Highlights
- Lung Imaging Research Gets Its Second Wind
Bytes versus breathsSeptember 2012
- Dust Achieves Lofty Aspirations
Disposition to form ice crystals is measured and modeled for a new-fangled frameworkSeptember 2012
- Mass Spec Makes the Clinical Grade
Protein assays matching sensitivity and accuracy of antibody-based clinical tests might speed drug discovery, basic biology researchSeptember 2012
- L. Ruby Leung Appointed Editor of Journal of Hydrometeorology
August 2012
- DuBois Receives National Inorganic Chemistry Award
August 2012
- Charles Long Receives 2012 World Meteorological Organization Väisälä Award for Research on Fractional Cloudiness
August 2012
- The Path a Proton Takes
Scenic route preferred to more direct path in alternative fuel cell membraneAugust 2012
- How to Catch Aerosols in the Act
Scientists use satellites to measure how pollution particles affect cloudsAugust 2012
- A Chemistry Tale of Two Carbons
Comprehensive field study of urban and natural emissions interacting to affect climate changeAugust 2012
- New Protein Discovered Gives Insights to Iron's Fate Underground
Scientists identify molecule that steals electrons, leaving iron stuck in the mudAugust 2012
- Fresh Water Feeds Hurricanes' Fury
Hurricanes and tropical cyclones become up to 50 percent more intense when passing over oceans inundated with fresh waterAugust 2012
- Team Wins 2012 Innovation Award
August 2012
- Turning Down the Heat for Carbon
Unusual reaction eschews high temperatures and water to lock away climate-changing carbon dioxideAugust 2012
- Listening to Life
New chemical imaging method probes the communications of live microbial coloniesJuly 2012
- Mother Nature as a Wire Manufacturer
With computational models, scientists see how microbe directs electronsJuly 2012
- Pollution Weakens Monsoon's Might
Local, global emissions suppress South Asian summer rainfallJuly 2012
- Chuck Peden and Morris Bullock Named American Chemical Society Fellows
July 2012
- Unique Protein Fold Flags Potentially Unique Function
Crystal structure of a cyanobacterial protein associated with nitrogen fixationJuly 2012
- Flexible Molecular Cages Expand to Pack in Multiple Metals
Solid metal frameworks retain shapes after unpacking, allowing detailed measurementsJuly 2012
- Iron Center and Pendant Nitrogen Needed to Achieve Catalyst's Goal
Scientists built catalysts that cleave bonds for platinum-free fuel cellsJuly 2012
- Johannes Lercher Selected for Prestigious Lectureship in China
July 2012
- Hibbard and Skaggs Contribute to the National Climate Assessment
July 2012
- Johannes Lercher Invited to Give First Vladimir Haensel Invitational Lecturer in Catalysis
July 2012
- PNNL Researchers Awarded Best Paper at International Conference
June 2012
- Bytes for Bits
Researchers develop a new, efficient aerosol module for climate modelsJune 2012
- Teaming, Integration Lead to R&D 100 Award
Graphene nanostructures for lithium batteries enable rapid recharge of electric vehicles and consumer electronic productsJune 2012
- Ionic Liquid Improves Speed and Efficiency of Hydrogen-Producing Catalyst
Ongoing saga of building a better fuel cell catalyst goes holisticJune 2012
- Fulbright Scholar Richard Collins Undertakes Geochemistry Research at PNNL
June 2012
- Watching Molecules in Slow Motion
By supercooling liquids, scientists can determine the physics happening in glassesJune 2012
- Sotiris Xantheas Named Visiting Fellow at German Research Institute
June 2012
- Seeing All the Angles
Scientists measure how water and oils interact with surfacesJune 2012
- Collaborative Study Looks for Clues on Hard-to-Treat Breast Cancer
PNNL, Walter Reed, and Windber to scour triple negative breast cancer for leads on diagnostics and drugsJune 2012
- Pollution + Storm Clouds = Warmer Atmosphere
Computer modeling reveals new insights on interactions between pollution particles and stormsMay 2012
- Guang Lin Honored with Early Career Achievement Award
May 2012
- Plump Up the Clay
