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A new approach developed by PNNL scientists improves the accuracy of patient diagnosis up to 20 percent when compared to other embedding approaches.

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Keywords: AI, , Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Human Health, Healthcare, Doctors, Cardiovasular, Computer Science, Computer Models

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is the recipient of two R&D 100 awards and one gold medal.

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Scientists have uncovered a root cause of the growth of needle-like structures—known as dendrites and whiskers—that plague lithium batteries, sometimes causing a short circuit or failure. The defects are a major factor holding back the batteries from broader widespread use and further improvement.

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Keywords: Dendrites, Whiskers, Lithium Batteries, lithium metal battery, lithium metal dendrites, Electrolyte

Scientists from DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, DOE’s Sandia National Laboratories, and the Georgia Institute of Technology will collaborate on solutions to some of the most challenging problems in AI today, thanks to $5.5 million in funding from DOE.

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Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Computing, DOE, Science, Science & Tech

PNNL vapor detection technology quickly and accurately identifies explosives, deadly chemicals, and illicit drugs

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Keywords: Drugs, Cocaine, Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, METH, Explosives Detection, Explosive, Explosive Destruction System, Droplets, Vapor, airport safety

Wind energy costs at all-time lows, as wind turbines grow larger

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Two Chief Engineers at PNNL given Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

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Keywords: Science, Award Announcement

This research is a fundamental discovery of how to engineer proteins onto non-biological surfaces. Artificial proteins engineered from scratch have been assembled into nanorod arrays, designer filaments and honeycomb lattices on the surface of mica, demonstrating control over the way proteins interact with surfaces to form complex structures previously seen only in natural protein systems. The study provides a foundation for understanding how protein-crystal interactions can be systematically programmed and sets the stage for designing novel protein-inorganic hybrid materials.

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Keywords: Biomechanics, Materials, Nanotech, nanotech research, Micromachines, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Biotechnology

April Castañeda, a senior executive with 20 years of experience leading human resources programs at Caltech and NASA’s Jet propulsion Laboratory, has been named director of Human Resources at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

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Keywords: human resource (HR) professionals, human resource management, New Hire, new hires

Scientists have shown how a tiny flaw in a protein results in damaged enamel that is prone to decay in people with a condition known as amelogenesis imperfecta. Such patients don’t develop enamel correctly because of a single amino acid defect in the critical enamel protein called amelogenin.

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Keywords: Cavities, Caries, Amelogenesis imperfecta, binding energy, Enamel, Teeth, Tooth Decay