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News by Supplier: DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin company, for the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. With main facilities in Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major R&D responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies, and economic competitiveness. Concept for rapid-fire thermonuclear explosions proposed by Sandia scientists 31 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A simple theoretical concept to solve the staggeringly difficult problem of maintaining intact electrical transmission lines to produce rapidly repeated thermonuclear explosions for peacetime purposes has been proposed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia, General Atomics unveil new fine resolution synthetic-aperture radar system 31 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Lynx, a new fine resolution, real time synthetic-aperture radar system, was unveiled here by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and General Atomics of San Diego. Research group creates nonradioactive substitute for nuclear waste clean-up 31 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Synthetic goods are generally modeled on scarce but desirable materials, diamonds, fine wools, even fruit juices. Jim Krumhansl's offering to the world is a bit different. Krumhansl has created synthetic sludge. Sandia-developed remote sensor expected to analyze gases up to two miles away 31 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new remote sensor the size of a dime being developed by the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories should allow users to rapidly detect dangerous gases from up to two miles away. Borealis adds another grade to its SupercureTM high productivity energy cable compound 31 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Borealis is adding another grade to its SupercureTM high productivity energy cable compound product portfolio by offering a crosslinked polyethylene insulation solution for long-term performance cables. Borealis has developed a pioneering halogen-free flame retardant compound for jacketing of energy cables 30 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Borealis, the world’s leading provider of polyolefin compounds for the global wire and cable industry, has developed a pioneering halogen-free flame retardant compound for the jacketing of energy cables. New semiconductor alloy's crazy physics makes it a possible photovoltaic power source for satellites 30 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Scientists at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories are researching ways to use a new semiconductor alloy, indium gallium arsenide nitride, as a photovoltaic power source for space communications satellites and for lasers in fiber optics. Avalanche victims may be found four times faster with robotic swarm search technique 30 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Rescuers seeking a skier or snowboarder buried under an avalanche face a major problem: how to find the unfortunate person before suffocation, or frostbite and hypothermia, do. Death can come in half an hour. Two new Sandia sniffers expand law enforcement abilities to detect explosives and narcotics 30 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have developed a hand-carried gadget that, like a trained police dog, could sniff out the vanishingly faint odors of drugs and bombs at airports, border crossings, military installations, and schools. New five-level layering process pioneered by Sandia promises more reliable, complex micromachines 30 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new advanced five-level polysilicon surface micromachining process pioneered at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories promises that microelectromechanical systems of the future will be more reliable and capable of doing increasingly complex tasks. New deployable thin-film, ultralight mirror may be future of space telescopes and surveillance satellites 29 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories and the University of Kentucky are developing enabling technologies for a new thin-film, ultralight deployable mirror that may be the future of space telescopes and surveillance satellites. Cancer cells detected in seconds by 'smart scalpel' device 29 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A 'smart scalpel' mechanism intended to detect the presence of cancer cells as a surgeon cuts away a tumor obscured by blood, muscle and fat has been developed in prototype by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia scientists study natural alternative to cleaning up uranium-contaminated sites 29 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories An innovative 'natural' alternative to cleaning up uranium-contaminated sites is being studied by scientists at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories as a way to replace costly and sometimes ineffective traditional techniques. DOE research satellite successfully launched and working properly so far 29 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A Department of Energy research satellite designed and built at Sandia National Laboratories was successfully placed into orbit, by a Taurus rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Borealis offers the medical industry a new high transparency, high purity sealing film solution 29 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Borealis, a leading innovative plastics provider, is enlarging its product offer for high quality films with a new addition to its Bormed family of dedicated healthcare polyolefins. The new grade, Bormed TD109CF, is a polypropylene sealing material that combines processing advantages with high transparency, purity, excellent sealing behaviour and sterilisability. Navajo Tribal Utility Authority brings solar electricity to homes in remote areas 28 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new solar power initiative of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority is bringing electricity to the homes of people living in remote areas of the reservation. The Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories provides technical support. Sandia develops vertical cavity surface emitting laser that promises to reduce cost of fiber optics connections 28 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have developed the first 1.3-micron electrically pumped vertical cavity surface emitting laser grown on gallium arsenide. It promises to reduce the cost of high-speed fiber optics connections. Sandia's tiny canals on chips could expand uses for tomorrow's 'microfluidic' devices 28 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have created a new microchip processing technique that creates raised, microscopic canals on chips, through which liquids or gases can flow from one chip feature to another. Summer heat spells lights out, but new power company software might keep nation's power on 28 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A recent Department of Energy study headed by Sandia National Laboratories suggests that major power emergencies like Monday's statewide conservation alert in California might be averted if power companies adopt new command and control software that predicts future energy demand rather than