Sandia-developed foam likely would stop SARS virus quickly, Sandia/Kansas State team shows
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Researchers at the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories and Kansas State University have shown that chemical formulations previously developed at Sandia to decontaminate chemical and biological warfare agents are likely effective at killing the virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). ......In a series of tests conduct...Sandia nanolaser may help extend life-spans by rapidly analyzing possible neuroprotectant drugs
ALBUQUERQUE, NM. - Anyone visiting a nursing home has seen the horror of humans surviving beyond their brains' ability to make sense of their surroundings.... ...That loss of discrimination is caused by neurons killed by malfunctions in mitochondria - the submicron-sized power packs found in every animal cell.... ...These malfunctions are the most immediate cause of afflictions like Parkinson's,...Sandia helps public health officials with anti-terror 'decision analysis' tool
LIVERMORE, Calif. - Imagine the unimaginable: terrorists have released a biological agent throughout the San Francisco Bay Area that threatens local residents. Key decision-makers and government entities - including public health officials, law enforcement, emergency management personnel, elected officials, and media - must quickly decide how to respond. The speed and effectiveness with which the...Team studies use of Sandia technology to ensure 'farm-to-fork' safety of the nation's food supply
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. When farm-to-fork systems fail, billions of dollars can be lost and people can die.... ...To help prevent such failure, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, a Department of Energy (DOE) laboratory, is working with several agricultural universities and agencies to search for ways to apply Labs-developed technology to agricultural and food-safety issues.... ... The agricu....ALBUQUERQUE, N.M -- You can't give them to your loved one on Valentine's Day, and they're a bit too small to be a girl's best friend, but Sandia National Laboratories has created what are believed to be the world's first diamond micromachines.. The machines at the Department of Energy's national security facility are etched from a surface of amorphous diamond, the hardest material in the world...