A single advanced building control now in development could slash 18 percent – tens of thousands of dollars – off the overall annual energy bill of the average large office building, with no loss of comfort, according to a report by PNNL researchers. [Full Story…]
PNNL Laboratory Fellow Morris Bullock was honored with the Royal Chemistry Society’s biennial Homogeneous Catalysis Award for his pioneering use of inexpensive metals for homogeneous catalysis. [Full Story…]
A new $18 million study seeks to provide a detailed molecular understanding of how humans respond to Flu, Ebola and West Nile Viruses. The study's goal is to design and develop new drugs to thwart infection. [Full Story…]
Court Corley and colleagues have earned a “best paper” award at an IEEE conference for their paper about a social media analysis tool that tries to make sense of billions of social media messages put out constantly by 7 billion “human sensors” — people — around the planet. [Full Story…]
Students at Delta and Kamiakin high schools are building dozens of mini robots using a circuit board designed by Duane Balvage, a PNNL electrical technician, as a volunteer. [Full Story…]
Research conducted with a large new battery unveiled today in Oregon will help the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project make the electric system smarter and more efficient. [Full Story…]
With the full name Salmonella enterica enterica, serovar Typhimurium, these colonies of bacteria throw a switch in stressful growing conditions. [Full Story…]
PNNL staff lauded for innovation, commercialization. Liu named Inventor of the Year. [Full Story…]
An injection-molding method that has potential to aid the aerospace, biomedical and auto industries by increasing the use of titanium and other durable, lightweight and corrosion-resistant metals has earned a national innovation award. [Full Story…]
The nation’s land and water resources could likely support the growth of enough algae to produce up to 25 billion gallons of algae-based fuel a year in the United States, one-twelfth of the country’s yearly needs. [Full Story…]
