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Newswise: First-Ever Atomic Freeze-Frame of Liquid Water
13-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
First-Ever Atomic Freeze-Frame of Liquid Water
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists stop the motion of atoms to watch electrons move in liquid water.

Newswise: Proteins Suggest a Path to Reduce Drug Resistance in a Form of Cancer
Released: 2-Feb-2024 1:00 PM EST
Proteins Suggest a Path to Reduce Drug Resistance in a Form of Cancer
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists have learned more about how drug resistance develops in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and how the process might be slowed, thanks to a study of proteins and other molecular players.

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Released: 1-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
How Leafcutter Ants Cultivate a Fungal Garden to Degrade Plants and Provide Insights into Future Biofuels
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists developed a new method to map exactly how a fungus works with leafcutter ants in a complex microbial community to degrade plant material at the molecular level. The team’s insights are important for biofuels development.

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31-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
The ShAPE of Buildings to Come: Scrap Aluminum Transforms Recycling Life Cycle
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Post-consumer recycled aluminum to be transformed into high strength building materials and consumer goods with patented ShAPE™ manufacturing process.

Newswise: PNNL Software Technology Wins FLC Award
Released: 25-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
PNNL Software Technology Wins FLC Award
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Visual Sample Plan, a free software tool developed at PNNL that boosts statistics-based planning, has been recognized with a 2024 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award.

Newswise: Allen Fawcett Named Director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute
Released: 16-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Allen Fawcett Named Director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

An energy expert and economist who has played a leading role in formulating and coordinating U.S. climate policy is the new director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland.

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8-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
PNNL Kicks Off Multi-Year Energy Storage, Scientific Discovery Collaboration with Microsoft
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The convergence of artificial intelligence, cloud, and high-performance computing to accelerate scientific discovery is the focus of a multi-year collaboration between Microsoft and PNNL.

Newswise: Hydrogen Safety Resources Take Center Stage
Released: 21-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Hydrogen Safety Resources Take Center Stage
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Now in its twentieth year, the Hydrogen Safety Panel is led by PNNL and includes more than two dozen experts. These experts developed a trusted resource for best practices for hydrogen energy.

Newswise: An Electrifying Improvement in Copper Conductivity
Released: 20-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
An Electrifying Improvement in Copper Conductivity
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A newly developed, highly conductive copper wire could find applications in the electric grid, as well as in homes and businesses.

Newswise: PNNL Creates Center for Artificial Intelligence
14-Dec-2023 11:30 AM EST
PNNL Creates Center for Artificial Intelligence
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has created the Center for AI @PNNL to coordinate the pioneering research of hundreds of scientists working on a range of projects focused on science, security and energy resilience.

Newswise: More Range for Electric Vehicle Batteries on the Horizon
Released: 13-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
More Range for Electric Vehicle Batteries on the Horizon
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A seemingly simple shift in lithium-ion battery manufacturing could pay big dividends, improving electric vehicles’ ability to store more energy per charge and to withstand more charging cycles.

Newswise: “Energy Droughts” in Wind and Solar Can Last Nearly a Week, Research Shows
Released: 12-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
“Energy Droughts” in Wind and Solar Can Last Nearly a Week, Research Shows
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Understanding the risk of compound energy droughts—times when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow—will help grid planners understand where energy storage is needed most

Newswise: Want Better AI? Get Input From a Real (Human) Expert
Released: 20-Nov-2023 12:30 AM EST
Want Better AI? Get Input From a Real (Human) Expert
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Input from humans helps when deciding whether to trust the recommendations and decisions of a machine-learning system.

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Released: 16-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Removing Cesium: Solutions to a Chemically Complex Problem
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL chemical engineer Reid Peterson helped develop the process to pretreat Hanford Site tank waste by removing cesium-137.

Newswise: How to Prepare Your Home for Extreme Cold
Released: 15-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
How to Prepare Your Home for Extreme Cold
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

From air-sealing windows and checking for leaky ducts to insulating the attic, PNNL researchers offer tips on how to keep a home warm in winter weather.

Newswise: Battery Energy Storage Systems Are Here: Is Your Community Ready?
Released: 14-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Battery Energy Storage Systems Are Here: Is Your Community Ready?
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Battery energy storage systems are being proposed in municipalities across the U.S. PNNL researchers can help community planners guide safe siting and operations.

Newswise: Topology, Algebra, and Geometry Give Math Respect in Data Science
Released: 9-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Topology, Algebra, and Geometry Give Math Respect in Data Science
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The use of disciplines in pure mathematics can increase the reliability and explainability of machine learning models that “transcend human intuition,” according to PNNL scientists.

