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New findings point to an Earth-like environment on ancient Mars
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that the sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the shoreline of an ancient lake. The results were published today in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.A research team using the ChemCam instrument onboard NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered higher-than-usual amounts of manganese in lakebed rocks within Gale Crater on Mars, which indicates that the sediments were formed in a river, delta, or near the shoreline of an ancient lake. The results were published today in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.
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- Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
Major milestone reached for key weapons component
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
Sandia studies subterranean storage of hydrogen
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are using computer simulations and laboratory experiments to see if depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs can be used for storing carbon-free hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen is an important clean fuel: It can be made by splitting water using solar or wind power, it can be used to generate electricity and power heavy industry, and it could be used to power fuel-cell-based vehicles. Additionally, hydrogen could be stored for months and used when energy needs outpace the supply delivered by renewable energy sources.
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- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Sandia pumps $140B into the economy through technology development
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
To say that the technology and products Sandia National Laboratories researchers have helped imagine, innovate and industrialize have had a massive impact on the country would be an understatement.
Two studies commissioned by Sandia and the National Nuclear Security Administration show Sandia’s work has had an overall economic impact of $140 billion since the year 2000. That’s a significant figure, especially considering it spans just 20 years, less than a third of Sandia’s 75-year existence.
Artificial intelligence helps explore chemistry frontiers
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
The ability to simulate the behavior of systems at the atomic level represents a powerful tool for everything from drug design to materials discovery. A team led by Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers has developed machine learning interatomic potentials that predict molecular energies and forces acting on atoms, enabling simulations that save time and expense compared with existing computational methods.
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- Nature Chemistry
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
Sandia collaboration produces improved microneedle technology
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesBusiness Announcement
Sandia National Laboratories is at the forefront of microneedle research and is partnering with others to expand the technology. Their impact is significant, from helping U.S. service members in the field diagnose infections earlier, to helping individuals monitor their own health.
AI for astrophysics: Algorithms help chart the origins of heavy elements
DOE/Los Alamos National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
The origin of heavy elements in our universe is theorized to be the result of neutron star collisions, which produce conditions hot and dense enough for free neutrons to merge with atomic nuclei and form new elements in a split-second window of time. Testing this theory and answering other astrophysical questions requires predictions for a vast range of masses of atomic nuclei. Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists are front and center in using machine learning algorithms (an application of artificial intelligence) to successfully model the atomic masses of the entire nuclide chart — the combination of all possible protons and neutrons that defines elements and their isotopes.
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- Physics Letters B
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, NASA Astrobiology Institute
Five Sandia Labs scientists earn 2024 Black Engineer of the Year Awards
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesGrant and Award Announcement
Dissecting doorbells, exploring music, mastering retail software, love of the arts and old-fashioned hard work were early paths that led five Sandia National Laboratories engineers to their callings and recently earned them national Black Engineer of the Year Awards.
Out of the desert, a quantum powerhouse rises
DOE/Sandia National LaboratoriesIn January, Sandia National Laboratories and The University of New Mexico created the Quantum New Mexico Institute, a cooperatively run research center headquartered at the university.