simply responds to it. Antarctica, Sandia’s garage-built supercomputer, may become 20th fastest in world 27 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The latest version of CplantTM Antarctica, the upwardly mobile computer at Sandia, is expected by researchers to become the 20th fastest in the world after integrating, by early fall, 1,300 off-the-shelf computers recently arrived from Compaq Computer Corporation. New technique tests, may create, materials 27 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories But the limited range of conditions in which even the fittest can flourish is brought into sharp relief by pressures increasing from zero to a million atmospheres in a few billionths of a second at a machine called Z at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories. Tool is miniaturized version of traditional collector 27 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A chemical sampling device smaller than the tip of a fingernail promises big results for detecting and analyzing trace chemicals. The tool, developed by the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories, is a super miniaturized version of a traditional preconcentrator used to collect sample gases for analysis. The active area of the device is only two millimeters by two millimeters. What may be world’s smallest mini-robot being developed at Sandia 26 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories What may be the world’s smallest robot, it “turns on a dime and parks on a nickel”, is being developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia to stimulate statewide wind power development 26 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories To stimulate development of wind power resources essentially untapped in New Mexico, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories has contracted to purchase 'green' electricity generated by an already-in-place wind turbine near Clovis, N.M. Sandia accident-modeling software to help improve tomorrow’s nuclear power safety regs 26 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories have released updated computer software that models the complex physical phenomena that occur as a nuclear power plant accident progresses through time. New Sandia control method opens doors for more photovoltaic systems being safely linked to electric grid 26 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new way to safely, simply and effectively connect electricity-producing photovoltaic solar systems to utility company power grids has been developed by the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories. Already several manufacturers have adapted it into their systems. Partners unveil first extreme ultraviolet chip-making machine 25 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Industry and government officials today announced completion of the first full-scale prototype machine for making computer chips using extreme ultraviolet light, a breakthrough that will lead to microprocessors that are tens of times faster than today’s most powerful chips and create memory chips with similar increases in storage capacity. Sandia technology capturing oil and gas industry interest 25 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new technique developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories using an inexpensive disposable fiber optics telemetry system to relay real-time information about the drilling process is capturing oil and gas industry attention. Sandia to release enhanced shock wave physics software 25 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The latest version of the widely used shock wave physics computer code, CTH, developed by Sandia National Laboratories, will soon be available to customers nationwide. The code simulates high-speed impact and penetration phenomena involving a variety of materials. Sandia’s new Gamma Irradiation Facility can test microchips, satellites, and everything in between 25 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories this week plans to conduct the first tests at the lab’s new Gamma Irradiation Facility, officially welcoming the GIF into the lab’s family of experimental nuclear facilities. Mechanized microfluidic device may impact future genetic research 24 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Silicon microteeth that open and close like jaws have been developed at Sandia National Laboratories. The microjaws fit in a microchannel about one-third the width of a human hair (about 20 microns wide). When the jaws close, they trap a red blood cell, one of many being pumped through the microchannel like tomatoes spilled from a basket. The jaws, which open and close very rapidly, deform captured cells, and then, in less than the blink of an eye and almost playfully, let the little things loose. The blood cells travel on, regain their former shape and appear unharmed. Sandia to release first risk-based approach to building management software for use by GSA 24 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories RAMPART, software developed by Sandia National Laboratories that is the first risk-based approach to building management, may soon help the General Services Administration assess the risks of terrorism, natural disasters and crime to the nearly 8,000 federal buildings it manages nationwide. Lab unveils more capable robot at gathering of bomb squad specialists 24 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have unveiled a wheeled police robot that makes many of the “how to” decisions on its own, freeing up its operator to make the more critical “what to do next” decisions during potentially dangerous bomb-disablement or other law enforcement missions. Sandia’s new integrated circuit failure analysis technique is fastest ever 24 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The beam from an infrared laser, operating at wavelengths for which silicon is transparent, is focused on the device, heating only a small part of the integrated circuit at a time. The localized heating produces a voltage change on the integrated circuit which is biased with a constant current source. Sandia-developed formulation among products selected to help rid U.S. facilities of anthrax 23 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Federal authorities are using a decontamination formulation developed at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories to help rid Capitol Hill buildings of anthrax this week. Sandia’s soil and groundwater chemical ‘sniffer’ may help protect the nation’s water supply 23 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A real-time gas- and water-quality monitoring system that consists of a miniature sensor array packaged in a weatherproof housing developed by the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories may become one tool in the effort to protect the nation’s water supply. New approach to epoxy adhesive relies on reversible chemistry 23 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A Sandia National Laboratories research team, led by scientist Jim Aubert, has developed a removable epoxy adhesive that makes bonding and detaching parts a matter of temperature change. First controllable 2D nanopatterns imaged by Sandia researchers 23 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Coffee beans spilled upon a table form no pattern, they’re a mess, their distribution dictated by the laws of chance. The same was generally believed true of atoms deposited upon a substrate. Now, the first vision of a peaceable kingdom in which deposited atoms form orderly, controllable 2-D nanopatterns has been observed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories. New technique requires only a few minutes of FAME 22 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Some deadly things don’t deserve 15 minutes of FAME, let alone several hours. A prototype handheld detector under development at Sandia National Laboratories can identify the fatty acid methyl esters of anthrax in less than five minutes. RSVP system deployed along U.S.