Happy 60th birthday to Vela, watchman for nuclear detonations
Labs historian recounts the story behind the satellites launched to explore the feasibility of detecting nuclear detonations in outer space.
Labs director signs annual stockpile assessment letter
Yearlong evaluation process verifies safety, reliability of non-nuclear components.
Scorpius images to test nuclear stockpile simulations
Underground football-field-sized machine with a key piece of Sandia tech expected to be up and running in 2027.
Cyber Defenders: Interns take on national security challenges
Program provides college students with mentorship and meaningful, hands-on training with a mission focus.
Labs researchers capture six R&D 100 Awards
Honorees include a seizure-predicting device, software that optimizes network microgrids, tech that streamlines additive manufacturing and others.
Increasing national security with satellites that team together
Working together, an autonomous group of satellites could boost national security, reduce the risk of relying on any one satellite and diminish downtime.
High-tech invisible ink spells trouble for counterfeiters
A Sandia team seeks partnerships to help develop and commercialize anti-counterfeit, anti-tamper tech.
The race to build the world’s smallest atomic clock, again
In response to a challenge from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Yuan-Yu Jau is on a quest to build a tiny atomic clock, smaller than a sugar cube, that measures time with extreme accuracy.
Sandia helps develop digital tool to track cloud hackers
Labs programmers are helping the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency through an innovative program that tracks down hackers and cyberterrorists.
What do you do with a shrunken laser?
Sandia has patented a new method of integrating microscale optical devices on silicon microchips — a challenging feat that could reduce U.S. dependency on foreign manufacturing.