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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.

Cool Earth Solar and Sandia team up in first-ever public-private partnership on Open Campus

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

In a public-private partnership that takes full advantage of the Livermore Valley Open Campus for the first time, Sandia National Laboratories and Cool Earth Solar have signed an agreement that could make solar energy more affordable and accessible.

Computer modeling reveals how surprisingly potent hepatitis C drug works

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and a multinational team reveals how daclatasvir, a direct-acting antiviral agent in development for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), targets one of its proteins and causes the fastest viral decline ever seen with anti-HCV drugs -- within 12 hours of treatment.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: University of Illinois Walter Payton Liver Center Guild, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health

Quantum cryptography put to work for electric grid security

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Los Alamos National Laboratory quantum cryptography team successfully completed the first-ever demonstration of securing control data for electric grids using quantum cryptography.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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