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Mechanical engineering society elects 4 fellows from Sandia Labs

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Fellows of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers make up only 3.1 percent of ASME's 107,895 members. Sandia National Laboratories engineers Cliff Ho, Alexander Brown, Hy Tran and Kevin Dowding now are members of that elite group.

'Charliecloud' simplifies Big Data supercomputing

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

At Los Alamos National Laboratory, home to more than 100 supercomputers since the dawn of the computing era, elegance and simplicity of programming are highly valued but not always achieved. In the case of a new product, dubbed 'Charliecloud,' a crisp 800-line code helps supercomputer users operate in the high-performance world of Big Data without burdening computer center staff with the peculiarities of their particular software needs.

History of Sandia Labs rocketry told in award-winning film, 'It Really Is Rocket Science!'

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories tells the story of rocket testing and aerospace work at the labs through a new documentary, 'It Really Is Rocket Science!'

Rover findings indicate stratified lake on ancient Mars

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another, according to a comprehensive look at findings from the first three-and-a-half years of NASA's Curiosity rover mission.

Journal: Science

'Halos' discovered on Mars widen time frame for potential life

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Lighter-toned bedrock that surrounds fractures and comprises high concentrations of silica -- called 'halos' -- has been found in Gale crater on Mars, indicating that the planet had liquid water much longer than previously believed.

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters

Insight into enzyme's 3-D structure could cut biofuel costs

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using neutron crystallography, a Los Alamos research team has mapped the three-dimensional structure of a protein that breaks down polysaccharides, such as the fibrous cellulose of grasses and woody plants, a finding that could help bring down the cost of creating biofuels.

Journal: Biochemistry

Strategic Petroleum Reserve taps Sandia expertise in salt

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Decades of Sandia National Laboratories expertise on how salt domes behave went into a recent report that concluded that the US Department of Energy is justified in extending the life of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Trash into treasure: Sandia could help biofuel pay for itself with goods made from waste

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent discovery by Sandia National Laboratories researchers may unlock the potential of biofuel waste -- and ultimately make biofuels competitive with petroleum. The researchers solved the structure of LigM, an enzyme that breaks down molecules derived from the biofuel waste product lignin. This opens a path toward new molecules and new, marketable products.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Sandia develops math techniques to improve computational efficiency in quantum chemistry

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed new mathematical techniques to advance the study of molecules at the quantum level. Mathematical and algorithmic developments along these lines are necessary for enabling the detailed study of complex hydrocarbon molecules that are relevant in engine combustion.

Journal: Molecular Physics

New director says Sandia will respond to whatever future brings

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

New leadership takes over at Sandia National Laboratories.

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