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Highlights
- Dedicated Optical Networks Transforming Computational Science and Collaboration
September 2008
- New Institute Aims to Outpace Climate Change
September 2008
- New Data Analysis Tools Advance Protein Research
September 2008
- Review Article Chronicles Research on Versatile Bacterium
September 2008
- Pass the Proton, Please
August 2008
- New SPIN Corrals Protein Molecules
August 2008
- PNNL Research Shedding Light on Complex Reactions at Interfaces
August 2008
- Chemists Make Beds with Soft Landings
August 2008
- Catalysis Takes Center Stage at Chemistry Conference
August 2008
- Now It's Molecular: New Understanding of Radiation Effects on Cells
August 2008
- New Technology Provides Accurate, Noninvasive Look at Microbial Metabolism
July 2008
- Multithreaded Supercomputer seeks Software for Data-Intensive Computing
July 2008
- Tony Janetos on Climate Change Impacts
July 2008
- Proteins under pressure
July 2008
- Mobile Elements and Pseudogenes Identified in Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1
July 2008
- Science of Metal-Protein Complex Could Help Generate Energy
June 2008
- Electrifying Ice
June 2008
- Halting Methane Squanderlust
June 2008
- U.S. Climate Change Effects Revealed
June 2008
- Microsoft VP Sees Smart Cyberinfrastructure for Research at the Edge
June 2008
- One Molecule at a Time
June 2008
- Molecular-level Analyses Reveal Possible Mechanisms Underlying Parkinson's Disease
May 2008
- Protein Research Uncovers Surprising Similarities in Diverse Bacteria
May 2008
- Innovative "FRED" Software Lays Solid Foundation for More Energy-Efficient Data Centers
May 2008
- Assigning Proteins ID Cards
May 2008
- Looking for a Cheap Catalyst
May 2008
- Adding Chemistry to the Relationship
May 2008
- PNNL Rolls Out the MeDICi Integration Framework
May 2008
- Follow that Ion
May 2008
- Tissue proteomics targets blood test for breast cancer
May 2008
- High-Performance Computing for the Planet's Hidden Realm
April 2008
- A Molecular Makeover
April 2008
- SPLAT Makes its Mark in Flying Research Laboratory
April 2008
- Code Improvements Enhance Analysis of Global Cloud Resolving Model Data
April 2008
- Multithreaded Architectures for Emerging Applications Show Promise
April 2008
- I Can See Clearly Now
April 2008
- Microbe-Metal Interaction Yields Novel Mineral Nanostructures
April 2008
- New Technology Enables Better Understanding of Brain Development
April 2008
- Researchers Study Crystal to Soak Up Industrial Carbon Dioxide
April 2008
- FCSD and EMSL Team to Develop a Transformational Next-Generation Proteomics Measurement Platform
April 2008
- Cavities Beware!
April 2008
- Unlocking the Secrets of the Secretome
April 2008
- Measuring Particle Shape Removes Frustrating, Simplistic Assumption
April 2008
- Ceramic, Heal Thyself!
March 2008
- New Software Developed for Remote Protein Homologs Is Significantly More Sensitive than Current Tools
March 2008
- Forecast: Cloudy and Hot
March 2008
- Rock: Electrons Run Through It
March 2008
- The Nature of Water
February 2008
- Arctic Clouds Get a Reality Check
February 2008
- All Alone, Ammonia and Hydrogen Chloride Use Negativity To Get Attached
February 2008
- Stop that Slime!