-Mexican border proves value, detects two disease outbreaks 22 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories RSVP was conceived by Sandia Senior Scientist Alan Zelicoff, a physician/physicist working in the National Nuclear Security Administration lab’s Cooperative International Programs group, and spearheaded by Dr. Gary Simpson of the New Mexico Department of Health. Sandia develops tools for assessing vulnerability of buildings to chemical and biological attacks 22 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A research team from the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories has developed modeling and simulation tools for assessing the threat and vulnerability of buildings to chemical and biological attacks. Two new methodologies can help owners improve security of nation’s dams and power systems 22 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Operators of U.S. dams, hydroelectric facilities, and power transmission systems can make their sites less attractive targets to terrorists using new step-by-step security assessment processes developed by the Interagency Forum on Infrastructure Protection, a team of government dam owners, transmission system operators, and anti-terrorism experts. Wireless, battery-free sensor could help keep tabs on structural health of buildings and bridges 21 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A team of Sandia National Laboratories researchers led by Kent Pfeifer has designed and demonstrated the feasibility of a wireless, battery-free sensor and data-storage device powered by the subtle vibrations of structures, such as buildings and bridges. Barringer unveils explosives-detecting airport security portal that includes chemical preconcentrator 21 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The SENTINEL II portal, by Smiths Detection & Protection Systems, Barringer Instruments, makes it possible to non-invasively screen people for the presence of an explosive device with the same technology currently used to screen luggage and freight. Damage-tolerant, secure, tamper-proof barcode invented by Sandia 21 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories When a Sandia National Laboratories team tackled a new way to make barcodes secure, reliable and inexpensive, their thoughts turned to shades of gray. They created a mottled “spread-spectrum” barcode that is just as easy to scan as the lines of a Uniform Price Code, with additional advantages. Sandia National Laboratories creates a cluster computer in a bread box 21 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories have built a portable cluster computer, roughly the size of a bread box, that can easily be stored in the overhead bin of an airplane. It is used to demonstrate parallel processing of large, numerically intense problems, such as the simulation of molecular interactions or dynamics of complex events, such as chemical reactions and climate change prediction. Sandia-developed field kit helping nation’s police departments solve real crimes 20 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories As part of each investigation, local police investigators used a new product called the Instant Shooter ID Kit provided by Law Enforcement Technologies, Inc., of Colorado Springs. Research with new reactor could mean savings in transport, storage, disposal of nuclear waste 20 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Recent experiments by Sandia National Laboratories researcher Gary Harms and his team are using a new Labs-built reactor to provide benchmarks showing that spent nuclear fuel, uranium that has been used as fuel at a nuclear power plant, is considerably less reactive than the original fresh fuel. This could mean significant savings in the eventual safe transport, storage, and disposal of nuclear waste. Sandia researchers help prepare public health officials, others with anti-terror decision analysis tool 20 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Imagine the unimaginable: terrorists have released a biological agent throughout the San Francisco Bay Area that threatens local residents. Key decision-makers and government entities, including public health officials, law enforcement, emergency management personnel, elected officials, and media, must quickly decide how to respond. The speed and effectiveness with which they do so may mean life or death for dozens, or thousands, of citizens. New compound may immobilize AIDs virus, certain radionuclides 20 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A compound that could potentially immobilize the AIDS virus or selectively extract radionuclides from nuclear wastes at various U.S.high-level storage sites has been developed by a Sandia National Laboratories researcher who wasn’t even looking for it. Security tool for dams, power transmission systems & water distribution systems recognized 19 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The annual awards recognize successful efforts by federal laboratory employees to transfer government-developed technology to commercial industry. A panel of experts from industry, state and local government, academia, and the federal laboratory system judge the nominations. New Sandia-developed process holds promise for brighter green, blue, white solid-state lighting 19 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new process of growing gallium nitride on an etched sapphire substrate, called cantilever epitaxy, may help light up the world with brighter green, blue, and even white semiconductor light emitting diodes, solid-state lighting. The process was developed at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories. Silicon and graphite: a materials match made in battery heaven 19 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., have developed a new class of composite anode materials composed of silicon and graphite that may double the energy storage capacities currently possessed by graphite anodes, potentially leading to rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with more power, longer life, and smaller sizes. Smart heat pipe efficiently cools laptops, permitting greater speed of operation 19 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Laptops make laps hot, as users of mobile lightweight computers sometimes learn dramatically. And things could get worse: upcoming chips may produce 100 watts per square centimetre, the heat generated by a light bulb, creating the effect of an unpleasantly localized dry sauna. (Current chip emanations are in the 50 watts/cm² range.) Particles concentrated without muss or fuss for homeland defense or lab chromatography 18 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A microdevice whose business end looks like