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Spray fires 🔥 In support of @USDOT, Sandia engineers conducted tests to better understand the fire hazards associated with transporting pressurized aerosol products.
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Protecting people, preventing fires 🧯 Sandia’s fire marshals teach fire safety to employees and develop site-specific plans to address challenges related to explosives, lithium-ion batteries, nuclear facilities and wildfires.
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Experts from NNSA's Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) Region 4 were on the ground providing radiological security overwatch at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.
Working alongside local, state, and federal partners, our team ensures a secure environment so everyone can look up and enjoy the view.
Sandia employees rolled out their custom cars at the Labs’ annual car show, showcasing polished chrome and immaculate paint jobs. A 1963 Chevy Impala won the People’s Choice Award at the event, part of National Hispanic Heritage Month activities.
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Breaking ground Construction of Sandia’s Secure Weapons Integration Center is underway in Livermore, Calif. The 8,000-square-foot facility will support the Labs’ current and future nuclear deterrence programs.
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Sandia’s Z machine recreated extreme pressures of Earth’s core to test how the Earth may have retained water as it formed. @Nature magazine was at the final shot in a project with @CUBoulder.
⚡Read the results: bit.ly/3VoP18T
Object recognition at the speed of light 🔍 Sandia researchers are using light to teach optical materials to quickly recognize objects with an approach inspired by the human eye. The tech could help satellites and other systems instantly process images.
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Protecting the nation against malware 🛡️ Thorium is a cybersecurity platform, developed by Sandia and @CISAgov, that detects and analyzes cyber threats to help safeguard U.S. national security.
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#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
ALT Five members of the Sandia team that developed the Thorium cybersecurity platform pose around a long conference room table.
From Earth to orbit 🛰️ Sandia’s Laser Applications facility, LAZAP, directs high-powered laser beams into space to test and calibrate optical sensors on U.S. reconnaissance and GPS satellites.
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#SpaceWeek
A long-lasting love 🎈 For several Sandia employees, a passion for hot air ballooning has shaped career paths and major life choices, and even led to a marriage.
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#BalloonFiesta
It’s National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day ⚡ Sandia draws on decades of experience to advance hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, which play an important and growing role in the nation’s energy security.
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SOHBRIT 🔭 As part of Sandia’s space domain awareness mission, the Labs’ SOHBRIT (pronounced “so-bright”) observatory collects satellite images to better understand satellite traffic in Earth’s increasingly crowded orbit.
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#SpaceWeek #SpaceWeek2026
Rising to the occasion 🎈 Sandia employees are among the pilots, chase crews and the thousands of volunteers who lend their time and expertise to help make @BalloonFiesta happen.
#BalloonFiesta
Sandia’s Thermal Vacuum Test Facility simulates the vacuum and extreme temperatures of space to evaluate components of the Global Burst Detector system carried on GPS satellites.
#SpaceWeek #SpaceWeek2026
A look at the origins of Sandia's space-based monitoring mission 🛰️ This #WorldSpaceWeek, we’re sharing hand-drawn sketches from the Vela satellite program dating to the 1960s, capturing some of the Labs’ earliest work in space-based monitoring.
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It’s #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth 🔐 Sandia’s cyber residency program offers a tailored, hands-on learning experience for cyber defenders right out of college, as well as Sandia employees who want to transition into cybersecurity.
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Innovation engine 🔆 For 70 years, Sandia’s California site has brought together scientists and engineers on the edge of the San Francisco Bay Area contributing to a regional ecosystem of research, technology and collaboration.
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@SFBusinessTimes
Capturing sunlight above the Arctic Circle 🌤️ Sandia’s Oliktok research facility is testing the viability of photovoltaic systems in Alaska, where the technology must survive extreme cold, high winds and winters with minimal sunlight.
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Avoiding crashes 💥 Sandia programmers may have figured out how to keep small failures from crashing entire high-performance computing systems, potentially saving users time and money.
Read more about the @RD100Awards winning tech: bit.ly/47kvEAm
Significant sycamore 🌳 A tree estimated to be 250 years old at Sandia’s California site may have been a sapling when America declared independence. Today, it stands large within the site’s 100-acre wildlife preserve, established in 2004.
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