February 2008
- "Hot" Oxygen Atoms on Titanium Dioxide Motivated by More Than Just Temperature
February 2008
- Biomarkers for Type 1 Diabetes Found Using Proteomics
February 2008
- X-ray Crystallography Reveals New Insights into Pentapeptide Repeat Protein Structure
February 2008
- New NMR Method to Characterize Proteins
February 2008
- Proteins Provide Clues to Nanomaterial Toxicity
February 2008
- Regulatory Protein Shown to Indicate Stress in Skeletal Muscle
January 2008
- Stopping at the Water's Edge
January 2008
- BioPilot: Data Intensive Computing for Complex Biological Systems
January 2008
- School Grooming Next Generation of Researchers in Multiscale Mathematics
January 2008
- Shewanella Shows Cytochromes Convert Contaminant
December 2007
- Dick Smith Named to Prestigious 2007 Scientific American 50 List
December 2007
- Compilation of Fundamental Science Accomplishments Now Available
December 2007
- Nixing Noxious Nitrogen Oxides with a Better Support System
December 2007
- Remodeling Atmospheric Organic Aerosols
December 2007
- Molecular Crash Test
December 2007
- Comprehensive Whole-Proteome Analysis Now Available to Scientific Community
November 2007
- Radionuclide Monitors Being Developed Through Partnership Between PNNL ERSP Researchers and Small Business
October 2007
- NIH Funds New Biomarkers Center at PNNL
October 2007
- DATA-DRIVEN Computing for BIOLOGICAL Systems
October 2007
- Ions Stick the Landing
September 2007
- Researchers Explore HPC Alternatives for Power Grid Operations
September 2007
- Knowledge Foundations & Collaboratories
September 2007
- Keeping Aerosol Research on the Straight and Narrow
September 2007
- PNNL Scientists, Computer Model Make Key Contributions to Major Climate Report
August 2007
- Shallow Clouds Make the Case for Remote Sensing Instrumentation
July 2007
- A New Fluorescent Probe for Protein Interactions
July 2007
- Nanoparticles Shape Up
July 2007
- Landmark Report Documents Role of Technology in Addressing Climate Change
June 2007
- Researchers Develop, Improve and Enhance Technologies for Rapid Analysis of Complex Samples
June 2007
- New View on Radiation-Resistant Microbe
June 2007
- Better Chemistry Through Living Models
June 2007
- A New Systems Strategy to Study Cell Surface Receptor Dynamics
June 2007
- Ammonia Molecules Straighten Up
June 2007
- First Comprehensive Profile of Cell Movement Created by PNNL, UCSD
May 2007
- Nanobiotechnology Research Featured in Prominent Journals
May 2007
- Greenhouse Gas: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
May 2007
- Changes in Environmental Conditions Impact Cell Function
April 2007
- Improved Methods for Nanoparticle Toxicity Research
April 2007
- 3-D Cultures Help Identify, Screen Noroviruses
April 2007
- Researchers Record a Tropospheric Trifecta in February
April 2007
- Plant Material Could Play Key Role in Green Chemistry of Nanoparticles
April 2007
- Synergy in Soil
April 2007
- Mass Spectrometry Capabilities Aid in Large Poxvirus Study
March 2007
- Researchers Detail New Approach for Finding Catalysts to Improve Hydrogen Production and Storage and Carbon Dioxide Reduction Efforts
March 2007
- Novel Trafficking Pathway Found for Heart and Muscle Protein
March 2007
- On Thin Ice
February 2007
- Data from Saharan Dust Storm Reveal Model Deficiencies
January 2007
- $1 Million Grant Supports Soil Science for Mitigating Greenhouse Gases
January 2007
- Hopping Hydrogen
January 2007
- Radiation Degrades Nuclear Waste-Containing Materials Faster Than Expected
January 2007
- Tony Janetos Helps National Research Council Outline Future of Space-Based Earth Observations
January 2007
- Discovering the Details of Dissolution
December 2006
- PNNL to Manage Two DOE Field Research Sites for Studying Contaminant Transport
December 2006
- Cytochrome Studies Provide Biofuel Cell Potential
November 2006
- Studies of Corrosion-Causing Bacterium Shed New Light on Decay Mechanisms
November 2006
- Plague Proteome Reveals Proteins Linked to Infection
November 2006
- Wrapping Up Sensitive Molecules in Nanoparticles
November 2006
- PNNL Wins Contract to Manage DOE Aerial Vehicles Program
November 2006
- International Workshops Focus on Equity of Geographical Representation in Climate Models
October 2006
- Spin the Electron
October 2006
- The Houston Triangle: Where Air Quality, Not a Ship, Disappears
October 2006
- PNNL Staff Support Breast Cancer Research Awareness
October 2006
- PNNL, Agilent CRADA Sgned for Proteomic Research
October 2006
- PNNL Wins Project BioShield Grants
October 2006
- Chromate Immobilization Success Leads to More Field Tests for Effective, Long-Lived Contaminant Barriers
October 2006
- First Use of Global Proteomics to Quantify Bacterial Proteins Isolated from Host Cells
October 2006
- Playing Keep-away with Sulfate
September 2006
- DOE Awards PNNL Contract for Single-Molecule Studies of Enzymes
August 2006
- New Model System Offers Fundamental Insight into Catalyst Structure and Behavior
August 2006
- Tipping the Balance Toward Harmony with Nature
August 2006
- Shewanella Uranium Reduction Role Described in PLoS Article
August 2006
- Novel Bug Work Appears in Two Journals
August 2006
- PNNL Featured in C&E News Sys Bio Cover Story
August 2006
- PNNL Scientists Improve Quality of Global Transcriptome Studies
August 2006
- Improved sensors developed for long-term groundwater monitoring at DOE sites
July 2006
