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Released: 2-May-2024 12:05 AM EDT
When Working Out, Males Are Programmed to Burn More Fat, while Females Recycle It—at Least in Rats
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Vigorous exercise burns fat more in males than in females, but the benefits of exercise are broad for both sexes.

Newswise: First Steps Toward a Whole-Body Map of Molecular Responses to Exercise
Released: 1-May-2024 6:05 PM EDT
First Steps Toward a Whole-Body Map of Molecular Responses to Exercise
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL contributes to a nationwide research consortium investigating the molecular mechanisms triggered by endurance training.

Newswise: Roadmap to Close the Carbon Cycle
Released: 1-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Roadmap to Close the Carbon Cycle
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Reaching net-zero carbon emissions goals requires finding transformative paths to manage carbon in difficult-to-electrify economic sectors.

Newswise: Critical Minerals Recovery from Electronic Waste
Released: 23-Apr-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Critical Minerals Recovery from Electronic Waste
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A nontoxic separation process recovers critical minerals from electronic scrap waste.

Released: 23-Apr-2024 12:00 AM EDT
Beyond Higher Temperatures: Preparing for National Security Risks Posed by Climate Change
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Climate scientists and national security experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working together to explore the security consequences of the changing climate.

Newswise: Garbage Could Replace a Quarter of Petroleum-Based Jet Fuel Every Year
Released: 17-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Garbage Could Replace a Quarter of Petroleum-Based Jet Fuel Every Year
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Every year, the nation’s aviation industry uses around 22 billion gallons of jet fuel, which produces about 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide—or 3% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. Because of this, researchers and policymakers alike are eyeing aviation as an industry ripe with opportunity to lower emissions. One way to reduce emissions? Reuse society’s waste and turn it into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Newswise: Finding New Chemistry to Capture Double the Carbon
Released: 8-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Finding New Chemistry to Capture Double the Carbon
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new look at a carbon capture solvent shows clusters and new types of carbon dioxide chemistry that could double carbon conversion.

Newswise: A Decade of GoAmazon
Released: 5-Apr-2024 3:05 PM EDT
A Decade of GoAmazon
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Ten years later, data gathered in Brazil have proven highly influential across atmospheric science

Newswise: Computational Chemistry Needs To Be Sustainable, Too
Released: 3-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Computational Chemistry Needs To Be Sustainable, Too
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

As new paradigms in advanced computing take shape, computational chemistry researchers are finding new ways to solve challenging chemistry problems.

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Released: 2-Apr-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Next-Generation ShAPE™ Metal Extrusion Arrives
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The next-generation ShAPE machine has arrived at PNNL, where it will help prove the mettle of the ShAPE extrusion technique. ShAPE 2 is designed to allow researchers to produce larger, more complex extrusions.

Newswise: North to Alaska: Project Tests Electrification Concepts
Released: 1-Apr-2024 4:05 PM EDT
North to Alaska: Project Tests Electrification Concepts
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers from PNNL have been assessing installation and use of electric heat pumps in an Alaskan community that relies on fuel oil for heat. The resulting information could advance electrification in cold rural areas across the nation.

Newswise:Video Embedded clean-energy-one-community-at-a-time
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Released: 29-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Clean Energy, One Community at a Time
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers are working to provide the technical assistance and expertise needed for communities to shape their clean energy future.

Newswise: New All-Liquid Iron Flow Battery for Grid Energy Storage
22-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
New All-Liquid Iron Flow Battery for Grid Energy Storage
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new iron-based aqueous flow battery shows promise for grid energy storage applications.

Newswise:Video Embedded new-ai-model-is-a-leap-for-autonomous-materials-science
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Released: 21-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
New AI Model Is a Leap for Autonomous Materials Science
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new AI model developed at PNNL can identify patterns in electron microscope images of materials without requiring human intervention, allowing for more accurate and consistent materials science.

Newswise: Understanding Corrosion to Enable Next-Generation Metals
Released: 20-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Understanding Corrosion to Enable Next-Generation Metals
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers at PNNL have developed a new technique to get a high-resolution look at how—and why—corrosion happens.

Newswise:Video Embedded powering-up-to-solve-challenges-in-energy-storage
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Released: 19-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Powering Up to Solve Challenges in Energy Storage
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

In 2006, battery research was practically non-existent at PNNL. Today, the lab is lauded for its battery research. How did PNNL go from a new player to a leader in state-of-the-art storage for EVs and the grid?

Newswise: Asian Aerosols’ Impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Released: 13-Mar-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Asian Aerosols’ Impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Published in Nature Communications, Increased Asian Aerosols Drive a Slowdown of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, identifies the role aerosols over Asia is having on the AMOC, a complex system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean.

Newswise: How Much Dam Water is Needed for Fish and Energy?
Released: 12-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
How Much Dam Water is Needed for Fish and Energy?
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

New research identifies the most important factors in successful fish passage, pointing toward new options for flexible dam operations.

Newswise: How Does a River Breathe?
Released: 5-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EST
How Does a River Breathe?
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists have been studying how rivers and streams breathe. Their research focuses on respiration, organic matter, and natural disturbances that affect rivers and streams.

Released: 4-Mar-2024 1:00 PM EST
Scientists Put Forth a Smarter Way to Protect a Smarter Grid
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists have put forth a new approach to protect the electric grid, creating a tool that sorts and prioritizes cyber threats on the fly.



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