Carbon dioxide moves into and expands a common mineral in carbon sequestration caprocksMay 2012
- Desert Dust Intensifies Summer Rainfall in U.S. Southwest
Particles cause atmosphere to heat up, strengthening monsoonMay 2012
- Meredydd Evans Joins Committee for Energy Codes
May 2012
- PNNL Scientist Receives Early Career Research Award
May 2012
- Building a Framework, Brick by Brick
Regional stakeholder input helps construct better models for climate change decisionsMay 2012
- The Copper Ion That Wasn't an Accident
Charged metal particle lets industrial catalyst add and remove electronsMay 2012
- Annotating Plague with Proteogenomics
Multifaceted strategies help refine annotations of three Yersinia strainsMay 2012
- Catalysis Team Edits, Contributes to Special Issue on Diesel Emission Control
May 2012
- Invisible Tropical Clouds
Scientists use new method to zero in on source of tropical cloudsApril 2012
- Human Skin Model Shows Signaling Pathway Effects from Low Dose Exposure
Model gives good representation of intact tissueApril 2012
- Ram Devanathan Wins Fulrath Award of the American Ceramic Society
April 2012
- Proteomics Identifies Targets of Ionizing Radiation in a Human Skin Model
Found unique phosphopeptides showing changes in response to doseApril 2012
- Catalysis Research Selected for Team Science
EMSL announces Team Science projects to accelerate discoveryApril 2012
- Bringing Innovative Science and Ideas to 2012 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting
April 2012
- Getting Your Catalyst What It Needs
New method creates highly reactive catalytic surface, packed with hydroxyl speciesApril 2012
- Study Dusts Sugar Coating Off Little-Known Regulation In Cells
O-GlcNAc regulatory system adds complexity in cell regulation, could eventually provide new drug targetsApril 2012
- Same Samples, Different Analytical Strategies, Complementary Inferences
Two approaches to further understanding of subsurface microbial communities published togetherApril 2012
- Genome-Scale Model of Cyanobacterium Developed
Cyanothece's complete metabolism describedApril 2012
- Tasting Carbon with WAFT'ed Light
New instrument analyzes tiny samples at low pressure and temperatureApril 2012
- Triple Play for Liquid Probing
Technical advance allows researchers to watch liquid surfaces interactApril 2012
- Gases Drawn Into Particles Stay There
SPLAT helps to elucidate formation and properties of complex organic particlesApril 2012
- New Metal Alloy Electrode Designed for Plus-Sized Ions
Tin, antimony, and carbon material increases sodium battery's capacityApril 2012
- Shedding Light on Photosynthesis
Dynamic proteome analysis of Cyanothece 51142April 2012
- Katrina Hui Named Semi-Finalist in Intel Science Talent Search
April 2012
- Methane Mitigation Seminar for Russia's Oil and Gas Production
March 2012
- Nigel Browning Named as Wiley Research Fellow
March 2012
- Two Scientific Articles on Graphene-Based Sensors Prove Popular in the Research Community
March 2012
- Andrey Sushko Earns Second Place Honors at Intel's Science Talent Search
March 2012
- Taming Uncertainty in Climate Prediction
Using the uncertainty quantification method in precipitation modelingMarch 2012
- Materials Research Featured on President's Budget Document
March 2012
- Silicon-carbon Electrodes Snap, Swell, Don't Pop
Nanocomposite electrodes being charged with electricity reveal performance advantages that could lead to longer-lasting, cheaper vehicle batteriesMarch 2012
- Pinpointing Plutonium Proclivities
New study queries interactions of metal-reducing bacteria with plutonium oxideMarch 2012
- Digging Deeper in the Dirt
Targeted metagenomic analyses reveal underground microbes that may influence and alter contaminant fate and transport at Hanford SiteMarch 2012
- How Nitric Acid Overcame Its Fear of Water with a Little Help from Its Friends
High concentrations result in acid forming hydrogen bonds and more structure, reducing dissociationMarch 2012
- Taking Stock of Subsurface Microbial Communities at Hanford