the gold-coated spine of a very tiny mouse, with each “vertebrae” line separated from the next by about a third the width of a human hair, has been demonstrated to easily collect and release proteins in aqueous solution in less than a second. Sandia researchers use quantum dots as a new approach to solid-state lighting 18 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories In a different approach to creating white light several researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories have developed the first solid-state white light-emitting device using quantum dots. In the future, the use of quantum dots as light-emitting phosphors may represent a major application of nanotechnology. Energy emissions far greater than predicted by Planck’s Law 18 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, exceeding the predictions of a 100-year-old law of physics, have shown that filaments fabricated of tungsten lattices emit remarkably more energy than solid tungsten filaments in certain bands of near-infrared wavelengths when heated. Alameda County Public Health Department, Sandia researchers simulate anthrax attack on East Bay 18 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Locked in a “war room” for a day, representatives from Sandia National Laboratories and 24 other officials, mostly from the Alameda County Public Health Department, teamed up recently in a simulated bioterrorism event to evaluate Alameda County’s ability to respond quickly and effectively to a weapons of mass destruction incident such as anthrax, and to test a disaster response and planning tool designed by Sandia. ACPHD got a chance to experience Sandia’s tool before it is presented at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta this summer. Sandia engineers develop multi-purpose, high-voltage power supply 17 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories in California have designed a miniature power supply device with potential applications in drug delivery systems, medicine, portable detection and analysis, and a host of electronic devices. Sandia is actively soliciting industry partners to license, manufacture, and sell the new technology, which researchers say offers a turn-key solution to high-voltage power supply needs. Sandia researchers create nanocrystals nature’s way 17 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia researchers are developing complex nanomaterials that look strikingly similar to the microstructures of diatoms and seashells. The materials may have potential for a wide range of applications. Machines accurately infer user intent, remember experiences & allow users to call upon simulated experts 17 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new type of “smart” machine that could fundamentally change how people interact with computers is on the not-too-distant horizon at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia, Kansas State University developing rapid disease detection system for farm animals 17 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories As Mike Whitehair quietly moves through the pen of cattle, something captures his attention. The Abilene, Kan., veterinarian pauses, pulls out a cell phone and punches in a code, not to make a call, but to start through a series of questions on the tiny screen regarding clinical signs he may be seeing in the cattle and illnesses they could represent. Sandia uses hypersonic vehicle design, development, flight experience to assist 16 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories researchers are assisting with NASA’s Hypersonic Technology Experiment program to create new mature technologies that will benefit next-generation launch vehicles, a follow-on to the current shuttle. Sandia develops ultra-high-temperature ceramics to withstand 2000 degrees Celsius 16 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new lightweight material to withstand ultra-high temperatures on hypersonic vehicles, such as the space shuttle. Sandia researchers seek ways to lower the cost of wind energy 16 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories As the popularity of wind energy rapidly grows worldwide, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories are developing ways to lower the cost of this alternative energy and enable turbines to produce more power. Preventing mitochondria turning ugly may postpone Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s diseases 16 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Anyone visiting a nursing home has seen the horror of humans surviving beyond their brains’ ability to make sense of their surroundings. That loss of discrimination is caused by neurons killed by malfunctions in mitochondria, the submicron-sized power packs found in every animal cell. These malfunctions are the most immediate cause of afflictions like Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and Alzheimer’s diseases. Malfunctioning mitochondria have also been linked to battlefield aftereffects caused by radiation or by nerve agents like sarin. Sandia-developed foam likely would stop SARS virus quickly, Sandia/Kansas State team shows 15 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories and Kansas State University have shown that chemical formulations previously developed at Sandia to decontaminate chemical and biological warfare agents are likely effective at killing the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Extremely cold molecules created by Sandia and Columbia University researchers 15 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Using a method usually more suitable to billiards than atomic physics, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Columbia University have created extremely cold molecules that could be used as the first step in creating Bose-Einstein molecular condensates. The work is published in the Dec. 12 Science. Researchers achieve breakthrough in development of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes 15 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories developing ultraviolet light-emitting diodes recently demonstrated two deep UV semiconductor optical devices that set records for wavelength/power output. One emits at a wavelength of 290 nanometers (nm) and produces 1.3 milliwatts of output power, and the other emits at a wavelength of 275 nm and produces 0.4 milliwatts of power. Collaboratory introduces data-sharing web portal to change way chemical science is done 15 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories and an interdisciplinary team of scientists representing seven other institutions are demonstrating a new online data-sharing Web portal that may eventually change the way chemical science is done. Building nanostructures like birds build nests 14 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A novel method of simulating protein behavior to achieve new, desirable nanostructures has been achieved in prototype by two researchers from Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia helps DOE take first steps in control, tracking of potential ‘dirty bomb’ sources 14 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Small radioactive sealed sources, designed to provide useful tools for measurement and analysis in a variety of industry and laboratory settings, have moved from the beneficial category to the threatening category in the post 9/11 