2000 PNNL in the News Archive

Following are some online news articles regarding research and development at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory that have appeared in the print and electronic media. Many other stories have been published but are not available online or online access is limited to subscribers.

December 2000

"PNNL fires up new research on fuel cells," Tri-City Herald (December 28, 2000)
"PNNL ventures into new science," Tri-City Herald (December 28, 2000)
"Naked truth," New Scientist (December 23, 2000)
"Good work, Battelle," Tri-City Herald (Editorial), (December 21, 2000)
"Battelle gets top DOE mark for 3rd straight year," Tri-City Herald (December 19, 2000)
"PNNL, Southridge team up for success," Tri-City Herald (December 16, 2000)
"Research uncovers salmon spawning secret," The (Portland) Oregonian (December 15, 2000)
"Area leaders want to tap into biotech center," Spokesman-Review (December 7, 2000)
"A new industry, government and university consortium seeks to downsize fuel cells," Popular Mechanics (December 2000)
"Book 'em, Database," Discover (December 2000)
"Gummy Drug Delivery," Popular Science (December 2000)
"Tailor-made robot checks it out," Mechanical Engineering (December 2000)

November 2000

"PNNL announces spinoff business No. 19," Tri-City Herald (November 30, 2000)
"Wave ID to market new wireless products," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (November 30, 2000)
"Dispute burns over cure for hot air," USA Today (November 14, 2000)
"Richland lab develops device that easily detects land mines," The (Portland) Oregonian (November 7, 2000) – scroll down

October 2000

"Fish & Chips for Safer Turbines," Business Week (October 30, 2000)
"Saving Salmon from a Dam Shame," Business Week Online (October 30, 2000)
"Fuel cells: Batteries of the future?" Seattle Times (October 29, 2000)
"Sensor Fish Brave the Bumps to Tame Dams for Young Salmon," New York Times (October 26, 2000) – accessible by free subscription
"Imagining a lighter and higher-mileage truck," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (October 23, 2000)
"Lab takes technology and makes things happen," Puget Sound Business Journal (October 20, 2000)
"Wired 'salmon' records how fish handle rough ride through dams," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (October 19, 2000)
"Beyond shoplifting prevention," Business Week (October 2, 2000)

September 2000

"Playing Tag: Super dog tags offer big military and civilian payoff," FoxNews.com (September 19, 2000)
"Whidbey eelgrass project scores unique success," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (September 1, 2000)
"Coatings Make Plastic Impermeable," R&D Magazine (September 2000)
"Dosimeter Designed For Common Use," R&D Magazine (September 2000)
"Knife Failures Detected," R&D Magazine (September 2000)

August 2000

"Richland may get genome research facility," Tri-City Herald (August 30, 2000)

July 2000

"PNNL wraps up 3 eminent high-tech awards," Tri-City Herald (July 28, 2000)

June 2000

"New tigers in the fuel cell tank," Science Magazine (June 16, 2000)
"Electronic tags could help military," Chicago Tribune (June 12, 2000)
"Radio-frequency Tags Could Pierce Some of the Fog of War," New York Times (June 8, 2000) – accessible by free subscription
"Dog tags go high-tech," Tri-City Herald (June 5, 2000)
"Keeping tags on it," New Scientist (June 3, 2000)
"PNNL program sheds light on importance of workplace lighting," Tri-City Herald (June 1, 2000)
"Sound as a dollar," Mechanical Engineering (June 2000 Power supplement)
"Web Wonders," Discover (June 2000)

May 2000

"PNNL balloons aid ozone research," Tri-City Herald (May 19, 2000)
"'Robofish' lives to tell tale of turbine turmoil," Oregonian (May 5, 2000)
"Richland 'bombers' have peace in mind these days," The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (May 2, 2000)
"Sensor Listens To Metal," Popular Mechanics (May 2000)

April 2000

"Sticker shock stalls fuel cells," Seattle Post-Intelligencer (April 3, 2000)
"Laser-Guided Probe," Popular Mechanics (April 2000)
"New Fungal Strains Attack Hydrocarbons in Soil," Pollution Engineering (April 2000)

March 2000

"PNNL's new 'smart bandage' may help heal chronic wounds," Tri-City Herald (March 26, 2000)
"PNNL sensor to aid use of endoscopes," Tri-City Herald (March 24, 2000)
"Federal consortium recognizes PNNL for technology transfers," Tri-City Herald (March 16, 2000)
"Environmental science with a chemistry twist," Chemical & Engineering News (March 13, 2000)
"Powell takes charge at DOE's Northwest Lab," Chemical & Engineering News (March 13, 200)
"Chemist selected to lead DOE lab," Chemical & Engineering News (March 6, 2000)
"Picking The Winners," Industry Week (March 6, 2000)
"PNNL ends 13-month search, names Maryland chemist new leader," Tri-City Herald (March 1, 2000)
"Computer takes a byte out of crime," Popular Mechanics (March 2000)
"Low-NOx Diesel," Popular Mechanics (March 2000)
"Running the dam gauntlet," Scientific American (March 2000)

February 2000

"A quiet revolution for crime fighters," MSNBC (Feb. 24, 2000)
"Safer Eye Surgery," Mechanical Engineering (February 2000)
"Thinner film improves chips," Popular Mechanics (February 2000)
"Web Mapper," Popular Science (February 2000)