Core’: Using molecular fragments to detect deadly opioids

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a method to detect trace amounts of synthetic opioids. They plan to combine their approach with miniaturized sensors to create a hand-portable instrument easily used by law enforcement agents for efficient detection in the field.

Neutralizing antibodies for emerging viruses

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created a platform for discovering, designing and engineering novel antibody countermeasures for emerging viruses. This new process of screening for nanobodies that “neutralize” or disable the virus represents a faster, more effective approach to developing nanobody therapies that prevent or treat viral infection.

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