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6-Nov-2017

First-ever US experiments at new X-ray facility may lead to better explosive modeling

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time in the US, time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering (TRSAXS) is used to observe ultra-fast carbon clustering and graphite and nanodiamond production in the insensitive explosive Plastic Bonded Explosive (PBX) 9502, potentially leading to better computer models of explosive performance.

Journal

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

6-Nov-2017

Infrastructure optimization tool from Sandia helps design future bases

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories has been helping the US Army identify the best equipment for temporary bases overseas since 2013. For the first time, a Sandia-designed software tool is being used to recommend the core set of equipment for bases to be built in 2020 and beyond.

3-Nov-2017

Sandia develops optical diagnostic to help improve fuel economy while reducing emissions

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new optical device at Sandia National Laboratories that helps researchers image pollutants in combusting fuel sprays might lead to clearer skies in the future. An optical setup developed by researchers at Sandia's Combustion Research Facility and the Technical University of Denmark can now quantify the formation of soot -- particulate matter consisting primarily of carbon -- as a function of time and space for a variety of combustion processes.

Journal

Applied Optics

30-Oct-2017

Robotics principles help Sandia wave energy converters better absorb power of ocean waves

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Compared to wind and solar energy, wave energy has remained relatively expensive and hard to capture, but engineers from Sandia National Laboratories are working to change that by drawing inspiration from other industries. Sandia's engineering team has designed, modeled and tested a control system that doubles the amount of power a wave energy converter can absorb from ocean waves, making electricity produced from wave energy less expensive.

Funder

Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office

26-Oct-2017

Seven Los Alamos scientists honored as APS Fellows

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Seven scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory were tapped this year as new Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), a significant honor for the Laboratory and its people. The honorees are Christopher J. Fontes, Han Htoon, Toshihiko Kawano, John W. Lewellen, Laura Beth Smilowitz, Stuart A. Trugman and Vivien Zapf.

25-Oct-2017

New fractal-like concentrating solar power receivers are better at absorbing sunlight

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia National Laboratories engineers have developed new fractal-like, concentrating solar power receivers for small- to medium-scale use that are up to 20 percent more effective at absorbing sunlight than current technology. The receivers were designed and studied as part of a Laboratory Directed Research and Development project and are also being applied to Sandia's work for the Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States, or SERIIUS.

Funder

DOE/US Department of Energy, Government of India

24-Oct-2017

Sandia's international peer mentorship program improves biorisk management

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories' international peer mentoring program pairs experienced biosafety professionals from developed countries with their counterparts in the developing world.

19-Oct-2017

'Impactful Times' tells story of decades of Sandia shock physics research

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

A new book by Sandia National Laboratories researchers describes shock physics research at Sandia from its early history to today. Speeding bullets practically stand still compared to impact velocities achieved in shock physics studies.

19-Oct-2017

Sandia Labs team continues to quantify fatigue using wearables

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

The R2R WATCH (Rim-to-Rim Wearables at the Canyon for Health) study, a collaborative project between Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico.

18-Oct-2017

Reducing power plants' freshwater consumption with Sandia's new silica filter

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Power plants draw more freshwater than any other consumer in the United States, accounting for more than 50 percent of the nation's freshwater use at about 500 billion gallons daily. To help save this water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new silica filter for power plant cooling waters that decreases the amount of freshwater power plants consume by increasing the number of times cooling tower water can be reused and recycled.