world. The Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories is working to get a better handle on where these sources are located and how they can be controlled. Desktop computers to counsel users to make better decisions 14 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories That computer on your desk is just your helper. But soon it may become a very close friend. Now it sends your e-mails, links you to the Web, does your computations, and pays your bills. Soon it could warn you when you’re talking too much at a meeting, if scientists at Sandia National Laboratories’ Advanced Concepts Group have their way. Method has potential of changing the metal’s properties; many new applications possible 14 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico have developed a new way of mimicking photosynthetic proteins to manipulate platinum at the nanoscale. The method has the potential of changing the metal’s properties and benefiting emerging technologies. Possible uses include biological labeling, laser light, catalysts, memory storage, and relief for physicists 13 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A wish list for nanotechnologists might consist of a simple, inexpensive means, actually, any means at all, of self-assembling nanocrystals into robust orderly arrangements, like soup cans on a shelf or bricks in a wall, each separated from the next by an insulating layer of silicon dioxide. Researchers successfully measure particulate emissions on board diesel passenger vehicle 13 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Using a unique laser-based, soot heating technique, a team led by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories’ Combustion Research Facility has demonstrated the ability to measure “real world” particulate emissions from a vehicle under actual driving conditions. Sandia’s TEPIC offers pourable, high-strength, high-temperature lightweight support foam 13 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., have developed a high temperature, high strength structural support foam, TEPIC, that has proven to be an exceptionally versatile material for use as molded-to-shape models as well as prototype and production run tooling for composites manufacturing. Revolutionary radar is five times smaller than existing technology 13 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Within a year the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories will be flying the smallest synthetic aperture radar ever to be used for reconnaissance on near-model-airplane-sized unmanned aerial vehicles and eventually on precision-guided weapons and space applications. Device allows naked eye to see motion of 10 nanometers 12 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories “There was nothing in the [optics] literature to predict that this would happen,” says Sandia National Laboratories researcher Dustin Carr of his group’s device, which reflects a bright light from a very small moving object. Sandia experiments may reduce possibility of water wars & create additional solar power sources 12 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A method that uses roughly only one-hundredth the fresh water customarily needed to grow forage for livestock may leave much more water available for human consumption, as well as for residential and industrial uses. As a byproduct, it also may add formerly untapped solar energy to the electrical grid. Simple method may improve computer memory, catalysts, ceramic/metal seals, and nanodevices 12 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A method that creates smooth and strong interfaces between metals and metal oxides without high-temperature brazing has been patented by researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the University of North Texas. Wireless nanocrystals efficiently radiate visible light 12 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A wireless nanodevice that functions like a fluorescent light, but potentially far more efficiently, has been developed in a joint project between the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories. Sandia polymer electrolyte membrane brings goal of a high temperature PEM fuel cell closer 12 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new type of polymer electrolyte membrane is being developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories to help bring the goal of a micro fuel cell closer to realization using diverse fuels like glucose, methanol, and hydrogen. Car battery failing? Hazardous material leaching? Oil level dropping? 11 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories There you are, tapping your fingers on the cold steering wheel as your windows cloud over from your breath. How could you have known your car battery was that low? Sandia to begin testing innovative arsenic-removal technologies in Socorro 11 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Over the next few weeks researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories will begin testing innovative ways to treat arsenic-contaminated water in an effort to reduce costs to municipalities of meeting the new arsenic standard issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Sandia, Tenix, and CH2M Hill will develop automated water safety sensor units 11 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, CH2M Hill, and Tenix Investments Pty. Ltd. today announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership to develop an unattended water safety system that offers the unique capability of detecting currently unmonitored biological agents such as bacteria, viruses, and protozoa that could threaten water supplies. Sandia imagists overcome maelstrom obscuring Z machine’s drive force 11 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Other than a nuclear bomb, Z is the most powerful generator of X-rays on the planet. Last year, its central mechanism, called a Z-pinch, fused isotopes of hydrogen to create nuclear fusion. Tiny porphyrin tubes developed by Sandia may lead to new nanodevices 10 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sunlight splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen using devices too small to be seen in a standard microscope. That’s a goal of a research team from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories. The research has captured the interest of chemists around the world pursuing methods of producing hydrogen from water. Texas police, border agents using Labs’ sniffer to nab drug traffickers 10 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories On a South Texas highway local police and border agents are using a hand-held sniffer developed at Sandia National Laboratories to help stem the flow of illegal drugs northward into the U.S. New capability may offer applications for homeland security, war theatres 10 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories he Explosive Destruction System can be transported to sites where materiel may not be safe to store or transport. From the beginning, researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories, the creators of the Army’s Explosive Destruction System, suspected the system could, in addition to snuffing out chemical warfare material, treat and destroy biohazards such as those containing anthrax. Sandia researchers develop portable device that can detect heart and gum disease instantly 10 