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Biologically inspired membrane purges coal-fired smoke of greenhouse gases

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A series of nanoscopic membranes made of water saturated by an enzyme naturally developed over millions of years to clear CO2 empties coal smoke of the greenhouse gas more cheaply and efficiently than any known.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Laboratory-Directed Research and Development

Using biomimicry to detect outbreaks faster

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories computer scientists Pat Finley and Drew Levin have been working to improve the US biosurveillance system that alerts authorities to disease outbreaks by mimicking the human immune system.

Finding order in disorder demonstrates a new state of matter

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physicists have identified a new state of matter whose structural order operates by rules more aligned with quantum mechanics than standard thermodynamic theory.

Journal: Nature Physics

Road, rail, boat: Sandia transport triathlon puts spent nuclear fuel to the test

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Late last year, Sandia researchers completed an eight-month, 14,500-mile triathlon-like test to gather data on the bumps and jolts spent nuclear fuel experiences during transportation.

Funder: Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy's Spent Fuel and Waste Science and Technology program

Sandia researcher Jacqueline Chen elected to National Academy of Engineering

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Jacqueline Chen, a distinguished member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Chen is among the 99 new members from around the globe in the 2018 class.

Glowing designer sponges: New nanoparticles engineered to image and treat cancer

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

A team of Sandia National Laboratories researchers led by materials chemist Dorina Sava Gallis recently designed and synthesized metal-organic framework nanoparticles that glow red or near infrared for at least two days in cells, useful properties for tracking cancer growth and spread.

New radiation detectors developed at Sandia used for New START inspections

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories designed and produced new radiation detection equipment for New START Treaty monitoring. New START is a treaty between the United States and Russia that, among other limits, reduces the deployed nuclear warheads on both sides to 1,550 by Feb. 5.

Researchers at Sandia work on new way to image brain

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories researchers want to use small magnetic sensors to image the brain in a way that's simpler and less expensive than the magnetoencephalography system now used.

New Sandia balloon-borne infrasound sensor array detects explosions

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Danny Bowman, a Sandia National Laboratories geophysicist, launched a fleet of five solar-powered hot air balloons last year. They reached a height of 13 to 15 miles, twice as high as commercial jets, and detected the infrasound from a test explosion. Infrasound is sound of very low frequencies, below 20 hertz, which is lower than humans can hear, and can be used to monitor explosions, including those caused by nuclear tests.

Pioneering smart grid technology solves decades old problematic power grid phenomenon

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories and Montana Tech University have demonstrated an R&D 100 award-winning control system that smooths out inter-area oscillations using new smart grid technology in the western power grid. The new system allows utilities to push more electricity through transmission lines, leading to lower costs for utilities and consumers and greater stability for the grid.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration

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