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Fertilizer that fizzles in a homemade bomb could save lives around the world

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

A Sandia engineer who trained US soldiers to avoid improvised explosive devices has developed a fertilizer that helps plants grow but can't detonate a bomb.

Softening steel problem expands computer model applications

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sandia National Laboratories worked with the National Nuclear Security Administration's Kansas City Plant on the rapid design of an annealing process to soften stainless steel tubing.

Researchers measure reaction rates of second key atmospheric component

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Combustion Research Facility, the University of Manchester, Bristol University, University of Southampton and Hong Kong Polytechnic have successfully measured reaction rates of a second Criegee intermediate, CH3CHOO, and proven that the reactivity of the atmospheric chemical depends strongly on which way the molecule is twisted.

Journal: Science
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Better monitoring and diagnostics tackle algae biofuel pond crash problem

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories is developing a suite of complementary technologies to help the emerging algae industry detect and quickly recover from algal pond crashes, an obstacle to large-scale algae cultivation for future biofuels. The research, which focuses on monitoring and diagnosing algal pond health, draws upon Sandia's longstanding expertise in microfluidics technology, its strong bioscience research program and significant internal investments.

Antibody evolution could guide HIV vaccine development

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Observing the evolution of a particular type of antibody in an infected HIV-1 patient, a study spearheaded by Duke University, including analysis from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has provided insights that will enable vaccination strategies that mimic the actual antibody development within the body.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

New instrument will quickly detect botulinum, ricin, other biothreat agents

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are developing a medical instrument that will be able to quickly detect a suite of biothreat agents, including anthrax, ricin, botulinum, shiga and SEB toxin. Sandia's work is funded by a recent grant -- nearly $4 million over four years -- from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

Funder: National Institutes of Health

Research deciphers HIV attack plan

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Pennsylvania scientists defines previously unknown properties of transmitted HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS. The viruses that successfully pass from a chronically infected person to a new individual are both remarkably resistant to a powerful initial human immune-response mechanism, and they are blanketed in a greater amount of envelope protein that helps them access and enter host cells.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Science of soot lands Hope Michelsen in Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Grant and Award Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories scientist Hope Michelsen, who peers through atmospheric soot to learn about the air we breathe, has been named by the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame as the 2013 Outstanding Woman in Science. She is the first Sandia employee to receive this award.

New book highlights pressing need for hydrogen-powered vehicles

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Book Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories reveals the breadth of its hydrogen fuel expertise in the recently published "Hydrogen Storage Technology -- Materials and Applications." Sandia researcher Lennie Klebanoff is confident that the book's content will give readers a sense of urgency about the need to get zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the road, and to get other hydrogen-based power equipment into the marketplace.

Los Alamos science sleuth on the trail of a Martian mystery

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When it comes to examining the surface of rocks on Mars with a high-powered laser, five is a magic number for Los Alamos National Laboratory postdoctoral researcher Nina Lanza. During the 44th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Lanza described how the laser-shooting ChemCam instrument aboard the Curiosity rover has shown what appears to be a common feature on the surface of some very different Martian rocks.

Meeting: 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

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