News By Location

News from NM

Select a state to view local articles and features

Modeling the probability of methane hydrate deposits on the seafloor

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new system to model the likelihood of finding methane hydrate and methane gas that was tested in a region of seafloor off the coast of North Carolina.

New machine harnesses Earth's magnetic field to detect chemicals

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

A Los Alamos National Laboratory-designed spectroscopy instrument allows scientists, industry, and governments to decipher even trace amounts of chemicals using the Earth's own magnetic field.

Rare open-access quantum computer now operational

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

A new Department of Energy open-access quantum computing testbed is ready for the public. Scientists from Indiana University recently became the first team to begin using Sandia National Laboratories' Quantum Scientific Computing Open User Testbed, or QSCOUT.

SuperCam sends first data back to Earth from the Perseverance Mars Rover

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Following the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater on Mars, the SuperCam operational teams at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) received the first results showing that SuperCam is in good health and giving its first impressions of the crater.

HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory discovers origin of highest-energy cosmic rays in the galaxy

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A long-time question in astrophysics appears to finally be answered, thanks to a collection of large, high-tech water tanks on a mountainside in Mexico.

Journal: Nature Astronomy

Catching energy-exploration caused earthquakes before they happen

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Geoscientists at Sandia National Laboratories used 3D-printed rocks and an advanced, large-scale computer model of past earthquakes to understand and prevent earthquakes triggered by energy exploration.

Journal: Scientific Reports

Black engineer awards expand Sandia Labs spotlight

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Ten Sandia National Laboratories engineers received Black Engineer of the Year Awards.

MEDIA ADVISORY: News conference

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory and France's National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) will hold an online press conference on Wednesday, March 10, to assess the health of SuperCam, the rock-zapping laser that was developed under the auspices of the two institutions and is now on board the NASA Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars.

Prescribed burns and other low-intensity fires are highly responsive to changes in winds

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and partners have used modeling to highlight the large impact that small changes in wind conditions can have on low-intensity fires or prescribed burns.

Los Alamos National Laboratory moves 500 employees to Santa Fe

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory is strengthening its presence in Santa Fe with the signing of a 10-year-lease of two adjacent office properties totaling 77,856 square feet of space at the corner of Pacheco Street and St. Michael's Drive.

30
31
32
33
34