Corporate Overview (4:46) A look at Sandia's history, facilities, accomplishments, and contributions to national security and science and technology.

Building a Better Future Together (5:50) A look at New Mexico's high tech business environment and some of Sandia's recent contributions. Opening video for State of the Labs 2008.

MicroChemLab detects chemical agents and biotoxins (2:22) Sandia's MicroChemLab – a handheld, integrated chemical sampling and analysis instrument – is effective, reliable, and might even save lives. Learn how the device works and the diverse list of potential applications.

MicroChemLab video (9:07)

Best and brightest (1:05) Sandia is full of extraordinary people doing extraordinary things. Learn how this makes Sandia a unique place to work.

Grand challenges (1:26) See how working at Sandia can have an effect at the national level.

World-class facilities (1:05) Sandia employees have access to world-class techniques, facilities, and tools.

Work-life balance (1:47) Find out more about Sandia's competitive benefits and the outstanding quality of life offered by our locations.

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A safer flash-bang grenade
Demonstration of Sandia's new, safer flash-bang grenade, showing how this soda can-size device creates a harmless diversionary explosion for use in terrorist or hostage situations. The device's explosive source fans out as an airborne powder before igniting, making it less dangerous.

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Sandia researchers and their collaborators have received five R&D 100 awards, presented annually by R&D Magazine.

ArcSafe© with Pulsed Arrested Spark Discharge, a patented electrical wiring diagnostic effective in detecting and locating wiring insulation defects in commercial aircraft.

Novint Falcon and Novint/Sandia 3D-Touch Software (joint), the first controller that makes high-fidelity interactive three-dimensional touch possible and practical for consumer computing applications.

Mode-Filtered Fiber Amplifier, a breakthrough technology that enables fabrication of practical, high-power, high-beam-quality laser sources that are compact, rugged, and extremely efficient.

ElectroNeedle™ Biomedical Sensor Array, a device that, when pressed against the skin, can make rapid, multiplexed diagnostic measurements in a point-of-care setting.

Self-Assembling Process for Fabricating Tailored Thin Films, is a simple, economical nanotechnology coating process that enables development of nanoparticle thin films with architectures and properties unattainable by any other processing method.

Sandia's unattended water sensor capable of 24/7 detection of toxins, bacteria in water supplies
Victoria VanderNoot, an analytical chemist at Sandia, is shown running tests on the unattended water sensor, a technology designed to detect toxins and bacteria in water supplies. The UWS currently is able to analyze a sample in 12 minutes.

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Sandia research to focus on early detection of harmful algal blooms
Sandia researchers manipulate samples in a handheld microseparations platform for analysis, which uses unique lab-on-a-chip technology. Sandia's research on harmful algal blooms (HABs) will lay the groundwork for the development of a reliable, cost-effective prototype that can simultaneously analyze multiple HAB toxins in phytoplankton and/or shellfish.

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National Infrastructure Simulation & Analysis Center (NISAC) dedicated Sept. 18, 2006
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff attended the Sept. 18 dedication of NISAC, a new Department of Homeland Security facility that provides advanced modeling and simulation capabilities for analysis of the nation's critical infrastructures (energy, transportation, communication, etc.), their interdependencies, and vulnerabilities.

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Detecting intermittent short circuits in airline wiring (2:35) Researcher Larry Schneider discusses Sandia's preemptive nanosecond spark technology for finding intermittent faults in airline wiring.
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Sandia Now – A half-hour television interview program that features guests from Sandia National Laboratories' California site. Broadcast on Community Television Channel 30 in the Tri-Valley area, the show is hosted by Mike Janes and features top scientists and research experts from Sandia. Topics include Sandia's microfluidics technology, hydrogen research, facility protection and other homeland security efforts, and the laboratory's community outreach activities. "Sandia Now" can be seen on Channel 30 in Livermore, Pleasanton, Dublin, and San Ramon, as well as on streaming video.

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F4 test videostream – The purpose of the test was to determine the impact force, versus time, due to the impact, of a complete F-4 Phantom — including both engines — onto a massive, essentially rigid reinforced concrete target (3.66 meters thick). Previous tests used F-4 engines at similar speeds. The test was not intended to demonstrate the performance (survivability) of any particular type of concrete structure to aircraft impact. The impact occurred at the nominal velocity of 215 meters per second (about 480 mph). The mass of the jet fuel was simulated by water; the effects of fire following such a collision was not a part of the test. The test established that the major impact force was from the engines. The test was performed by Sandia National Laboratories under terms of a contract with the Muto Institute of Structural Mechanics, Inc., of Tokyo. To view and download footage or still photos, click on the links or the images below.

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