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Carolyn Pearce Appointed Senior Lecturer at University of Manchester
Congratulations to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Dr. Carolyn Pearce on her appointment as an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Manchester, School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Science. The school is one of the largest atmospheric and environmental academic research centers in Britain.
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The Joys and Failures of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries could change future generations of electric cars, but significant scientific hurdles must be overcome first, said Dr. Michael Thackeray at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Frontiers in Materials Sciences Seminar Series. The series features academic, government, and industrial leaders who discuss novel ideas and advancements in science.
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Class-ing Up Uranium
Primitive: that's how Dr. John Bargar describes the state of knowledge of the reactivity of biogenic uranite in ground water. Biogenic uranite is a form of uranium, produced by bacteria, that is fairly immobile in groundwater.
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Simulation, Calculations Show Hydroxide Ions Orientation in Water
Whole water molecules form complex shapes around hydroxide ions, simple negatively charged particles, according to a recent study by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The shapes are the result of hydrogen bonds between the ions and the molecules.
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Scientists Show Strontium's Swimming Skills
Recently, a trio from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Louisiana Tech University showed that strontium ions congregate on water's surface. Their computer simulation and careful calculations finally demonstrated why experiments and conventional wisdom clashed about the behavior of this type of ion, a divalent cation or one with two electrons missing.
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