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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.

Physical features boost the efficiency of quantum simulations

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recent theoretical breakthroughs have settled two long-standing questions about the viability of simulating quantum systems on future quantum computers, overcoming challenges from complexity analyses to enable more advanced algorithms.

Journal: Quantum

Twelve labor unions and Triad National Security sign collective bargaining agreements

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Twelve labor unions signed their collective bargaining agreements on Dec. 2, completing their negotiations with Triad National Security, which operates Los Alamos National Laboratory.

New Mexico lab-embedded entrepreneur program announces first cohort

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (New Mexico LEEP) announces the three fellows in the program’s first cohort, scheduled to launch in January 2022.

New Los Alamos program supports opportunities for indigenous women in physics

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

A newly funded program at Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with Fort Lewis College, supports undergraduate indigenous women interested in a career in physics.

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