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Released: 10-Aug-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Sandia Science & Tech Park continues to strengthen economy
Sandia National Laboratories

Since 1998, companies and organizations in the Sandia Science & Technology Park have paid nearly $7.2 billion in wages and generated more than $4 billion in taxable personal consumption, according to a new report.

   
Released: 1-Jun-2022 10:15 AM EDT
Getting Here from There
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

This assistance is highly important. It ultimately affects some patients who might not otherwise be successful with treatment if they are constantly stressed with having to find the means to stay here or get here.

Newswise: Together We Rise
Released: 16-May-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Together We Rise
Sandia National Laboratories

As fierce wildfires spread through New Mexico, burning hundreds of structures and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate, Sandia National Laboratories found a way for the workforce to help.

Released: 17-Mar-2021 7:30 PM EDT
New Mexico middle and high school students encouraged to apply for free, two-week Summer Physics Camp for Young Women
Los Alamos National Laboratory

New Mexico students are encouraged to apply for the free, two-week, virtual Summer Physics Camp for Young Women, taught primarily by women scientists and engineers at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Released: 28-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Shaping the future of higher education
New Mexico State University (NMSU)

Chancellor of the New Mexico State University System Dan Arvizo, shares his vision and strategies to meet the challenges facing higher education. Arvizu worked for Bell Labs, Sandia National Labs and eventually went on to serve as the eighth director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory as well as serving in various roles at Emerson Collective, including chief technology officer, STEM evangelist and senior adviser.

Released: 27-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
THC Found More Important for Therapeutic Effects in Cannabis Than Originally Thought
University of New Mexico

Researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) recently solved a major gap in scientific literature by using mobile software technology to measure the real-time effects of actual cannabis-based products used by millions of people every day.

26-Feb-2019 4:05 PM EST
Sandia Spiking Tool Improves Artificially Intelligent Devices
Sandia National Laboratories

The aptly named software Whetstone, which greatly reduces the amount of circuitry needed to perform autonomous tasks, is expected to improve the artificial intelligence of mobile phones, self-driving cars and automated interpretation of images.

Released: 25-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
Playing Hoops to Battle Cancer
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Legislators battle cancer in annual Hoops 4 Hope basketball game. The legislators enjoy playing, the spectators enjoy the show, and the annual game raises money to help people in New Mexico diagnosed with cancer.

Released: 21-Feb-2019 12:00 PM EST
700,000 submunitions demilitarized by Sandia-designed robotics system
Sandia National Laboratories

More than 700,000 Multiple Launch Rocket System submunitions have been demilitarized since the Army started using an automated nine-robot system conceptualized, built and programmed by Sandia National Laboratories engineers.

Released: 20-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
Collaboration opportunity to harness top algae strains for bioenergy
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos National Laboratory and partners are inviting the algae industry and academia to contribute to research to find the best algae strains for biofuels and bioproducts and to reduce the cost of producing bioenergy from algae feedstocks.

Released: 18-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
Sandia research investigates how organic reactions affect Earth’s atmosphere
Sandia National Laboratories

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Volatile organic compounds can be found in the air — everywhere. A wide range of sources, including from plants, cooking fuels and household cleaners, emit these compounds directly. They also can be formed in the atmosphere through a complex network of photochemical reactions.Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and colleagues from other institutions investigated the reactions of hydroxyl and methylperoxy radicals to understand their impact on the atmosphere’s ability to process pollutants.

Released: 14-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
NNSA Approves ‘Critical Decision 1’ for Advanced Sources and Detectors Project, a New Tool to Advance Stockpile Stewardship
Los Alamos National Laboratory

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has approved Critical Decision-1 (CD-1) for the Advanced Sources and Detectors Project (ASD), a cornerstone of the Enhanced Capabilities for Subcritical Experiments portfolio (ECSE). ASD is a proposed 20-million electron volt (MeV) accelerator that will generate X-ray images, or radiographs, of subcritical implosion experiments for the nuclear weapons program.

Released: 13-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
World's Finest Gold Specimen Probed With Los Alamos Neutrons
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Using neutron characterization techniques a team of scientists have peered inside one of the most unique examples of wire gold, understanding for the first time the specimen's structure and possible formation process. The 263 gram, 12 centimeter tall specimen, known as the Ram's Horn, belongs to the collection of the Mineralogical and Geological Museum Harvard University (MGMH).

Released: 12-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Los Alamos Teams with Oak Ridge, EPB to Demonstrate Next-Generation Grid Security Tech
Los Alamos National Laboratory

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos and Oak Ridge national laboratories has partnered with EPB, a Chattanooga utility and telecommunications company, to demonstrate the effectiveness of metro-scale quantum key distribution (QKD) as a means of secure communication for the nation’s electricity suppliers.

Released: 11-Feb-2019 10:15 AM EST
Three Sandia Labs researchers earn national honors in leadership and technology
Sandia National Laboratories

Three Sandia National Laboratories researchers--Warren Davis, Quincy Johnson and Olivia Underwood--were honored at the BEYA (Black Engineer of the Year) STEM Global Competitiveness Conference for their leadership and technological achievements.

Released: 11-Feb-2019 7:05 AM EST
Could energy overload drive cancer risk?
Santa Fe Institute

By providing an over-abundance of energy to cells, diseases like obesity and diabetes might super-charge growth and cause cells to become cancerous.

   
Released: 31-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
Los Alamos National Laboratory Issues Request for Proposal (RFP) for New Supercomputer
Los Alamos National Laboratory

The next big supercomputer is out for bid. A "request for proposal," or RFP, for Crossroads, a high-performance computer that will support the nation’s Stockpile Stewardship Program, was released today.

Released: 30-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
UNM Cancer Center Offers Mohs Surgery
University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center

Newly opened outpatient surgical suites at The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center have enabled the addition of another set of treatments to its arsenal: Mohs surgery. Mohs surgery has the highest cure rate of all skin cancer surgeries while preserving as much healthy skin as possible.

Released: 24-Jan-2019 10:05 AM EST
Modeling terrorist behavior with Sandia social-cultural assessments
Sandia National Laboratories

A team of Sandia social-behavioral scientists and computational modelers recently completed a two-year effort, dubbed “Mustang,” to assess interactions and behaviors of two extremist groups. The model suggested several communication options that are most likely to reduce the recruitment and violence of the extremist groups over time.

Released: 23-Jan-2019 11:05 AM EST
Second Act: Sandia retirees band together to help small businesses with tech challenges
Sandia National Laboratories

Technology Retirees Economic Catalysts (TREC) was established to connect Sandia National Laboratories retirees with small businesses that need technical and other expertise.



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