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PPPL earns top EPA award
Released on Thu, March 14, 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has been named the 2012 Federal Partner of the Year for reducing its carbon footprint by cutting the amount of waste it sends to landfills.

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Sandia’s new fiber optic network is world’s largest
Released on Wed, March 13, 2013

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has become a pioneer in large-scale passive optical networks, building the largest fiber optical local area network in the world.

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Hoffman Estates wins Argonne's Rube Goldberg Contest
Released on Mon, March 11, 2013

LEMONT, Ill. – A team from Hoffman Estates High School in Hoffman Estates, Ill., dropped the hammer on the competition at Argonne National Laboratory's 18th annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, held today at Argonne.

By winning Argonne's contest, the Hoffman Estates Team #1 advances to the National High School Rube Goldberg Machine Championship, to be held Saturday, March 16, in Pewaukee, Wis.

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Brookhaven Lab's National Synchrotron Light Source II Achieves LEED Gold Certification
Released on Mon, February 25, 2013

UPTON, NY – The National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has been awarded a LEED gold rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. NSLS-II is Brookhaven’s newest building, and its half-mile ring building received the internationally recognized certification in recognition of its “green” design. 

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NREL and Partners Demonstrate Quantum Dots that Assemble Themselves
Released on Fri, February 8, 2013

Surprising breakthrough could bolster quantum photonics, solar cell efficiency

February 8, 2013

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and other labs have demonstrated a process whereby quantum dots can self-assemble at optimal locations in nanowires, a breakthrough that could improve solar cells, quantum computing, and lighting devices.

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Funding available for New Mexico businesses
Released on Wed, February 6, 2013

Los Alamos Venture Acceleration Fund accepting 2013 applications

LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, February 6, 2013—The Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) of Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), the company that manages and operates Los Alamos National Laboratory for the National Nuclear Security Administration, is accepting applications for the 2013 calendar year. Companies selected will receive awards that can range from $10,000 to $100,000 in order to commercialize technology and take it to market faster.

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Sandia and Lockheed Martin donating $40,000 to help veterans
Released on Thu, November 8, 2012

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Nine organizations that help local veterans will receive $40,000 from Lockheed Martin on behalf of Sandia National Laboratories this year.

The funds will be divided among nine assistance groups to support the needs of New Mexico’s veterans: Operation Homefront; New Mexico Veterans Integration Project; YWCA Henderson House; Metropolitan Homelessness Project; Rio Grande Valley Blue Star Mothers; Kirtland Air Force Base Family Services; What Would You Give; and the American Red Cross for services for the military.

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Tiny travelers from deep space could assist in healing Fukushima’s nuclear scar
Released on Wed, October 17, 2012

Researchers examine use of cosmic-ray radiography on damaged reactor cores

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 17, 2012—Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have devised a method to use cosmic rays to gather detailed information from inside the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, which were heavily damaged in March 2011 by a tsunami that followed a great earthquake.

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Unraveling Intricate Interactions, One Molecule at a Time
Released on Tue, August 21, 2012

A team of researchers at Columbia Engineering, led by Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics Associate Professor Latha Venkataraman and in collaboration with Mark Hybertsen from the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at the U.S.

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Marine species at risk unless drastic protection policies put in place
Released on Tue, August 21, 2012

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Many marine species will be harmed or won't survive if the levels of carbon dioxide continue to increase.

Current protection policies and management practices are unlikely to be enough to save them. Unconventional, non-passive methods to conserve marine ecosystems need to be considered if various marine species are to survive.

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