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BYLINE: Mollie Rappe Newswise — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine a smoke detector that instead of warning residents of smoke before a fire engulfs their home, is placed in mass-transit locations to alert travelers and first responders to hazardous chemicals in the air. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have spent the last three years developing an…
Two teenage boys, one 13 and the other 15, have been charged with murder after the younger boy intentionally drove a stolen vehicle into a man as he was riding his bike to work last year, killing him, the police in Albuquerque said on Monday. An 11-year-old who was also in the vehicle will be…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects. “Many researchers are trying to discover better ways to break down and recycle plastics. It’s a very busy area of research right now,” Sandia…
“It’s a tremendous accomplishment,” said Rich Otten, a Sandia senior manager involved in the design and production aspects of the B61-12 Life Extension Program. “For more than a decade, people have poured their time, effort and careers into making this a reality.” The completion of the last production unit is the result of collaborative partnerships…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is collaborating with other research institutions to head off a potential future energy crisis that could be driven in part by artificial intelligence. “We face an unprecedented microelectronics energy efficiency challenge,” Sandia’s Jeffrey Nelson said. “Computing alone is projected to consume a significant portion of the total planetary energy…
BYLINE: Mollie Rappe ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In golf, a great caddie helps tune a professional golfer’s performance, matching their skill, choice of club and type of swing to the course and weather conditions. A recent analysis of drilling records from the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy by Sandia National Laboratories researchers aims to…
