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Water: Finding the Normal Within the Weird
For first time, researchers measure properties of water at deeply supercooled temperaturesDecember 2016
Water has many unusual properties, such as its solid form, ice, being able to float in liquid water, and they get weirder below its freezing point. Supercooled water—below freezing but still a liquid—is notoriously difficult to study. Some researchers thought supercooled water behaved oddly within a particularly cold range, snapping from a liquid into a solid, instantaneously crystallizing at a particular temperature. Now, researchers have figured out a way to take snapshots of water freezing within that deeply supercooled range. And guess what? Water isn't as weird as it could be. Liquid water can exist all the way down, crystallizing into a solid more slowly as things get colder, as expected, but never all at once.
Lin Named Among Most Influential Scientists in the World
December 2016
Kudos to Yuehe Lin, a Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, for being included on the 2016 Highly Cited Researcher list from Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters). Lin, who has 360 publications to his credit, also appeared on the list in 2014 and 2015.
- Making Virtual a Reality
PNNL showcases new virtual reality research at SC16December 2016 - Consider the Probabilities
Global warming is likely to drive significant shifts in regional surface water availabilityDecember 2016 - Morris Bullock Selected as AAAS Fellow
Fellows are selected for achievements that advance science and its applicationsDecember 2016 - Cloud Illusions: Resolving the Unresolved
Researchers improved modeling of cloud vertical structure by including certain cloud and precipitation variables to increase simulation accuracyDecember 2016 - Of Catalysts and Coke
Researchers peer inside catalyst used in biofuel processing to investigate why it clogsDecember 2016 - A Daily Cycle of Heat Stalls the MJO
A routine event over the Maritime Continent can hamper the east-west progress of the Madden-Julien OscillationDecember 2016 - Finding Rain and Climate Connections
Scientists decipher how local weather can change global climate patternsDecember 2016 - Easter, Ghan, and Rasch Land in Top One Percent of Geosciences Research
PNNL scientists achieve influential ranking in highly cited researchers listDecember 2016 - Changing the Game
Song's work makes the cut in two major high-performance computing conferencesDecember 2016 - Exploring the Fate of the Earth’ s Storehouse of Carbon
PNNL scientist contributes to global analysis of effects of rising temperaturesDecember 2016 - How Trees Change the Atmosphere
Scientists discover how organic emissions from trees transform into climate-affecting particles in the atmosphereNovember 2016 - Roger Rousseau Honored for Exceptional Scientific Achievement
November 2016 - Getting at the Root of Rain
More frequent, more intense and longer-lasting storms cause heavier spring rain in central USNovember 2016 - Micro-scale Relationships between Microbial Diversity and Productivity
November 2016 - Balwinder Singh Received DOE Modeling Group Commendation
November 2016 - A New Model for Microbial Communities in the Hyporheic Zone
Getting refined insights into how critical organisms change over space and timeNovember 2016 - Genes, Early Environment Sculpt the Gut Microbiome
The ‘hometown effect,’ genetics play key rolesNovember 2016 - Solving Mysteries of How Water Works
Water is important and drives many phenomena important to biomedical and national security interests, among others.November 2016 - Catching More Carbon with Less Sticky Solvents
Carbon dioxide is often caught using expensive-to-pump liquids that grow stickier and less efficient as they work, but a new computational model could change that November 2016 - Cyclone Identity Crisis in the Bay of Bengal
The El Niño-La Niña weather cycle strengthens Indian Ocean spring cyclones in the north, weakens them in the southNovember 2016 - PNNL's CENATE Project Picks up Editors' Choice Award
November 2016 - Biogenic Particles Contribute to Formation of Aerosols
Scientists show how a compound emitted by pine trees helps form new aerosol particlesNovember 2016 - Energy in the Effort
PNNL's Chief Scientist for Computing edits special edition of IEEE's 'Computer'November 2016 - Rock Meets Microbe: Towards Better Models of Subsurface Microbial Communities
November 2016 - NOAA Appoints Phil Rasch to Modeling Working Group
November 2016 - Fast and Easy Two-Step Creates New Porous Materials
Researchers simplified a synthesis process to make large-surface-area materials possibleNovember 2016 - Richard Kouzes Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
October 2016 - Bernstein Named to Microbiology Editorial Board at Scientific Reports
October 2016