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Someday in the not-too-distant future patients may visit a doctor's office, provide a sample of saliva or blood, and know in minutes if they are prone to heart disease, gum disease, or cancer. There would be no sending samples to off-site labs for analysis and waiting days to obtain the vital information. Z fires objects faster than Earth moves through space 09 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The speed of the thrust was a new record for Sandia’s Z Machine, sometimes referred to as the fastest gun in the West. Actually the fastest in the world, it is now able to propel small plates at 34 kilometers a second, faster than the 30 km/sec that Earth travels through space in its orbit about the sun, 50 times faster than a rifle bullet, and three times the velocity needed to escape Earth’s gravitational field. Sandia helps small company with automatic tire pressure maintenance system 09 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories recently provided three engineering concepts to small business owner Dale Petty for a gadget that keeps car tires inflated to the right pressure. Novel ultrafast laser detects cancer at earliest possible stage 09 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The difference between a normal and cancerous liver cell is shown clearly by the location of mitochondria, as revealed by Sandia's biocavity laser. The healthy cell shows very few mitochondria near the outer cell wall; they cluster densely (red coloration) as they approach the cell's nucleous (depicted here as the black central hole). In the cancerous cell, the mitochondria are spread throughout the cell, do not cluster, and under the same lighting produce a more subdued effect. Taking the terror out of terror: Sandia team re-thinks physical security for homeland defense 09 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Anticipating attacks from terrorists, and hardening potential targets against them, is a wearying and expensive business that could be made simpler through a broader view of the opponents’ origins, fears, and ultimate objectives, according to studies by the Advanced Concepts Group of Sandia National Laboratories. Synthetic aperture radar may soon be used for reconnaissance on small UAVs 08 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories flew what is probably the world’s smallest fine-resolution synthetic aperture radar, making real-time images from the 6-kilometer range with a resolution of four inches. It was a first for the 25-pound instrument that may soon be used for reconnaissance on near-model-airplane-sized unmanned aerial vehicles. Sandia, FAA, NASA create computer model for fire detection in airliner cargo compartments 08 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A project to improve the false alarm rate and to standardize the certification of fire detection systems in cargo compartments of commercial aircraft is underway with major participation by Sandia National Laboratories, the Federal Aviation Administration, and NASA Glenn Research Center. Sandia’s role in the project was to develop a physics-based Computational Fluid Dynamics model to analyze smoke transport in cargo compartments. Team discovers unsuspected intermediates in the chemistry of combustion 08 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories This low-pressure, flame-sampling apparatus shows a rich flame burning in the vacuum chamber. The quartz cone through which flame gases are sampled is visible entering from the right of the apparatus. The tip is glowing because of incandescence of soot deposits on the cone. The burner is on the left; it can be moved horizontally so that gases are sampled from different positions in the flame. Sandia researchers develop unique surfactant material 08 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A unique class of materials developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., may prove useful in textile manufacturing, biomedical diagnostics, and other applications requiring the modification of surface properties of liquids or solids. Asteroid dust may influence weather, study finds 07 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The asteroid's dust trail as seen by lidar at Davis, Antarctica. The plot shows the strength of the vertical laser light scattered back from the atmosphere as a function of time and altitude above mean sea level. The dust trail, blown by the stratospheric winds, moved through the beam. Sandia’s dielectrophoresis device may revolutionize sample preparation 07 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia researcher Blake Simmons prepares a polymer microfluidic device, known as iDEP, for use as a particle concentrator. iDEP can deliver detectable amounts of material in small sample volumes, eliminating any need for overnight culturing and significantly speeding up overall water analysis. ElectroNeedles may provide diabetes patients a painless way to check blood glucose levels 07 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Two tiny devices recently developed by researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories could mean the elimination of blood drawing by diabetes patients to test glucose levels or by medical personnel to determine if someone is having a heart attack. Test results would be instantaneous. Sandia develops secure wireless technology 07 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories in cooperation with Time Domain Corporation and KoolSpan Inc. has developed a secure wireless Ultra Wideband data communication network that can be used to help sensors monitor U.S. Air Force bases and DOE nuclear facilities and wirelessly control remotely operated weapon systems. Sandia researchers determine that common anthrax sampling methods need improvement 06 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A research team from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories has discovered that common anthrax sampling methods need improvement. The research shows that more deadly spores remain after decontamination than previously believed. Two Sandia microChemLab technologies soon to be checking for toxins in nation’s water supplies 06 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Two technologies developed at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories are expected to soon be checking for toxins and harmful bacteria in the nation’s water supplies. Both are based on the microChemLab. Sandia conducts tests at Solar Tower to benefit future NASA space explorations 06 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories For the last two years, tests have been conducted at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility to see how materials used for NASA’s future planetary exploration missions can withstand severe radiant heating. Sandia, task force to study ways ocean and wastewater can be desalinized in California 06 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories, together with fellow members of the Joint Water Reuse & Desalination Task Force, in coming months will be studying the best ways to desalinize, and make potable, ocean water, subsurface brines, and wastewater. Sandia to help New Mexico water systems lower arsenic levels in supplies 05 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories has received nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to