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Better batteries for hybrid cars?

January 17, 2006 Sandia Labs is working to make hybrids cheaper and better with lithium ion batteries, but watch out for the explosions. TAGS: hybrid car, Sandia National Laboratories, battery, cell phone

Sandia supercomputer to get dual-core Opterons

July 29, 2004 Cray's Red Storm machine, to be set up at Sandia National Laboratories, will get dual-core chips next year. TAGS: Red Storm, Sandia National Laboratories, Cray Inc., supercomputer, AMD Opteron, Blue Gene/L, dual-core processor, dual-core, AMD, Linux, IBM Corp., operating system

New chip promises to track kids from miles away

September 6, 2007 Radar-response technology developed for military tracks with extreme accuracy, even through walls and other obstacles. TAGS: Sandia National Laboratories, military, RFID, radar, mile, GPS, kid

Sandia pushes limits of solar technology

November 24, 2004 Can a heat engine invented in 1816 make solar dishes a viable electricity source for utilities Photo: Sandia and Stirling's solar setup TAGS: Sandia National Laboratories, electricity, sun, utility company, farm, photovoltaics, engine, researcher

Device has keen sense for mini-motions

October 1, 2004 Sandia's motion detector could help predict if earthquakes are coming or if airplane parts are about to rip loose. TAGS: MEMS, Sandia National Laboratories

Asci Red king of supercomputers

November 6, 1998 The computing behemoth is still on top, according to a semiannual list, but Red may be feeling (Big) Blue soon. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., supercomputer, Sandia National Laboratories, supercomputing, IBM Corp., Intel

Better living--and smarter rats--through chemistry

November 10, 2004 Forget ginseng--News.com's Michael Kanellos says a chip in the head could be just the thing to improve your memory power. TAGS: nanotechnology, molecule, Sandia National Laboratories, brain, conference, scientist, monitor

New supercomputers overhaul top ranks

June 22, 2005 Stays at the top of supercomputer hill are becoming increasingly short-lived, as five of the top 10 systems are new to the list. Photos: The fastest supercomputer TAGS: teraflop, Dave Turek, Blue Gene, supercomputer, Sandia National Laboratories, Blue Gene/L, IBM Corp., Intel Itanium, Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, HP, Apple Computer, Intel

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