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IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Society Merit Award honors Sandia radiation effects expert

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Sandia radiation effects researcher Jim Schwank has won the 2014 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Merit Award, which recognizes outstanding technical contributions to the fields of nuclear and plasma sciences.

More California gas stations can provide H2 than previously thought, Sandia study says

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories concludes that a number of existing gas stations in California can safely store and dispense hydrogen, suggesting a broader network of hydrogen fueling stations may be within reach.

Funder: DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Diamond plates create nanostructures through pressure, not chemistry

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mechanical force -- about the same amount that raises the numerals on credit cards -- proves to be a much more varied and ecological creator of nanostructures than the current method of choice, chemistry, with its unvarying results and harmful processes.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, Office of Science

IED detector developed by Sandia Labs being transferred to Army

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories is transferring its IED detector, a highly modified MiniSAR system mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles, to the US Army to support combat military personnel.

Probing Fukushima with cosmic rays should speed cleanup

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A Los Alamos technique called muon tomography can safely peer inside the cores of the Fukushima Daiichi reactors and create high-resolution images of the damaged nuclear material inside without ever breaching the cores themselves. The initiative could reduce the time required to clean up the disabled complex by at least a decade and greatly reduce radiation exposure to personnel working at the plant.

Novel nanoparticle production method could lead to better lights, lenses, solar cells

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories

Two Sandia researchers have come up with a way to make titanium-dioxide nanoparticles, which have a variety of uses in everything from solar cells to LEDs. Titanium-dioxide nanoparticles show great promise, but industry has largely shunned them in the past because they've been difficult and expensive to make.

Moly 99 reactor using Sandia design could lead to US supply of isotope to track disease

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

An Albuquerque startup company has licensed a Sandia National Laboratories technology that offers a way to make molybdenum-99, a key radioactive isotope needed for diagnostic imaging in nuclear medicine, in the United States.

Improvements in MRIs, other image-detection applications on the horizon

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, along with collaborators from Rice University and the Tokyo Institute of Technology, are developing new terahertz detectors based on carbon nanotubes that could lead to significant improvements in medical imaging, airport passenger screening, food inspection and other applications.

Journal: Nano Letters

Licensing executive named distinguished fellow by international organization

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Craig Smith, a licensing and business development specialist at Sandia National Laboratories, has been selected as a distinguished fellow by the Licensing Executives Society International and its Chemicals, Energy, Environment and Materials sector.

Prototype electrolyte sensor to provide immediate read-outs

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A prototype handheld sensor expected to detect and replenish elecrolytes may aid athletes (runners), soldiers on long missions, and ordinary citizens trying to minimize doctor visits and resultant lab charges.

Journal: Advanced Healthcare Materials
Funder: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Sandia Laboratory Directed Research and Development

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