reach out to the approximately 80 communities in the state being affected by EPA regulations that will require arsenic levels in water supplies to be reduced from the current limit of 50 micrograms per liter (µg/L) to 10 µg/L. Sandia demonstrates device for preventing battlefield friendly fire 05 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, along with partners General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and Sierra Monolithics Inc., demonstrated the Athena Radar-Responsive Tag during Exercise “Urgent Quest” in the United Kingdom. How-to book published on laser beam-shaping applications 05 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Following up on their well-received first book, Laser Beam Shaping: Theory and Techniques, Sandia National Laboratories researchers Fred Dickey and Scott Holswade have edited (with David Shealy of the University of Alabama at Birmingham) a compact new volume, Laser Beam Shaping Applications. Future of War Think-Fest produces many sparks 05 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Will women’s rights groups fall in the battle against religious extremism? Will the elderly monitor battlefields remotely, viewing monitors that free younger people for other tasks? Will blogs fragment the opinions of conventional media? Will international consortiums form their own armies to protect their properties? And will online banking affect national borders, becoming a primary source of e-globalization, virtual money laundering, and terrorist funding? Sandia researchers to model nano-size battery to be implanted in eye to power artificial retina 04 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Several researchers from Sandia National Laboratories, led by principal investigator Susan Rempe, are part of a multi-institutional, multidisciplinary team developing a nano-size battery that one day could be implanted in the eye to power an artificial retina. Sandia researchers aim to keep points-of-entry safe through systems-level modeling of operations 04 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia researcher Andy Vaughn shows an example of how simulations developed at Sandia can help evaluate new sensor technologies and suggest ways to minimize impacts by determining the most optimum technologies and configurations. In this case, cargo inspection equipment at a seaport increases the probability of detecting illicit materials but also disrupts operations and causes large delays when used in certain configurations. Sandia to conduct regional workshop in Salt Lake City to help gauge nation's energy & water concerns 04 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Sandia National Laboratories will conduct a workshop in Salt Lake City designed to help gauge future energy and water concerns of water and electric utilities, environmental organizations, policy and regulatory groups, tribal groups, economic development organizations, government agencies, universities, research institutions, and others. Mighty Mouse robot frees stuck radiation source 04 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A Sandia National Laboratories robot recently withstood enough radiation to kill 40 men in freeing a stuck radiation source, the size of a restaurant salt shaker, at a White Sands Missile Range lab so that the cylinder could be safely returned to its insulated base. Researchers develop low-density, environmentally friendly foam that may be answer to surf crisis 03 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., have developed a low-density, energy-absorbing foam that, among other potential applications, could help avoid a complete wipeout for the nation’s $200 million surfboard manufacturing market. Researchers collaborate to understand phenomena controlling PEM fuel cell performance, durability 03 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Two researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working to understand several key phenomena that control hydrogen-fueled PEM (proton exchange membrane or polymer electrolyte membrane) fuel cells. One, Ken S. Chen, is developing computational models to describe the phenomena while the other, Mike Hickner, is performing physical experimentation. New view attained of electronic orbitals of separating molecules 03 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Imagine you are standing, John Wayne style, on the backs of two runaway horses pulling a stagecoach. You try to bring the horses to a stop but instead the harnesses break, the horses separate, and an unlucky passenger gets thrown from the stage. Batteries could soon replace standard nickel-metal hydride batteries in hybrid vehicles 03 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories As part of the Department of Energy-funded FreedomCAR program, Sandia National Laboratories’ Power Sources Technology Group is researching ways to make lithium-ion batteries work longer and safer. The research could lead to these batteries being used in new hybrid electric vehicles in the next five to ten years. Repeatable, reliable, low-breakdown voltage antifuses enabled through a Sandia-developed dielectric thin film 02 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed an inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-manufacture class of dielectric films that have the capability of enabling programmable antifuses on integrated circuits at less cost and using easier-to-manufacture methods. Sandia, Brookhaven researchers develop first response guidance for dirty bomb scenario 02 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia’s 1000 cubic meter aerosolization chamber is used to capture and characterize the particles dispersed following explosive aerosolization events. If a so-called “dirty bomb” exploded in a populated area, first responders would have to make immediate decisions to lessen health impacts on people who might be exposed to radioactive material. Coal may lead way to hydrogen economy 02 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Technical Staff Member Al Salmi examines a gasification reactor at the Combustion Research Facility being developed to help study the behavior of coal gases under pressure. Sandia-designed supercomputer ranked world’s most efficient in two of six categories 02 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A new series of measurements, the next step in evolution of criteria to determine more accurately the efficiency of supercomputers, has rated Sandia National Laboratories’ Red Storm computer the best in the world in two of six new categories, and very high in two other important categories. Sandia researchers apply energy surety model to military bases 01 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A Sandia National Laboratories research team headed by Dave Menicucci has taken a Labs-developed energy surety model to a tangible level by applying it to military bases. Sandia preemptive spark helps find intermittent electrical short circuits in airplanes 01 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories A preemptive spark lasting for nanoseconds that helps find potentially dangerous short circuits hidden in the miles of wiring behind the panels of aging commercial airliners has been patented by Sandia National Laboratories. Prettier world of computer modeling provides key details, says Sandia researcher 01 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Taking