Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Author Profile

Researchers Tap Rare Pristine Air to Reveal Pollution's Impact

April 3, 2019

The findings illustrate how pollution from cars, power plants, and other sources combines with natural emissions from trees i...

Rust Never Sleeps

February 5, 2019

PNNL research using atom probe tomography reveals chinks in iron crystals that can 'heal'

Powerful Hurricanes Strengthen Faster Now Than 30 Years Ago

May 9, 2018

The storms intensify more rapidly today due largely to a natural climate phenomenon

Increasing Tree Mortality in a Warming World

March 12, 2018

Trees in the tropics, especially important for the planet, face increasing threats

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, OHSU Create Joint Research Co-Laboratory to Advance Precision Medicine

February 16, 2018

The Precision Medicine Innovation Co-Laboratory will provide a comprehensive ecosystem for scientists to utilize integrated '...

New Insights into Nanocrystal Growth in Liquid

September 18, 2017

Understanding process that creates complex crystals important for energy applications

Radiological Crimes Investigation

August 25, 2017

Scientist-detectives put themselves to the test

Protein Data Takes Significant Step Forward in Medicine

June 29, 2017

PNNL-OHSU team part of NCI effort to bring proteogenomics to cancer patients

Tackling Infectious Disease—One Protein at a Time

June 12, 2017

PNNL scientist part of Pacific Northwest team that has solved 1,000 protein structures

Seeing the Forest and the Trees to Find Parasitic Reactions in Batteries

June 7, 2017

Detailed view of the atomic scale and mesoscale changes in a troubling layer offers insights for a better battery

More Natural Dust in the Air Improves Air Quality in Eastern China

May 12, 2017

Reduced dust slows winds, increases air stagnation over cities like Beijing; implications for U.S., other cities as well...

From Moo to Goo: Cooperating Microbes Convert Methane to Alternative Fuel Source

April 12, 2017

Scientists have developed a new system to convert methane into a deep green, energy-rich, gelatin-like substance that ca...

The Contradictory Catalyst

January 26, 2017

Researchers find the key to speeding up the rate of reaction of a potential catalyst for energy storage lies in making the re...

Biofuel Matchmaker: Finding the Perfect Algae for Renewable Energy

January 17, 2017

Streamlined process speeds up algae strain selection, could lower biofuel production costs

Sawdust Reinvented into Super Sponge for Oil Spills

December 14, 2016

Environmentally friendly material tweaked to soak up to five times its weight in oil, float four months in icy, rough waters...