ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Dec. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * It is rocket science: New heat shields, faster * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields formally called thermal protection systems are critical for protecting vehicles from the intense heat and friction of atmospheric reentry or traveling at many times  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-38467, titled 'Mass Spectrometry Sample Submission Portal,' authored by Lee Ann McCue, Matt Monroe, Michael Degan, Montana Smith and Samantha Obermiller for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. Dated September 2025, the document outlines development of a flexible, template-driven software tool to log biological samples, capture structured metadata and track the types of mass s  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-38467, titled 'Mass Spectrometry Sample Submission Portal,' authored by Lee Ann McCue, Matt Monroe, Michael Degan, Montana Smith and Samantha Obermiller for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. Dated September 2025, the document outlines development of a flexible, template-driven software tool to log biological samples, capture structured metadata and track the types of mass s  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-SA-210872, titled 'Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Alkali (Na, Rb, Cs) Iron Phosphate Crystals,' authored by Saehwa Chong, Brian J. Riley, Mark Bowden, Joshua A. Silverstein, and Nate L. Brown for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. The document, dated December 2025, describes the synthesis, structural characterization, and potential nuclear waste applications of three al  more