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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 6-May-2025 14:09 ET (6-May-2025 18:09 GMT/UTC)

Designing long-duration toxin sensors

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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have spent the last three years developing an ultra-low-power chemical sensor to detect sarin and other chemical warfare agents or gaseous industrial toxins, aiming to protect the public and warfighters.

Sandia’s unique role in nuclear deterrence

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Sandia National Laboratories serves a unique role in the nuclear security enterprise: lead systems integrator for the nuclear weapons program.

Recycling products from the inside out

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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.

SandiaAI chat: New tool for creating efficiencies

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In May 2024, Sandia National Laboratories became the first facility within the nuclear security enterprise to provide its employees with access to this powerful new tool with SandiaAI Chat, enabling them to ask sensitive unclassified questions.

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Sandia’s economic impact soars to $5.2B in 2024

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories achieved a record-breaking economic impact of $5.2 billion for 2024, surpassing the previous year’s figure by more than $423 million.

Old ways making way for new

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — “They say water is life, and that couldn’t be truer,” said Anne Francis, who has spent her life on the Navajo Nation, watching how water sustains the land, the crops and the herds of cattle on her family ranch.

But life on the Navajo Nation is hard.

The vast landscape is dotted with old-fashioned windmills, and many places are untouched by modern conveniences like electricity. Without the right infrastructure, getting water where it needs to go has been a struggle for generations.

A new technology, developed in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories and New Mexico State University, is transforming that struggle into a sustainable solution.

Steadying the hands of time

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Sandia National Laboratories is working with Japanese tech company Nichia Corporation to build the world’s most accurate compact atomic clock.

In-house advanced manufacturing techniques help meet mission needs

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A group at Sandia National Laboratories is transforming how it develops custom electronic connectors for weapons systems.

Sandia boosts battery research

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Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are working to make large back-up batteries for homes or neighborhoods less expensive, hold more energy and be less prone to bursting into flame. One way to tackle all three challenges is by changing up the battery chemistry with the addition of sulfur, according to Sandia battery expert Melissa Meyerson.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Radar is advancing at historic speed. How engineers are setting the pace

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In a whirling geopolitical landscape of new nuclear weapons, hypersonic weapons, drones and satellites, the U.S. is hustling to test new kinds of radars aimed at detecting evolving threats. Many of these tests take place in a simulated research environment created at Sandia National Laboratories.

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