- PNNL Team Makes the First Global Identification of Endogenous Levels of Nitrated Proteins in the Brain
July 2006
- Second Phase of PNNL Diabetes Research Funded by NIH
June 2006
- Combined Methods Meet Challenge of Studying Protein Changes
June 2006
- New Role Discovered for Calmodulin: Modulating Inflammatory Response
June 2006
- Illuminating the Mechanism of Fluorophore-assisted Light Inactivation of Proteins
June 2006
- Researchers Profile Cells to Determine Radiation Response
June 2006
- Systems Biology Article Appears in The Scientist
June 2006
- Better Proteomic Measurements Achieved with Smaller Liquid Chromatography Columns
June 2006
- Isolation and Validation of a Metal-reducing Protein Complex from Shewanella published in the Journal of Bacteriology
June 2006
- New Insights Made into the Functioning of Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities
June 2006
- Open-source Software Tool for Protein Microarray Analysis Available from PNNL
June 2006
- Live Wires: A microbiologist discovers our planet is hard-wired with electricity-producing bacteria
June 2006
- Characterizing Nanoparticles Could Lead to More Efficient Carbon Tetrachloride Cleanup
June 2006
- An Eye on Sky Imaging Systems and Techniques
June 2006
- Researchers develop improved protein affinity probe
May 2006
- Buckyballs Make Room for Gilded Cages
May 2006
- Golden Cages
May 2006
- Sharing Space for the Sake of Science
May 2006
- Mountain Snow Projected to Melt Dramatically in Some Regions, Moderately in Others
May 2006
- Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Technologies Analyzed for Role in Addressing Climate Change
May 2006
- Researchers Develop Improved Protein Affinity Probe
May 2006
- PNNL Wins NCI Contract for Breast Cancer Biomarker Research
April 2006
- Firsts in Mouse and Mammalian Brain Proteomic Research Featured in Journal
April 2006
- First Study on the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Subproteome Appears in Proteomics
April 2006
- PNNL Joins MILAGRO Project in Mexico City
April 2006
- From Europa to the Lab, a New Recipe for Oxygen on Icy Moons
April 2006
- The Flexible, Polarizable, Thole-type Interaction Potential for Water (TTM2-F) Revision (2.1)
March 2006
- Hydrogen Storage: Operando Methods in Catalysis
March 2006
- Tropical Clouds Hold Clues to Global Climate
March 2006
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Porous Membranes
February 2006
- Haze Dynasty
January 2006
- First Constraint-Based Metabolic Model for an Archaea to be Published in Nature Reviews Molecular Systems Biology
January 2006
- Cutting-edge proteomics tool featured in two Analytical Chemistry articles
December 2005
- A Sweet Approach to Carbon Nanospheres
December 2005
- Rodland speaks at breast cancer forum in Olympia
November 2005
- Mass spectrometry detectors—eye on ions
November 2005
- Low-dose work highlighted in three journal articles
November 2005
- Journal lists two PNNL articles in top five most accessed
November 2005
- Observation of d-Orbital Aromaticity
November 2005
- Hydrophobic water monolayer in crystalline ice growth on Pt(111)
November 2005
- How Vulnerable Are We To Climate Change?
October 2005
- Air quality in West going south
October 2005
- Imaging system success story featured on journal cover
September 2005
- NMR technologies developed for biofilm studies featured in recent journals
September 2005
- Carbon tetrachloride and chloroform accumulate and resist migration in Hanford aquifer sediments
September 2005
- Novel sensor for technetium applicable to Hanford and other DOE sites
September 2005
- Ellis contributes to National Academies' report
September 2005
- Electron-beam-enhanced Recrystallization of Amorphous SrTiO3
September 2005
- Ion behavior at the air/water interface
July 2005
- Calculations for Rising Global Temperature Vary Significantly Based on Greenhouse Gas Emission Models
July 2005
- Optimal Spatial Placement of Hydrogen-Bonding Groups Identified for Recognition of Tetrahedral Oxo Anions
July 2005
- Measuring Dynamic Protein Interactions
July 2005
- Ion-Water and Ion-Ion Structure in Supercritical Water
July 2005
- DOE review of proteomic informatics capability given high marks
July 2005
- Barrier-Free Intermolecular Proton Transfer - A Step towards Understanding of Mutagenic Effects of Low-Energy Electrons
July 2005
- PNNL part of NIH protein production center contract
July 2005
- Synthesis of the Tetrahedral Au20 Cluster in Solution
July 2005
- Simulation of PNNL protein identification process featured in journal special edition
July 2005
- NMR study of DNA repair protein dynamics featured on journal covers
June 2005
- Ultra-high performance separations and mass spectrometry work featured in IJMS
June 2005
- Automated, high-throughput protein pipeline in place at PNNL
June 2005
- PNNL receives NIH funding to model bacterial membrane proteins and human cell signaling networks
June 2005
- "Soft-landing of Peptide Ions on Self-assembled Monolayer Surfaces"
June 2005
- Formation of U(V) on mineral surfaces
June 2005
- Correction Method for Infrared Detector Confirmed; Error in Clear Sky Bias Condition Remains Unresolved
June 2005
- Study of rare tautomers featured on journal cover
May 2005
- New biological consortium featured in The Scientist
May 2005
- A fluorescent probe finds a second use in a resin for protein pull-downs
May 2005
- It's all in the water . . .
