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4 hrs ago | Water Online

Sandia Labs Technology Used In Fukushima Cleanup

A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, UOP LLC, Chemicals, Chemistry, Science, Marketing

Thu May 31, 2012

Pleasanton Weekly

Where's the money gone?

Home Page News Pleasanton Weekly TriValleyViews San Ramon Express Danville Express Town Square Forums Community Calendar Submit Information Letters to the Editor Calendar Events Press Releases Local Restaurants Community Resources Movies Obituaries Advertise with us Special publications Real Estate Fogster Classifieds Request Delivery About Us ... (more)

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Related Topix: Social Software, Tax, Technical Services, Livermore, CA

R & D

Unique approach to materials allows temperature-stable circuits

Sandia National Laboratories materials science researcher Steve Dai has come up with a unique approach to creating materials whose properties won't degenerate with temperature swings.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, Materials Science, Science

Tue May 29, 2012

KRQE Albuquerque

Technology Ventures helps NM scientists

ALBUQUERQUE - We all have great ideas but there are few people who can turn those ideas into something that can actually make money.

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Related Topix: Albuquerque, NM, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Technical Services, Inventions, Science / Technology

Scientific Computing/Instrument.

Sen. Bingaman to speak at 2012 Wind Turbine Blade Workshop

U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman will speak about the future of wind energy at the opening session of the nation's only conference devoted to wind turbine blades sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Jeff Bingaman, Democrat, Technical Services, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

R & D

Sandia technology used in Fukushima cleanup

Crystalline silico-titanate, or CST, is an inorganic molecular sieve that can capture and separate highly volatile elements from radioactive wastewater.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, UOP LLC, Chemicals, Chemistry, Science, Marketing

Mon May 28, 2012

Ubergizmo

Smart bullet set to make Wanted a reality

Do you remember the movie Wanted? That particular show had the babelicious Angelina Jolie act as one of the world's deadliest assassins, who is capable of bending a bullet around an obstacle before hitting the target some distance away.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Angelina Jolie, Technical Services, Gadgets

Sun May 27, 2012

Digital Post Production

New Mexico fire grows, forces evacuation

' A wildfire in Gila National Forest burned through more timber and brush lands as it forced the evacuation of residents living near a privately owned ghost town in southwestern New Mexico, officials said.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Albuquerque, NM, Technical Services, Camcorders

Fri May 25, 2012

The Kansas City Star

Smoke from massive fire spreads across NM, Ariz.

As smoke from a massive blaze in the southwestern New Mexico wilderness spread across the state Friday, health officials as far away as Albuquerque and Santa Fe warned residents to limit outdoor activity over Memorial Day weekend due to growing air-quality concerns.The privately owned ghost town of Mogollon was placed under a voluntary evacuation ... (more)

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Related Topix: Fire, Albuquerque, NM, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Technical Services, Natural Disasters, Wildfire

MSNBC

Smart bullet ready to leave the lab, hit target more than 1 mile away

A tiny light-emitting diode, or LED, attached to a self-guided bullet at Sandia National Laboratories shows a bright path during a nighttime field test that proved the battery and electronics could survive the bullet's launch.

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Related Topix: Technical Services

Wed May 23, 2012

KOB-TV New Mexico

Firefighters prepare for arroyo rescues

"We'll throw a rope to the person in the water in the hopes that they'll be able to hang on to it long enough," said Chris Carlsen, talking about a high water training exercise at the Embudito Channel on Morningside NE between Cutler and Prospect.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, Natural Disasters, Flood, Albuquerque, NM

Mon May 21, 2012

WHIO

Millions look skyward

Albuquerque resident Vishal Temburni looks to see where the sun will be when the eclipse starts atop of the Sandia Mountains Sunday May 20th, 2012 near Albuquerque.

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Related Topix: Technical Services

Sun May 20, 2012

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

In Person: 'Chief skunk' at Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works

Alton D. Romig Jr. heads Lockheed Martin's weapons-development facility in Palmdale, Calif., dubbed "Skunk Works," which got its nickname because the plant used to be next to one with a pronounced odor.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Aerospace-Defense, Lockheed Martin, Aircraft, Lockheed U-2, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, Lockheed Aircraft, Military Aircraft, Palmdale, CA, Technical Services, Los Angeles County, CA

Fri May 18, 2012

KRQE Albuquerque

Tram reaches ridership milestone

ALBUQUERQUE - It's been taking visitors up and down the mountain for the past 46 years, and today the Sandia Peak tram welcomed aboard its 10-millionth passenger.

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Electronic Products

Mesa del Sol's Aperture Center unveils its new smart grid system - first of its kind in the nation

May 17, 2012 - Mesa del Sol, Albuquerque's visionary mixed-use, master planned community in the southern part of the city, once again made history when it unveiled its new Smart Grid System - the first of its kind in the nation.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Technical Services, University of New Mexico, Wind Power, Solar Energy

Wed May 16, 2012

ASTM Standardization News

Reactor Pulse-Repeatability Studies at the Annular Core Research Reactor

The Annular Core Research Reactor at Sandia National Laboratories is a water-moderated pool-type reactor designed for testing many types of objects in the pulse and steady-state mode of operations.

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Related Topix: Technical Services

R & D

Navy pilot training enhanced by AEMASE smart machine

Sandia National Laboratories computer scientist Rob Abbott, left, and computer software developer Jon Whetzel show how the Automated Expert Modeling & Student Evaluation cognitive software application will be used to help train Navy personnel on flight simulators.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US News, Technical Services, Computers, Science, Computer Science, Inventions, Science / Technology

Tue May 15, 2012

Green Car Congress

Sandia researchers develop conceptual model for Low Temperature Combustion

Conceptual model for conventional diesel combustion , left, and LTC combustion, right, for heavy-duty engines.

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Related Topix: Technical Services

The Tech

CoolChip within rules

On April 11, Chancellor Eric Grimson PhD '80 concluded a review of an intellectual property rights situation with CoolChip Technologies, winner of the 2011 MIT $200K Clean Energy Prize Contest.

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Related Topix: Technical Services

Fri May 11, 2012

R & D

Web tool helps determine best energy storage options

Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy have released a new tool to help utilities, developers, and regulators identify the energy storage options that best meet their needs.

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Related Topix: Technical Services, Department of Energy

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