Study asks: Can cell phone signals help land a plane?
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Dangling from a weather balloon 80,000 feet above New Mexico, a pair of antennas sticks out from a Styrofoam cooler. From that...
Sandia tests heat shields for space
Smoke billowing off NASA’s heat shield material during a recent test at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility. (Photo by Craig Fritz) Click...
Great Minds in STEM recognizes Sandia microgrid engineer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rachid Darbali-Zamora’s career has been defined by two pivotal moments: his introduction to renewable energy at a high school outreach event and his...
Old ways making way for new
From left, Mike Lisk, owner of Remote Well Solutions; Ferdinand Notah, Navajo Nation project lead; Larson Uentillie of the Navajo Nation Water Division; and Sandia...
Deflecting doom: How Sandia research could save Earth from asteroids
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The most efficient way to prevent potentially dangerous asteroids from damaging or even obliterating Earth may involve a coordinated nuclear response based...
Swifter simulations for modern science. All of it
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A good machine-learning algorithm is a powerful research accelerator. Pair it with a computer simulation and it can sniff out mathematical shortcuts...
Work toward a cleaner way to purify critical metals
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Rare-earth elements are everywhere in modern life, found in everything from the smart device you’re reading this on to the LED lightbulbs...
Lighting the way for quantum innovation
Sandia National Laboratories is collaborating with Arizona State University to advance how light can carry quantum information. Instead of using typical large optical tables, Sandia...
Sandia Science & Technology Park injecting billions into state economy
The Sandia Science & Technology Park opened in 1998 as a hub for public-private partnerships and has played a vital role in the economic success...
Steadying the hands of time
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — All clocks are ticking down to an argument about the time. Imperceptibly, they gain or lose fractions of a second. Gradually, they...