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Retaining knowledge of nuclear waste management

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Experts at Sandia National Laboratories just began their second year of a project to capture important, hard-to-explain nuclear waste management knowledge from retirement-age employees to help new employees get up to speed faster.

Colorado River basin due for more frequent, intense hydroclimate events

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the vast Colorado River basin, climate change is driving extreme, interconnected events among earth-system elements such as weather and water.

Journal: Water

Translation software enables efficient DNA data storage

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

In support of a major collaborative project to store massive amounts of data in DNA molecules, a Los Alamos National Laboratory-led team has developed a key enabling technology that translates digital binary files into the four-letter genetic alphabet needed for molecular storage.

Reusable respirator could ease COVID-19 medical mask shortages

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Medical professionals struggling with persistent shortages of N95 masks might soon get relief from a Sandia National Laboratories invention -- a comfortable, reusable, sterilizable respirator that could ease demand during current or future health crises.

New Los Alamos technology detects thermal neutrons in aircraft

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

A new technology developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Honeywell is providing needed atmospheric environment information to the aerospace industry.

Forbes magazine again tags Sandia Labs as top large employer

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories again has been recognized by Forbes as one of the 500 Best Large Employers 2021.

Probing wet fire smoke in clouds: Can water intensify the Earth's warming?

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A first-of-its-kind instrument that samples smoke from megafires and scans humidity will help researchers better understand the scale and long-term impact of fires--specifically how far and high the smoke will travel, when and where it will rain, and whether the wet smoke will warm the climate by absorbing sunlight.

Journal: Aerosol Science and Technology

Uranium compound achieves record anomalous Nernst conductivity

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research has demonstrated that a magnetic uranium compound can have strong thermoelectric properties, generating four times the transverse voltage from heat than the previous record in a cobalt-manganese-gallium compound.

Journal: Science Advances

New class of versatile, high-performance quantum dots primed for medical imaging, quantum computing

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new class of quantum dots deliver a stable stream of single, spectrally tunable infrared photons under ambient conditions and at room temperature, unlike other single photon emitters.

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology

Next-generation tech for biofuels refining

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Helping to strengthen the economic viability of biorefineries in the production of alternative fuels derived from biomass is critical to decreasing the use of fossil fuels and mitigating carbon dioxide emissions.

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