2-Jul-2020 Newer variant of COVID-19-causing virus dominates global infections DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory Peer-Reviewed Publication Research out today in the journal Cell shows that a specific change in the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus virus genome, previously associated with increased viral transmission and the spread of COVID-19, is more infectious in cell culture. Journal Cell
29-Jun-2020 Sandia weapons program meets safety, design requirements DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Business Announcement Sandia National Laboratories has successfully completed another milestone in the B61-12 gravity bomb refurbishment program, demonstrating the labs is meeting important nuclear safety and use-control requirements. Funder National Nuclear Security Administration
26-Jun-2020 Expanding access to cyber research tools DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Business Announcement Faculty and students at Purdue University now have access to cybersecurity research software developed at Sandia National Laboratories. This marks the first time Sandia has collaborated with an academic community to make its cyber software widely available.
22-Jun-2020 Hospitals, manufacturers partner with Sandia amid high demand for medical-grade masks DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Business Announcement Sandia National Laboratories is teaming with local hospitals and medical device manufacturers to increase the availability of respirator masks for health care workers.
9-Jun-2020 Flight tests show B61-12 compatible with F-15E Strike Eagle DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Business Announcement Flight tests completed demonstrating the refurbished B61-12's compatibility with the US Air Force's F-15E Strike Eagle jet fighter. Funder National Nuclear Security Administration
8-Jun-2020 Artificial brains may need sleep too DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory Peer-Reviewed Publication Neural networks that become unstable after continuous periods of self-learning will return to stability after exposed to sleep like states, according to a study of simulated spiking neural networks, suggesting that even artificial brains need to nap occasionally. Funder National Nuclear Security Administration Meeting Women in Computer Vision Workshop
5-Jun-2020 Evgenya Simakov: Then and now DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory Evgenya I. Simakov is a staff scientist in the Accelerator Operations and Technology Division, Accelerators and Electrodynamics Group, at the US Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
26-May-2020 Sandia to receive Fujitsu 'green' processor DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Business Announcement This system closely couples efficient and powerful Arm processors to really fast memory to help break down the memory-speed bottleneck. The new processor provides significantly greater fractions of usable peak performance and is why an early A64FX-based system sits atop the Green500 list of most efficient supercomputers. Funder DOE/US Department of Energy
20-May-2020 Company moves metals characterization technology forward with help from Sandia Labs DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Business Announcement When a small business needed help proving that its tabletop laser system could characterize metals faster and more easily than current equipment, they turned to Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia's testing verified that the company's patented process reduces imaging time from hours to minutes.
19-May-2020 New technique separates industrial noise from natural seismic signals DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory Peer-Reviewed Publication For the first time, seismologists can characterize signals as a result of some industrial human activity on a continent-wide scale using cloud computing. Journal Seismological Research Letters