Fracture technology innovation allows faster materials testing. Tim Briggs has built a career at Sandia National Laboratories tearing and breaking things apart with his team…
A media comprised of a sandwich of materials, tested by Sandia National Laboratories, is being manufactured into N95-like respirators that could be used in local…
To deter attempts to disable U.S. electrical utilities and to defend U.S. nuclear weapon systems from evolving technological threats, Sandia National Laboratories has begun two…
A biologically inspired membrane intended to cleanse carbon dioxide almost completely from the smoke of coal-fired power plants has been developed by scientists at Sandia…
Hands-on experiments performed at Sandia National Laboratories’ Z machine contradict a long-standing but unproven assumption about the X-ray spectra of black holes. Z, the most…
In a newly published study, researchers from Harvard University, Sandia National Laboratories, and MIT reveal a new technique for creating targeted defects in diamond materials….
A team of researchers has developed hybrid technologies that can control light and sound, allowing information to be stored, filtered, and manipulated with far greater…
New research provides evidence against the hypothesis that a large comet impact or airburst caused the termination of the Clovis culture. Comet explosions did not…
Diamond is one of the toughest, naturally occurring materials found on Earth. Now, the Z machine at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, can…
Working to advanced rotor technologies for U.S. offshore wind power generation, Sandia scientists are searching for the most-workable design for a vertical axis wind turbine…
A better understanding of the variety of pore sizes and spatial patterns in strata would allow for more production from underground oil reservoirs and water…
Technological advances in the field of neutron generators are being made at Sandia National Laboratory. By thinking outside the box, scientists have come up with…
In a method that appears to be 50 times more efficient than using X-rays, computer simulations showed that high-gain nuclear fusion is possible in a…
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a “smart outlet” that includes four receptacles, each with voltage/current sensing; actuation (switching); a computer for implementing the…
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are focusing on the development of biomaterials and peripheral nerves at the interface site between the nervous system and where…
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratory have discovered a new family of liquid salt electrolytes, known as MetILs, that could lead to future batteries with three…
Sandia has found another use for their decontamination foam that was used to decontaminate federal office buildings and mailrooms during the 2001 anthrax attacks. Researchers…
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Solar Power Electric teamed together to develop a tool to appraise homes and commercial buildings with photovoltaic (PV) installations….