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22-Oct-2024

Study asks: Can cell phone signals help land a plane?

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Reports and Proceedings

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Ohio State University are taking experimental navigation technology to the skies, pioneering a backup system to keep an airplane on course when it cannot rely on global positioning system satellites.

15-Oct-2024

Sandia tests heat shields for space

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

For decades, Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility has harnessed the power of the sun to expose aerospace materials to intense heat, replicating the harsh conditions of faster-than-sound flight and atmospheric reentry to ensure the materials’ ability to protect the rest of the vehicle. The most recent of these tests is in support of two exciting NASA missions.

28-Aug-2024

Swifter simulations for modern science. All of it

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a machine learning paper recently published in the journal npj Computational Materials, a team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories and Brown University have introduced a universal way to accelerate virtually any kind of simulation.

Journal: npj Computational Materials

27-Aug-2024

Work toward a cleaner way to purify critical metals

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Over the past three years, a team of researchers from Sandia National Laboratories has been pioneering an environmentally friendly method to separate critical rare-earth elements from watery mixtures.

Journal: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

26-Aug-2024

Lighting the way for quantum innovation

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona State University, two research powerhouses, are collaborating to push the boundaries of quantum technology and transform large-scale optical systems into compact integrated microsystems.

21-Aug-2024

Sandia Science & Technology Park injecting billions into state economy

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Sandia Science & Technology Park is being credited with playing a critical role in New Mexico’s economy over the last 25 years, creating high-paying jobs and bringing state-of-the-art technologies to the marketplace.

13-Aug-2024

The mother of all motion sensors

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have used silicon photonic microchip components to perform a quantum sensing technique called atom interferometry, an ultra-precise way of measuring acceleration. It is the latest milestone toward developing a kind of quantum compass for navigation when GPS signals are unavailable.

Journal: Science Advances

25-Jul-2024

Transforming environmental testing one shake at a time

DOE/Sandia National Laboratories
Business Announcement

Testing weapons and components in a lab-controlled environment has always been at the center of Sandia National Laboratories’ mission. A newly developed method is getting better results, with fewer tests, in less time.