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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

Alloy developed at Sandia National Laboratories has potential for electronics in wells

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An alloy that may improve high-temperature electronics in oil, gas and geothermal wells fills a unique niche.

ChemCam data abundant at Planetary Conference

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Members of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover ChemCam team will present more than two dozen posters and talks next week during the 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas.

Meeting: 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Mysterious electron stash found hidden among Van Allen belts

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

US researchers, including a trio from Los Alamos National Laboratory, have witnessed the mysterious appearance of a relatively long-lived zone of high-energy electrons stored between Earth's Van Allen radiation belts.

Journal: Science

Report spotlights Sandia's impact on economy

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories spent roughly $900 million on goods and services in fiscal year 2012 and New Mexico businesses were awarded more than $400 million, or 45 percent, of the total, according to the labs' latest economic impact report.

Disabled kids inspire musical instrument anyone can play

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

A Taos, N.M., musician, working with a Sandia National Laboratories scientist, has created a way for people to make music without the kind of physical skill it normally takes to play an instrument.

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