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700,000 submunitions demilitarized by Sandia-designed robotics system

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

More than 700,000 Multiple Launch Rocket System submunitions have been demilitarized since the Army started using an automated nine-robot system conceptualized, built and programmed by Sandia National Laboratories engineers.

Sandia research investigates how organic reactions affect Earth's atmosphere

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and colleagues from other institutions investigated the reactions of hydroxyl and methylperoxy radicals to understand their impact on the atmosphere's ability to process pollutants.

NNSA Approves 'Critical Decision 1' for Advanced Sources and Detectors Project

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has approved Critical Decision-1 (CD-1) for the Advanced Sources and Detectors Project (ASD), a cornerstone of the Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments portfolio (ECSE). ASD is a proposed 20-million electron volt (MeV) accelerator that will generate X-ray images, or radiographs, of subcritical implosion experiments for the nuclear weapons program.

Los Alamos teams with Oak Ridge, EPB to demonstrate next-generation grid security tech Quantum scien

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Los Alamos and Oak Ridge national laboratories has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution (QKD) as a means of secure communication for the nation's electricity suppliers.

Three Sandia Labs researchers earn national honors in leadership and technology

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Three Sandia National Laboratories researchers -- Warren Davis, Quincy Johnson and Olivia Underwood -- were honored at the BEYA (Black Engineer of the Year) STEM Global Competitiveness Conference for their leadership and technological achievements.

Meeting: 33rd BEYA STEM Global Competitiveness Conference

Modeling terrorist behavior with Sandia social-cultural assessments

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

A team of Sandia social-behavioral scientists and computational modelers recently completed a two-year effort, dubbed 'Mustang,' to assess interactions and behaviors of two extremist groups. The purpose was to inform US and UK decision-makers about the groups' possible reactions to specific communications. The model suggested several communication options that are most likely to reduce the recruitment and violence of the extremist groups over time.

Engineered light to improve health, food, suggests Sandia researcher in Nature

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

intentionally controlled light can help regulate human health and productivity by eliciting various hormonal responses. Tailored LED wavelengths and intensities also can efficiently stimulate plant growth, alter their shapes and increase their nutritional value, opening a new world of scientific and technological possibilities for indoor farming.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Department of Energy Solid State Lighting Program

'Realistic' new model points the way to more efficient and profitable fracking

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new computational model could potentially boost efficiencies and profits in natural gas production by better predicting previously hidden fracture mechanics. It also accurately accounts for the known amounts of gas released during the process.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Los Alamos National Laboratory

Heat it and read it

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Unlike most medical diagnostic devices which can perform only one type of test -- either protein or nucleic acid tests -- Sandia's SpinDx can now perform both. This allows it to identify nearly any cause of illness, including viruses, bacteria, toxins or immune system markers of chemical agent exposure.

More stable light comes from intentionally 'squashed' quantum dots

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Intentionally 'squashing' colloidal quantum dots during chemical synthesis creates dots capable of stable, 'blink-free' light emission that is fully comparable with the light produced by dots made with more complex processes.

Journal: Nature Materials

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