A proposed research and testing facility near Moses Lake, Wash., would be used to test unmanned aircraft that could be used in search and rescue, weather data acquisition, agriculture crop management, avalanche control and snow pack analysis. [Full Story…]
A new, PNNL-developed system reduces carbon emissions and fuel usage at natural gas power plants by 20 percent by injecting solar energy into natural gas. [Full Story…]
Recognizing his international leadership in energy materials research, the American Ceramic Society has elected Jeffry Stevenson of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as a Fellow of the Society. [Full Story…]
The Department of Homeland Security and DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued a report that summarizes an extensive list of commercially available, hand-portable biodetection technologies that can help end-users such as firefighters, police officers and HazMat workers find the right technology. [Full Story…]
Nigel Browning, a leading scientist in electron microscopy at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America, recognizing his contributions to the advancement of the science. [Full Story…]
New findings show how these Shewanella bacteria use three proteins to breathe the iron in this mineral much like people breathe oxygen. In doing so, they produce an electric current, enticing scientists to study them as possible biological batteries. [Full Story…]
A licensing agreement may help speed up adoption of plug-in electric vehicles. [Full Story…]
PNNL will present some of its ARPA-E projects related to solar power, electric and natural gas vehicles, magnets, and heating and cooling at the 2013 Energy Innovation Summit, Feb. 25-27. [Full Story…]
A quick, accurate and highly sensitive process to reliably detect minute traces of explosives on luggage, cargo or traveling passengers has been demonstrated by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. [Full Story…]
Based on her research to make the U.S. power grid smarter and more efficient with breakthrough computer algorithms and mathematical/statistical modeling, PNNL engineer Maria Vlachopoulou was named the IEEE/IEEE-USA’s 2013 New Faces of Engineering honoree. [Full Story…]
