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DARPA selects Sandia National Laboratories to design new supercomputer prototype
Released on Tue, August 17, 2010

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has been selected as one of four institutions to develop new supercomputer prototype systems for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). To meet the increasing advanced computing needs for the Department of Defense (DoD), DARPA launched the Ubiquitous High Performance Computing (UHPC) program.

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INL wins three more R&D 100 Awards
Released on Mon, July 12, 2010

INL wins three more R&D 100 Awards

IDAHO FALLS — Idaho National Laboratory researchers earned R&D 100 Awards for three of four nominated technologies during the international competition hosted by R&D Magazine. This year's showing repeated INL's 2009 performance.

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New Tools for New Light Source at Brookhaven Lab
Released on Wed, July 7, 2010

UPTON, NY – The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory is constructing the world’s most brilliant light source, the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II). In a recent decision, DOE has approved a new project to begin conceptual design of NSLS-II experimental tools, named NEXT.

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Job Growth in U.S. Driven Entirely by Startups, According to Kauffman Foundation Study
Released on Wed, July 7, 2010

New firms add an average of 3 million jobs in their first year, while older companies lose 1 million jobs annually

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.), July 7, 2010 – When it comes to U.S. job growth, startup companies aren’t everything. They’re the only thing. It’s well understood that existing companies of all sizes constantly create – and destroy – jobs. Conventional wisdom, then, might suppose that annual net job gain is positive at these companies. A study released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, however, shows that this rarely is the case. In fact, net job growth occurs in the U.S. economy only through startup firms.

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Laboratory program helps small businesses
Released on Wed, June 23, 2010

Technical assistance from both LANL and Sandia is available

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, June 23, 2010—The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program, a joint program of both Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories, is looking for small businesses in need of technical assistance from the Laboratories. Individual small businesses can request assistance at any time during the year. Multiple businesses seeking to collectively address a shared challenge can request assistance through an annual proposal process. The NMSBA is now accepting pre-proposals for calendar year 2011.

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NREL Launches Partnership with Solarmer Energy to Extend Lifetime of Plastic Solar Cells
Released on Mon, June 21, 2010

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Solarmer Energy, Inc., have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to collaborate on improving the lifetime of plastic solar cells, a promising new solar conversion technology. The joint research covered by the CRADA will explore the lifetime and stability of the organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices that make up the energy-harvesting layers of plastic solar cells.

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House Passes Reauthorization of America COMPETES Bill
Released on Tue, June 1, 2010

“Mr. Speaker, I demand a division of the question on the adoption of the amendment to enable the separate votes” declared House Science and Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) last Friday. For the third time, the America COMPETES reauthorization bill was before the House. About an hour after Gordon made his demand, H.R. 5116 passed the House by a vote of 262 to 150.

The procedure that Gordon called for essentially untied the package of proposed changes that House Science and Technology Committee Ranking Republican Member Ralph Hall (TX) had used to stop the legislation when the House first considered it on May 13.

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Sandia National Laboratories leads reliability workshop for growing field of photovoltaic systems integration
Released on Tue, May 11, 2010

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories is using its expertise and long history in photovoltaic (PV) research and development to accelerate the adoption of reliability tools within the growing industry of PV power generation.

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