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Discovery of boron on Mars adds to evidence for habitability

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet, according to a paper published today in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters

Sandia's Radiation analysis software makes emergency responders' jobs quicker, easier

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Decision-makers in emergency situations can now turn to a new Sandia National Laboratories-developed tool called InterSpec. A software application available for both mobile and traditional computing devices, InterSpec can rapidly and accurately analyze gamma radiation data collected at the scene.

Beating the heat with nanoparticle films

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

A partnership between Sandia National Laboratories and Santa Fe, New Mexico-based IR Dynamics is turning nano-size particles that reflect heat, or infrared radiation, into window films for offices, houses, even cars.

Aerospace test at Sandia goes green with alternative to explosives

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia National Laboratories has successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly method to test a rocket part to ensure its avionics can withstand the shock from stage separation during flight.

Machine-learning earthquake prediction in lab shows promise

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By listening to the acoustic signal emitted by a laboratory-created earthquake, a computer science approach using machine learning can predict the time remaining before the fault fails.

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters
Funder: LDRD

Black hole models contradicted by hands-on tests at Sandia's Z machine

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Models of black holes that rely upon an assumption made 20 years ago need revision.

Journal: Physical Review Letters
Funder: Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration

DNA detectives crack the case on biothreat look-alikes

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Biological "detectives" are tracking down biothreats such as the bacteria that causes tularemia ("rabbit fever"), but they constantly face the challenge of avoiding false positives.

Journal: PLOS One

Biofuels from bacteria

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories is helping a Bay Area company better understand whether cyanobacteria can be grown for biofuels on a large scale.

Superconductivity research reveals potential new state of matter

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A potential new state of matter is being reported in the journal Nature, with research showing that among superconducting materials in high magnetic fields, the phenomenon of electronic symmetry breaking is common.

Journal: Nature

Unique imaging of a dinosaur's skull tells evolutionary tale

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers using Los Alamos' unique neutron-imaging and high-energy X-ray capabilities have exposed the inner structures of the fossil skull of a 74-million-year-old tyrannosauroid dinosaur nicknamed the Bisti Beast in the highest-resolution scan of tyrannosaur skull ever done.

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