Released: 9-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EST
Vigorous Exercise, Rigorous Science: What Scientists Learned from Firefighters in Training
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists took thousands of measurements of firefighters in training to learn more about how the body responds to vigorous exercise.

Newswise: Striving for a More Secure World
Released: 7-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Striving for a More Secure World
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL officials travel to Cyprus as subject matter experts and trainers for U.S. State Department Export Control and Border Security Program.

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Released: 13-Oct-2023 7:05 PM EDT
Pacific Northwest Set to Launch Hydrogen Energy Hub
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Clean hydrogen energy infrastructure is coming to the Pacific Northwest with a newly announced hydrogen hub, and PNNL experts are advising the work to come.

Newswise: Cleaner Snow Boosts Future Snowpack Predictions
Released: 13-Oct-2023 12:00 AM EDT
Cleaner Snow Boosts Future Snowpack Predictions
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Less pollution and the odd shapes of snow grains as they pack together should help cut the decline of snowpack later this century.

Newswise: Floating Offshore Wind Could Bring Billions in Value to the West Coast, Report Shows
Released: 11-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Floating Offshore Wind Could Bring Billions in Value to the West Coast, Report Shows
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers modeled the performance of hypothetical floating wind farms off the coast of southern Oregon and northern California, showing multiple futures in which the benefits outweigh the cost of development.

Newswise: Securing the Food Pipeline from Cyberattacks
Released: 10-Oct-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Securing the Food Pipeline from Cyberattacks
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers are investigating the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of an increasingly smart food and agriculture sector.

Released: 29-Sep-2023 1:35 PM EDT
A New Twist on Rechargeable Battery Performance
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Rechargeable battery performance could be improved by a new understanding of how batteries work at the molecular level. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory upend what's known about how rechargeable batteries function.

Newswise: Enhanced Geothermal, Offshore Wind Energy Gain Earthshot™ Support at PNNL
Released: 29-Sep-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Enhanced Geothermal, Offshore Wind Energy Gain Earthshot™ Support at PNNL
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Two renewable energy approaches—enhanced geothermal systems and floating offshore wind energy—get new focus as Energy Earthshot™ Research Centers at PNNL.

Newswise: Shh! Quiet Cables Set to Help Reveal Rare Physics Events
Released: 21-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Shh! Quiet Cables Set to Help Reveal Rare Physics Events
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Newly developed ultra-low radiation cables reduce background noise for neutrino and dark matter detectors.

Newswise: PNNL Collaborates with Microsoft, Micron to Bring Computational Chemistry to the Masses
Released: 20-Sep-2023 11:35 AM EDT
PNNL Collaborates with Microsoft, Micron to Bring Computational Chemistry to the Masses
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL is collaborating with Microsoft, Micron and other partners to make computational chemistry broadly available.

Newswise: Reduced Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Industrial Vehicles Ahead
Released: 14-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Reduced Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Industrial Vehicles Ahead
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new discovery by PNNL researchers has illuminated a previously unknown key mechanism that could inform the development of new, more effective catalysts for abating NOx emissions from combustion-engines burning diesel or low carbon fuel.

Newswise: Researchers Create a New Window on Leading Genetic Cause of Alzheimer’s
Released: 12-Sep-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Researchers Create a New Window on Leading Genetic Cause of Alzheimer’s
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists have opened a new view into the workings of the brain and central nervous system, detecting a diverse set of important molecules known as lipoproteins. The most common protein on the particles is apolipoprotein E; one form of APOE puts people at higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Newswise:Video Embedded closing-in-on-the-elusive-neutrino
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Released: 6-Sep-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Closing in on the Elusive Neutrino
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Neutrino mass, a crucial piece of many unresolved physics puzzles, may one day be revealed through a novel measurement system that has just proven its mettle: Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES).

Newswise:Video Embedded a-brave-and-daring-poem-by-the-idream-team
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Released: 29-Aug-2023 5:05 PM EDT
A Brave and Daring Poem by the IDREAM Team
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

DOE Basic Energy Sciences 2023 “Poetry of Science Art Contest” aims to educate and inspire; voting for the People’s Choice Award closes September 15.