issue with the perception that computer models lack realism, a Sandia National Laboratories researcher told his audience that simulations of the nanoscale provide researchers more detailed results, not less, than experiments alone. Sandia tool speeds up environmental cleanup, reopening of contaminated facilities 01 December 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Sandia’s BROOM system includes a personal digital assistant application that allows users to generate precise contamination maps and sample locations. The application runs on the Pocket PC operating system and makes use of a Bluetooth-controlled laser range finder. Sandia researchers solve mystery of attractive surfaces 30 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Panel A shows the tip/substrate position just prior to cavitation, which is shown ~33 msec later in Panel B. Panel C shows the cavity meniscus, during tip retraction, one frame prior to its unstable collapse leaving a cavity “bubble” behind on both the tip and substrate. These bubbles, attributed to air supplied from water and the porous superhydrophobic surface, are unstable and readsorbed in approximately six seconds. In all frames the circular image at the bottom is the reflection of the spherical 150-µm diameter SH tip from the flat SH surface. Sandia’s Wind Energy Technology Department uses Labs’ device to determine how wind turbines operate 30 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories In West Texas, New Mexico, and other places around the world, wind turbines are used to generate electricity. But how can engineers determine their efficiency and health? Sandia work launched on space shuttle shows live cells influence growth of nanostructures 30 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The sample devices are riding on the International Space Station (courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico, NASA and US Air Force) to test whether nanostructures whose formations were directed by yeast and other single cells can create more secure homes for their occupants, even in the vacuum and radiation of outer space, than those created by more standard chemical procedures. Sandia applies a surety approach in creating solutions to energy challenges 30 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories With concerns that energy use will rapidly increase over the next several years while fossil fuels diminish, Sandia National Laboratories is looking at a new way to meet growing energy challenges, energy surety. Sandia fingerprinting technique demonstrates wireless device driver vulnerabilities 29 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Wireless network drivers, say Sandia researchers, are easy to interact with and potentially exploit if the attacker is within transmission range of the wireless device. By role-playing the position of an adversary, Sandia has demonstrated a unique fingerprinting technique that allows hackers with ill intent to identify a wireless driver without modification to or cooperation from a wireless device. Sandia experimental package of piezoelectric films to be part of NASA space station experiment 29 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories For the past three years a Sandia research team headed by Mat Celina has been investigating the performance of various piezoelectric polymer films that might one day serve as ultra-light mirrors in space telescopes. E M Optomechanical, Inc. obtains license to produce products based on Sandia-developed technology 29 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories E M Optomechanical, Inc. of Albuquerque recently obtained a license from Sandia National Laboratories to produce products based on a Labs-developed technology, a new configuration for interference microscopy. Unobtrusive system designed as detect-to-warn measure, offers fast capability to event managers 28 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The detectors used in Sandia’s Rapidly Deployable Chemical Detection System can detect a wide variety of chemical warfare agents as well as common toxic chemicals. Sandia researchers tackle energy distribution at military bases 28 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, New Mexico [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] A Sandia National Laboratories research team headed by Dave Menicucci has taken a Labs-developed model, Energy Surety, and applied it to U.S. Army military bases to try to improve energy generation and transmission. The Microgrid team envisions small generation units and storage closer to where people live, work, and use power, and sees less generation at big plants. Sandia serves as lead national lab in security system integration 28 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories For the past 12 months, Sandia National Laboratories has served as the lead national lab in Project Linking the Oil and Gas Industry to Improve Cyber Security. The project was created to keep U.S. oil and gas control systems safe and secure, and to help minimize the chance that a cyber attack could severely damage or cripple America’s oil and gas infrastructure. Sandia releases free to the public Acro 1.0 optimization software 28 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Acro 1.0 optimization software, developed by a Sandia National Laboratories team led by Bill Hart, has recently been released to the public and is available at no charge. Phase diagram of water revised by Sandia researchers 28 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories The electrically conducting structure of metallic water occurs at a more accessible part of the water phase diagram than formerly thought. Here, a snapshot from a first-principles computer simulation demonstrates the atomic disorder. Red spheres are hydrogen atoms, white spheres are oxygen atoms, and the electron density from a partially occupied electron state responsible for the conductivity is shown as gold. Sandia fingerprinting technique demonstrates wireless device driver vulnerabilities 27 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Wireless network drivers, say Sandia researchers, are easy to interact with and potentially exploit if the attacker is within transmission range of the wireless device. By role-playing the position of an adversary, Sandia has demonstrated a unique fingerprinting technique that allows hackers with ill intent to identify a wireless driver without modification to or cooperation from a wireless device. Sandia researchers solve mystery of attractive surfaces 27 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories Panel A shows the tip/substrate position just prior to cavitation, which is shown ~33 msec later in Panel B. Panel C shows the cavity meniscus, during tip retraction, one frame prior to its unstable collapse leaving a cavity “bubble” behind on both the tip and substrate. These bubbles, attributed to air supplied from water and the porous superhydrophobic surface, are unstable and readsorbed in approximately six seconds. In all frames the circular image at the bottom is the reflection of the spherical 150-µm diameter SH tip from the flat SH surface. Phase diagram of water revised by Sandia researchers 27 November 2006 - DOE/Sandia National Laboratories “Metallic water” alters characteristics of Neptune and impacts other physics. The electrically conducting structure of meta