Expansion of DOE-DOT Tight Oil Research Work July 1, 2015 6:04 pm The Departments of Energy and Transportation commissioned a technical team through Sandia to examine the properties of tight crude oils... View Article
Small Electric Voltage Alters Conductivity in Key Materials July 1, 2015 5:41 pm Using only a 9-volt battery at room temperature, a team led by Sandia researcher Jon Ihlefeld (in Sandia’s Electronic, Optical,... View Article
Sandia’s Frontier Observatory for Research In Geothermal Energy (FORGE) Phase 1 Proposals Were Both Successful July 1, 2015 5:24 pm The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (DOE-EERE’s) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) defines FORGE’s mission as... View Article
Record of Decision for Mars 2020 Mission July 1, 2015 4:37 pm NASA issued a record of decision (ROD) to use a nuclear battery (a multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator) on the next... View Article
Sandia Researchers Are First to Measure Thermoelectric Behavior of a Nanoporous Metal-Organic Framework July 1, 2015 4:27 pm Thermoelectric devices convert heat to electricity and have no moving parts, making them extremely attractive for cooling and energy harvesting... View Article
Sandia Participates in Office of Science’s National Science Bowl July 1, 2015 4:10 pm The Department of Energy Office of Science’s National Science Bowl® (NSB) is a nationwide academic competition that tests middle and... View Article
Sandia, Purdue University Sign MOU to Establish Strategic Alliance June 30, 2015 4:17 pm In April, Sandia and Purdue University signed an extensive, five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic alliance that... View Article
Hongyou Fan Chosen for Prestigious Lecture on Creating Nanomaterials June 30, 2015 4:02 pm Sandia researcher Hongyou Fan (at the Advanced Materials Laboratory, operated in cooperation with the University of New Mexico) was selected... View Article
CRF Researchers Develop New Approach for Low-Cost Emissions Diagnostics June 26, 2015 6:02 pm Modeling and experiments show that it is feasible to perform multiple-species detection at sub-ppm levels with a low-resolution broad-band infrared... View Article
Sandia’s Twistact Project Chosen for DOE’s LabCorps Entrepreneurial Program June 26, 2015 6:00 pm Sandia National Laboratories’ (SNL’s) Twistact and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) Optimization of Building Efficiency projects were selected as the... View Article