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Fuel cell membrane patented by Sandia outperforms market

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Industrial interest is expected in a vehicular fuel cell membrane able to excrete protons at the most effective temperature ranges, allowing electrons to form an unimpeded electric current.

Journal: Nature Energy
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Fuel Cell Technology Office

X-ray vision: Bomb techs strengthen their hand with Sandia's XTK software

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

An image-processing and analysis software developed at Sandia National Laboratories has swept the ranks of the country's bomb squads. Called XTK, it has spread through the military and emergency response communities so rapidly that it's now in the hands of more than 20,000 users across the globe.

Blowing bubbles to catch carbon dioxide

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia and UNM researchers developed a bio-inspired bubble-like membrane to capture CO2 from coal-fired power plants efficiently. The CO2 Memzyme could capture CO2 equivalent to planting 63 million trees and letting them grow for 10 years from just one power plant.

New cooling method for supercomputers to save millions of gallons of water

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

A prototype method to cool supercomputer data centers should save hundreds of millions of gallons of water if widely adopted.

Sandia experts, students explore mechanical challenges at summer institute

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Nearly 40 students ranging from local high school youths to international postdoctoral fellows gathered this summer at Sandia National Laboratories' Nonlinear Mechanics and Dynamics (NOMAD) Summer Research Institute to study two steel bars bolted together. This deceptively simple system behaves in odd -- nonlinear -- ways, which has important implications for bridges, cars, even airplanes.

Plants found to regulate leaf temperature to boost carbon uptake

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study has found that plants regulate their leaf temperature with some independence from the surrounding air temperature, a trait that increases carbon uptake through photosynthesis.

Journal: Nature Plants

New class of fuel cells offer increased flexibility, lower cost

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new class of fuel cells based on a newly discovered polymer-based material could bridge the gap between the operating temperature ranges of two existing types of polymer fuel cells, a breakthrough with the potential to accelerate the commercialization of low-cost fuel cells for automotive and stationary applications.

Journal: Nature Energy

Looking from space for nuclear detonations

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories, which has been in the business of nuclear detonation detection for more than 50 years, is working on the next generation system.

Isotope research opens new possibilities for cancer treatment

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study at Los Alamos National Laboratory and in collaboration with Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource greatly improves scientists' understanding of the element actinium. The insights could support innovation in creating new classes of anticancer drugs.

Journal: Nature Communications

Wiring reconfiguration saves millions for Trinity supercomputer

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A moment of inspiration during a wiring diagram review has saved more than $2 million in material and labor costs for the Trinity supercomputer at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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