New brain-inspired cybersecurity system detects 'bad apples' 100 times faster
Cybersecurity is critical—for national security, corporations and private individuals.
Security
Mar 21, 2017
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Sandia National Laboratories
New 'cooler' technology offers fundamental breakthrough in heat transfer for microelectronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technology with the potential to dramatically alter the air-cooling landscape in computing and microelectronics, and lab officials are now seeking licensees ...
Engineering
Jul 7, 2011
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Iron nitride transformers could boost energy storage options
A Sandia-led team has developed a way to make a magnetic material that could lead to lighter and smaller, cheaper and better-performing high-frequency transformers, needed for more flexible energy storage systems and widespread ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 25, 2016
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Researchers use confined nanoparticles to improve hydrogen storage materials performance
Sometimes, you have to go small to win big. That is the approach a multilab, interdisciplinary team took in using nanoparticles and a novel nanoconfinement system to develop a method to change hydrogen storage properties. ...
Nanophysics
Feb 24, 2017
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Predictions by climate models are flawed, says invited speaker at Sandia
(Phys.org) -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Richard Lindzen, a global warming skeptic, told about 70 Sandia researchers in June that too much is being made of climate change by researchers seeking government ...
Environment
Jul 25, 2012
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Battling corrosion to keep solar panels humming
People think of corrosion as rust on cars or oxidation that blackens silver, but it also harms critical electronics and connections in solar panels, lowering the amount of electricity produced.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 2, 2017
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Glitter-sized solar photovoltaics produce competitive results
Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 22, 2009
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Salt block unexpectedly stretches in new experiments
To stretch a supply of salt generally means using it sparingly.
Nanomaterials
Jun 24, 2009
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Fusion instabilities lessened by unexpected effect
(Phys.org) —A surprising effect created by a 19th century device called a Helmholz coil offers clues about how to achieve controlled nuclear fusion at Sandia National Laboratories' powerful Z machine.
Plasma Physics
Jan 9, 2014
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Chameleon-like camouflage: 'Nano-camo' for fashionistas and environmentalists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain fish species blend with their environment by changing color. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have demonstrated that, in theory, they could cause synthetic materials to change color like ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 17, 2009
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