1996 News Releases
- Pacific Northwest staff member wins technology transfer honor (12/18/96)
- Toro, national lab team up to improve landscape irrigation (12/03/96)
- Pacific Northwest earns four R&D 100 awards (10/18/96)
- 1995 Hanford environmental report available (10/09/96)
- Free technical assistance offered to businesses (09/03/96)
- DOE takes a shine to 11 aluminum technology ideas (08/29/96)
- New medical imaging device arrives for testing
at Bosnia MASH unit (08/27/96)
A new device allows a field medic or physician to perform three-dimensional scans of an ill or injured soldier and have those scans interpreted by experts anywhere in the world. - DOE awards Pacific Northwest new funds to
help clean up waste sites (08/20/96)
Pioneering technologies to be developed by Pacific Northwest through DOE's EM Science Program could significantly reduce cleanup costs while still producing desirable results. - What genes are telling researchers today focus of annual lecture (08/16/96)
- Battelle names new human resources director (08/06/96)
- Native American artifacts repatriated (08/01/96)
- New technique speeds identification of potential
drug candidates (07/25/96)
New use of mass spectrometry could make it faster and easier to identify potential new drugs. - Science education key to environmental restoration (07/22/96)
- Battelle will invest $24 million in effort to grow high-tech jobs (07/19/96)
- Seattle to host Spectrum 96 environmental conference (06/12/96)
- Contributions to science education honored
at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (06/10/96)
This year's awards include a special "lifetime contribution" recognition of Lee Rogers, a retired Pacific Northwest scientist who is dedicated to helping the public understand the ecology of the Columbia Basin. - Battelle, federal government settle suit (06/03/96)
- Russians use new tools to diagnose reactor problems (05/24/96)
- Pacific Northwest staff garner technology transfer awards (05/15/96)
- Contract to lead to improved safety at Soviet-designed reactors (05/8/96)
- Plasma process to bring new spark to waste
treatment (05/7/96)
The CPG reliably can process higher volumes of waste in a relatively small unit while reducing environmental impacts. - DOE to award dollars for uncanny aluminum
ideas (05/3/96)
Turning soda cans in to a local recycling center is one way to make money from aluminum. But innovators now can receive more cash, more quickly, for their uncanny aluminum ideas. - Pacific Northwest celebrates National Science
and Technology Week (04/19/96)
PNNL is celebrating with a host of science education activities for students and educators throughout the state and region. - Battelle's PNNL Contract Extended Five Years
(04/18/96)
Contract Reform To Generate $60 Million in Savings. - Mechanical grape pruner aims to cut costs and
grow jobs (04/08/96)
Concord grape growers may be able to save 80 percent on pruning costs. - Bone implant technology breaks new ground
(04/05/96)
Advances in technology likely to improve the success of bone, joint and dental implants. - Proposed DOE FY-97 Budget (03/19/96)
DOE proposes stable FY-97 budget for its Pacific Northwest National Laboratory programs. - Most Powerful IBM Supercomputer Ordered (03/06/96)
IBM announced today that a new molecular sciences laboratory in Washington state has placed an order for what will be the most powerful IBM parallel computer ever. - DOE selects year's most promising industrial
concepts (02/13/96)
Grants of $22,000 have been awarded through the Department of Energy's Innovative Concepts program to 15 organizations nationwide to support the development of inventive industrial processes.