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Numerical model pinpoints source of pre-cursor to seismic signals

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Numerical simulations have pinpointed the source of acoustic signals emitted by stressed faults in laboratory earthquake machines. The work further unpacks the physics driving geologic faults, knowledge that could one day enable accurately predicting earthquakes.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: LDRD

What do dragonflies teach us about missile defense?

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research at Sandia National Laboratories is examining whether dragonfly-inspired computing could improve missile defense systems, which have the similar task of intercepting an object in flight, by making on-board computers smaller without sacrificing speed or accuracy.

Meeting: International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems

Vampire algae killer's genetic diversity poses threat to biofuels

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New DNA analysis has revealed surprising genetic diversity in a bacterium that poses a persistent threat to the algae biofuels industry. With the evocative name Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus, the predatory pest sucks out the contents of the algae cells (thus the vampire reference) and reduces a productive, thriving, green algae pond to a vat of rotting sludge.

Journal: Phycological Research

Machine-learning competition boosts earthquake prediction capabilities

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Three teams who applied novel machine learning methods to successfully predict the timing of earthquakes from historic seismic data are splitting $50,000 in prize money from an open, online Kaggle competition hosted by Los Alamos National Laboratory and its partners.

Los Alamos National Laboratory brings 24,169 jobs, $3.1 billion to New Mexico

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

An independent economic impact analysis has found that Los Alamos National Laboratory is responsible for creating 24,169 jobs in New Mexico while contributing $3.1 billion a year -- much of it in out-of-state dollars -- to the New Mexico economy.

Researchers cast neural nets to simulate molecular motion

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New work from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Florida is showing that artificial neural nets can be trained to encode quantum mechanical laws to describe the motions of molecules, supercharging simulations potentially across a broad range of fields.

Journal: Nature Communications

Personalized medicine software vulnerability uncovered by Sandia researchers

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A weakness in one common open source software for genomic analysis left DNA-based medical diagnostics vulnerable to cyberattacks. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories identified the weakness and notified the software developers, who issued a patch to fix the problem. The issue has also been fixed in the latest release of the software, and no attack from this vulnerability is known.

Sandia Labs to double assistance to small businesses

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories will be doubling the amount of technical assistance it provides to small businesses, following legislation signed into New Mexico state law this year.

Rooftop solar panels get boost from Sandia tool that previews a year on grid in minutes

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories and partners developed new software that can perform quasi-static time series analysis 1,000 times faster than previous tools to show how rooftop solar panels interact with the electrical grid throughout the year.

Funder: Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Office/Grid Modernization Laboratories Consortium

All-woman team commands rock-zapping laser on Mars

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

The laser that zaps rocks on Mars is commanded by a talented group of engineers and scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory--who also happen to all be women, a rarity in the engineering field.

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