Census improves understanding of how microbes influence contaminant behaviorMarch 2012
- Modeling Paper Wins Society of Toxicology Award
Model links exposure and dose from pesticideMarch 2012
- Birgit Schwenzer Selected as MRS Volume Organizer
March 2012
- Clouds Get in the Way
Measuring how climate models calculate the effects of clouds on Earth's warmingMarch 2012
- A Finger to the Wind
Overview of weather and atmospheric conditions during study of natural and urban emissionsMarch 2012
- PNNL Researchers Invited to Join International Group
March 2012
- Kodali, Sharma Named Outstanding Postdocs for Nanotox Research
March 2012
- Bacteria Tend Leafcutter Ants' Gardens
Microbes turn leaves into nutrients; knowledge could improve biofuel productionMarch 2012
- Gases Drawn Into Smog Particles Stay There
SPLAT helps pinpoint pollution particles to improve smog predictionsFebruary 2012
- Toppling Raman Shift in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
Vibrational mix shines new light on carbon sequestration measurementsFebruary 2012
- Jun Liu Elected Materials Research Society Fellow
February 2012
- Small-Scale Soil Studies Provide Big Benefits
Aggregate assays show more about microbial communitiesFebruary 2012
- Using Graphene Oxide to Examine Molecules in Living Cells Proves Popular
February 2012
- Work with a Unique Isotope of Hydrogen Generates Attention in the Scientific Community
February 2012
- Catalyst Masters Reverse
New metal catalyst drives hydrogen fuel reaction forwards and backwardsFebruary 2012
- A Better Picture of Clouds
Capturing the effects of pollution bits on clouds and climateFebruary 2012
- Gauging Water's Future
Earth system model tested to estimate watershed runoffFebruary 2012
- Modeling Microbes to Manage Carbon Dioxide
Model developed to understand microbial processes in cellulose degradationFebruary 2012
- Learning About Material Integrity from Statistical Data
Imaging, statistics, and computational analysis shed new light on defectsFebruary 2012
- Driving Change in Technology
Public policy moves energy technology transformationFebruary 2012
- Keqi Tang and Ryan Kelly Win Technology Transfer Award
February 2012
- Studying the Chemistry as It Happens in Catalytic Reactions
New probe shows the in-between stages of a reaction under realistic conditionsJanuary 2012
- The Great Gas Hydrate Escape
Computer simulations revealing how methane and hydrogen pack into gas hydrates could enlighten alternative fuel production and carbon dioxide storageJanuary 2012
- Wendy Shaw Selected to Attend First U.S-Indonesia Symposium
January 2012
- The Proof is in the Clouds
Accuracy of new WRF-Chem version validated by studying cloud behaviorJanuary 2012
- DOE Awards PNNL $2 Million for Innovative Hydrogen Storage Technology in Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
January 2012
- When Atoms Collide
Method that can validate nuclear collision models benefits IAEAJanuary 2012
- Bacteria to the Rescue
High-performance computing adds speed, clarity to uranium bioremediation researchJanuary 2012
- A Pop Quiz for Cells
Scientists devise new imaging technique for analysis of biological samplesJanuary 2012
- Getting Your Molecule into the Movies
Computer simulations give insights into how carbon dioxide reacts with a sequestering liquidJanuary 2012
- Predicting Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Scientists put climate model through paces, find shortcomingsJanuary 2012
- Worldwide Water in the Balance
Tropical clouds hold clues for the global water cycleJanuary 2012
- Helping Hydrogen Move Back Home
Combining experiment and theory, scientists study the potential of inexpensive hydrogen activation catalysts to recharge chemical hydrogen storage materialsJanuary 2012
- Case Closed on Nauru Island
Scientists capture, tag, archive clouds' effect in tropicsJanuary 2012
- Mock Atoms Prove Attractive
Researchers added first pseudo atoms to electronegativity scaleJanuary 2012
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