Newswise: How to Prepare your Home for Summer Heat Waves
Released: 23-Aug-2023 8:00 AM EDT
How to Prepare your Home for Summer Heat Waves
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

From covering windows and planting trees, to upgrading your air conditioning system—PNNL scientists offer tips to keep your home cool in extreme heat

Released: 18-Aug-2023 8:00 PM EDT
Wind Forecast Improvement Project Saves Millions for Utilities
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Regional wind data from around the U.S. helps improve a national weather forecasting model, which allows utility companies better plan for windy days

Newswise: Guiding Vaccine Development with Machine Learning
Released: 10-Aug-2023 10:35 AM EDT
Guiding Vaccine Development with Machine Learning
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The Rapid Assessment of Platform Technologies to Expedite Response project aims to prepare against future pandemics.

   
Newswise: Researchers Strengthen Defenses Against Common Cyberattack
Released: 3-Aug-2023 1:00 PM EDT
Researchers Strengthen Defenses Against Common Cyberattack
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists have developed a better way to recognize denial-of-service internet attacks, improving detection by 90 percent.

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Released: 27-Jul-2023 4:45 PM EDT
PNNL Scientist Elevates the Internship Experience
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Chemist Grant Johnson offers tips for mentoring a successful internship and creating opportunities for undergraduate students to publish research.

Newswise: Four PNNL Researchers Elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
Released: 27-Jul-2023 2:45 PM EDT
Four PNNL Researchers Elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The new members were recognized for their outstanding scientific achievements.

Newswise: Designing Detectors for DUNE
Released: 25-Jul-2023 3:20 PM EDT
Designing Detectors for DUNE
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists design a highly sensitive neutrino detector for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

Newswise:Video Embedded burning-calories-for-energy-in-the-calorimetry-lab
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Released: 20-Jul-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Burning Calories for Energy in the Calorimetry Lab
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Research in the Energy Sciences Center explores how heat changes in chemical reactions, paving the way for more efficient fuels and processes.

Newswise: Establishing Ethical Nanobiotechnology
Released: 12-Jul-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Establishing Ethical Nanobiotechnology
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL’s wide-ranging report maps the current nanobiotechnology landscape, flags potential concerns, and details the need for an organizing body to coordinate currently disparate disciplines.

   
Newswise: Adding Snow to Estimates of Spring Flooding
Released: 11-Jul-2023 4:30 PM EDT
Adding Snow to Estimates of Spring Flooding
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

By adding rain, snow, and rain-on-snow precipitation data to a background model, a new scheme pinpoints local flood risks in order to improve the design of small-scale hydrological infrastructure.

Newswise: Next-generation Flow Battery Design Sets Records
Released: 10-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Next-generation Flow Battery Design Sets Records
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new flow battery design achieves long life and capacity for grid energy storage from renewable fuels.

Newswise: Stressed for a Bit? Then Don’t Click It, Cybersecurity Experts Advise
Released: 5-Jul-2023 1:00 PM EDT
Stressed for a Bit? Then Don’t Click It, Cybersecurity Experts Advise
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Workers feeling a specific form of stress are more likely than others to become the victims of a phishing attack, according to a new study.

   
Newswise: Chemists Are on the Hunt for the Other 99 Percent
Released: 30-Jun-2023 12:10 PM EDT
Chemists Are on the Hunt for the Other 99 Percent
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists are creating new ways to learn more about the vast sea of unknown compounds.

Newswise:Video Embedded proteins-predict-significant-step-toward-development-of-diabetes
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28-Jun-2023 3:00 PM EDT
Proteins Predict Significant Step Toward Development of Diabetes
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists have taken an important step forward in predicting who will develop Type 1 diabetes months before symptoms appear.

Newswise: New nationwide modeling points to widespread racial disparities in urban heat stress
Released: 23-Jun-2023 5:05 PM EDT
New nationwide modeling points to widespread racial disparities in urban heat stress
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

By combining satellite data with temperature and humidity modeling, researchers pinpoint who in the U.S. is most vulnerable to heat stress.

Newswise: When Materials Discovery Glitters
Released: 14-Jun-2023 4:35 PM EDT
When Materials Discovery Glitters
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new database of understudied quantum materials has been created by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and provides an avenue to discover new materials.

Newswise: A Baking Soda Solution for Clean Hydrogen Storage
Released: 12-Jun-2023 5:10 PM EDT
A Baking Soda Solution for Clean Hydrogen Storage
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists investigate the promising properties of a common, Earth-abundant salt.

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Released: 25-May-2023 2:35 PM EDT
Long-Duration Energy Storage: The Time Is Now
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Findings in a new PNNL report show long-duration energy storage will be a necessity in decarbonizing the grid and recommends the planning and procurement process to identify those needs start immediately.



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