May 2005
- Hydrogen Storage in Ammonia Borane
May 2005
- Carbon Nanospheres from Sugar for Water Purification and Catalysis
May 2005
- PNNL NCRR Proteomics Research Resource hosts national workshop
May 2005
- Sticky ice may explain plant formation
May 2005
- Carbon Nanospheres from Sugar for Water Purification and Catalysis
May 2005
- Collaborative research published in PNAS focuses on skeletal muscle cell understanding
May 2005
- Petrified Wood Created in the Laboratory
May 2005
- Room Temperature Spin Polarization in Oxide Semiconductors
May 2005
- Earth Lightens Up
May 2005
- Workshop recommends institute for catalysis research
May 2005
- PNNL sponsors seminar at annual AAAS meeting on high-throughput biological data
April 2005
- Shewanella profiling paper appears in PNAS
April 2005
- Proteomics Resource Advisory Committee held yearly meeting at EMSL
February 2005
- PNNL to play key role in RTK Consortium
February 2005
- Enhanced Soil Carbon Sequestration Evaluation Methods Reviewed in Journal Article
February 2005
- Identifying shed and secreted proteins by mass spectrometry after exposure of CHO cells to low-dose radiation
February 2005
- Enhanced yellow fluorescent protein enables definition of bystander-specific transformation response
January 2005
- ARM Observations Validate Climate Model for Tropical Cirrus Clouds
January 2005
- ARM Program Research Improves Longwave Radiative Transfer Models
January 2005
- Cellular Response to Protein Nitration in C2C12 Myocytes Detected with Complementary Approaches: Cell Biology and Global Proteomic Screens
December 2004
- A "Little" Respect: Droplet Nucleation Finally Included in Global Climate Model
November 2004
- Continuous Dataset of Water Vapor Measurements Throws Water on Assumptions of Cirrus Cloud Formation
November 2004
- Mechanisms of 3D intercellular signaling in mammary epithelial cells in response to low dose, low-LET radiation: Implications for the radiation-induced bystander effect
November 2004
- NABIR project demonstrates that uranium remains immobile one year after wells were injected with acetate
November 2004
- PNNL to receive NIH contract for proteomic studies of potential therapeutic targets
October 2004
- Bystander Effects in Cells Exposed to Low Dose Radiation: Identifying Shed Proteins by Mass Spectrometry and Statistical Confidences
October 2004
- For Estimates of Cloud Optical Thickness, Simple Equation is Good Enough
October 2004
- Pacific Northwest team unveils largest virus proteome to date
September 2004
- Peering inside the body, with a new spin-literally
September 2004
- PNNL lands $10.3 million NIH biodefense contract to unlock proteomes of salmonella and pox
September 2004
- NMR Spectroscopic Investigation of Human Carbonic Anhydrase Points to Alternative Mechanism of Action
July 2004
- Most complete human blood-plasma proteome to date
June 2004
- Cloud Phase Determination Using Ground-Based AERI Observations at SHEBA
June 2004
- Evaluation of Simulated Clouds and Radiation at the ARM Site
June 2004
- Island-Induced Cloud Plumes Influence Tropical Atmospheric Measurements, Surface Radiation
June 2004
- Single Enzyme Nanoparticles increase Catalyst Longevity for Months
June 2004
- The Consequences of Uncertainty: Addressing Climate Sensitivity and Climate Stabilization
May 2004
- New Method for Evaluating Cloud Processes and Cloud Effects in Climate Models
May 2004
- Global warming to squeeze Western mountains dry by 2050
February 2004
- Better understanding of the sensitivity of the earth's climate system to changes in greenhouse gases critically important
January 2004
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