display Latest news from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on Newswise en-us Copyright 2024 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/three-pnnl-researchers-receive-doe-early-career-research-awards/?sc=rsin /articles/three-pnnl-researchers-receive-doe-early-career-research-awards/?sc=rsin Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:05:36 EST The Department of Energy (DOE) selected Gavin Cornwell, Sneha Couvillion, and Bo Peng of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to receive 2024 Early Career Research Program awards. The three researchers work in fields that represent major areas of focus for PNNL: Earth science, biology, and chemistry. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/research-vessel-resilience-charts-course-to-the-future-of-marine-research/?sc=rsin /articles/research-vessel-resilience-charts-course-to-the-future-of-marine-research/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:30:55 EST SEQUIM, Wash.--Officials gathered at the Sequim campus of the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory today to dedicate DOE's first hybrid-electric research vessel, RV Resilience.The event marks the start of a new era of marine energy research at PNNL-Sequim, part of DOE's Office of Science national laboratory system and Resilience's new home port. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/tackling-one-of-the-most-extreme-environments-on-earth-nuclear-waste/?sc=rsin /articles/tackling-one-of-the-most-extreme-environments-on-earth-nuclear-waste/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:30:28 EST The complicated chemistry of legacy nuclear waste presents a challenge in environmental management. The presence of radioactive ions induces chemical changes that range from faster than the blink of an eye to decades in the making. Since 2016, researchers led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have been persistent in tracking and analyzing the chemical phenomena that occur in the extreme environments found in legacy nuclear waste. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/long-duration-energy-storage-can-t-wait/?sc=rsin /articles/long-duration-energy-storage-can-t-wait/?sc=rsin Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:05:31 EST Long-duration energy storage gets the spotlight in a new Energy Storage Research Alliance featuring PNNL innovations, like a molecular digital twin and advanced instrumentation. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/hands-in-the-glove-box/?sc=rsin /articles/hands-in-the-glove-box/?sc=rsin Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:05:44 EST An international collaboration to protect the world from nuclear threats got a boost in 2023 when a visiting researcher brought an understudied plutonium processing chemistry method to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for hands-on research. "It's not trivial to bring an outside researcher to PNNL and get them working in a glove box," said PNNL nuclear forensics scientist and technical group leader Dave Meier. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/digging-into-death-to-save-the-living/?sc=rsin /articles/digging-into-death-to-save-the-living/?sc=rsin Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:05:38 EST Kabrena Rodda, manager of the Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation Group at PNNL, received the distinction of ACS Fellow. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/sniff-test-for-explosives-detection-extends-its-reach/?sc=rsin /articles/sniff-test-for-explosives-detection-extends-its-reach/?sc=rsin Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:00:40 EST Scientists have developed a way to detect tiny amounts of hard-to-detect explosives more than eight feet away. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/an-electric-grid-that-thinks-ahead/?sc=rsin /articles/an-electric-grid-that-thinks-ahead/?sc=rsin Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:05:51 EST Researchers are planning for an electric grid that deploys machine learning to think ahead, plan for the worst, anticipate demand, and meet consumer needs safely and securely. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/grid-storage-launchpad-at-pnnl-opens-new-era-in-energy-storage/?sc=rsin /articles/grid-storage-launchpad-at-pnnl-opens-new-era-in-energy-storage/?sc=rsin Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:00:03 EST The Grid Storage Launchpad will enable researchers to accelerate and validate new battery materials and systems. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/ships-now-spew-less-sulfur-but-warming-has-sped-up/?sc=rsin /articles/ships-now-spew-less-sulfur-but-warming-has-sped-up/?sc=rsin Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:05:10 EST New findings document fewer ship tracks, reduced cloud cover, and boosted warming after ship emissions regulations took effect in 2020. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/experiment-on-photosynthesis-by-scientists-at-pnnl-headed-to-the-space-station/?sc=rsin /articles/experiment-on-photosynthesis-by-scientists-at-pnnl-headed-to-the-space-station/?sc=rsin Thu, 01 Aug 2024 20:05:48 EST As launch time draws near, PNNL scientists are eager to explore how plants might grow in space, where the effect of gravity is substantially weaker. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/born-to-modulate-researchers-reveal-origins-of-climate-controlling-particles/?sc=rsin /articles/born-to-modulate-researchers-reveal-origins-of-climate-controlling-particles/?sc=rsin Thu, 01 Aug 2024 20:05:08 EST Aerosol particles imbue climate models with uncertainty. New work by PNNL researchers reveals where in the world and under what conditions new particles are born. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/pnnl-partners-with-doe-to-improve-access-to-doe-s-intellectual-property/?sc=rsin /articles/pnnl-partners-with-doe-to-improve-access-to-doe-s-intellectual-property/?sc=rsin Wed, 31 Jul 2024 07:30:01 EST Thousands of innovations created by the Department of Energy are more accessible in one place thanks to a new database created by DOE. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/pacific-northwest-launches-clean-hydrogen-energy-hub/?sc=rsin /articles/pacific-northwest-launches-clean-hydrogen-energy-hub/?sc=rsin Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:05:28 EST Clean hydrogen energy infrastructure is coming to the Pacific Northwest and PNNL experts are advising the work to come. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/pnnl-scientists-tap-nation-s-fastest-computers-to-explore-critical-science-questions/?sc=rsin /articles/pnnl-scientists-tap-nation-s-fastest-computers-to-explore-critical-science-questions/?sc=rsin Tue, 23 Jul 2024 07:00:47 EST Researchers will explore climate, pathogens and energy-efficient microelectronics using 3 million node hours on the nation's supercomputers. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/ai-model-harnesses-physics-to-autocorrect-remote-sensing-data/?sc=rsin /articles/ai-model-harnesses-physics-to-autocorrect-remote-sensing-data/?sc=rsin Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:05:07 EST Scientists are using AI to counter the effects of the atmosphere and provide clearer data to satellites, using physics-informed machine learning. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/national-inventor-of-the-year-honor-goes-to-pnnl-energy-storage-expert/?sc=rsin /articles/national-inventor-of-the-year-honor-goes-to-pnnl-energy-storage-expert/?sc=rsin Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:05:48 EST Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang has been awarded the inaugural Department of Energy Lab Innovator of the Year Award, recognizing his contributions to research and his efforts to bring the benefit of new technologies to society as quickly as possible. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/metal-alloys-that-can-take-the-heat/?sc=rsin /articles/metal-alloys-that-can-take-the-heat/?sc=rsin Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:05:31 EST Complex metal alloys enter a new era of predictive design for aerospace and other high-temperature applications. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/designer-peptoids-mimic-nature-s-helices/?sc=rsin /articles/designer-peptoids-mimic-nature-s-helices/?sc=rsin Thu, 09 May 2024 16:05:14 EST PNNL researchers learn to control peptoid "handedness," one key to precision drug delivery and diagnostics. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/when-working-out-males-are-programmed-to-burn-more-fat-while-females-recycle-it-at-least-in-rats/?sc=rsin /articles/when-working-out-males-are-programmed-to-burn-more-fat-while-females-recycle-it-at-least-in-rats/?sc=rsin Thu, 02 May 2024 00:05:30 EST Vigorous exercise burns fat more in males than in females, but the benefits of exercise are broad for both sexes. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory