PNNL in the News

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 2006

X-ray tests both security, privacy, USA Today (December 27, 2006)
Peters to continue efforts to improve Tri-Cities, Tri-City Herald (December 22, 2006)
Scientists put hope in hydrogen sensors, Tri-City Herald (December 21, 2006)
How Plug-In Hybrids Will Save the Grid, MIT Technology Review (December 21, 2006)
Spare Power Sufficient to Fuel Switch from Gas to Electric Cars, Scientific American (December 13, 2006)
Hybrids & Grid Control, CNBC (December 13, 2006)
Regional News - Richland lab chief leaving for position at Battelle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (December 13, 2006)
PNNL leader takes on new assignment, Tri-City Herald (December 13, 2006)
U.S. Finds Electric Power Grid Can Fuel Fleets of Plug-In Cars, Wall Street Journal (December 11, 2006) - Subscription Required
Vegetation may aid Hanford cleanup, Tri-City Herald (December 3, 2006)
Greenhouse innovation: bury the carbons in rock, Seattle Times (December 1, 2006)

November 2006

Research Notebook - Researchers find proteins from plague bacterium, The Oregonian (Portland) (November 29, 2006)
Researchers to be honored as fellows in science group, Tri-City Herald (November 28, 2006)
Can we lock greenhouse gases away in rocks?, Seattle Times (November 24, 2006)
Black carbon major suspect in warming trend, The Oregonian (Portland) (November 24, 2006)
Hanford facilities may find new use , Tri-City Herald (November 15, 2006)
PNNL wins $6.4 million ccontract for 'virtual hangar', Tri-City Herald (November 11, 2006)

October 2006

DOE awards $5.6 million grant to PNNL, Tri-City Herald (October 25, 2006)
Port at center of plan to put radiation detectors on cargo ships, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (October 13, 2006)

September 2006

Life-saver in a shell?, Tri-City Herald (September 24, 2006)
Research Notebook - Compound shows potential for fuel-cell-powered cars , The Oregonian (Portland) (September 20, 2006)
DOE reconsiders 300 Area demolition, Tri-City Herald (September 18, 2006)
Richland lab on cutting edge of homeland security science, The Oregonian (Portland) (September 17, 2006)
PNNL device pinpoints suspicious liquids, Spokesman Review (September 16, 2006) - Subscription Required
PNNL research jumps after 9/11, Tri-City Herald (September 10, 2006)
PNNL creates threat scenario, Tri-City Herald (September 10, 2006)
A synopsis of what a terrorist alert could look like, Tri-City Herald (September 10, 2006)
Technology vs. Terrorism, Popular Science (September, 2006)

August 2006

PNNL receives high ranking from Washington magazine, Tri-City Herald (August30, 2006)
PNNL team discovers bacteria can make pearls of uranium , Tri-City Herald (August 21, 2006)
Burying the evidence of global warming, USA Today (August 21, 2006)
Device quickly tests for liquid bombs, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (August 18, 2006)
Bacteria Form Uranium Dioxide 'Pearls', Chemical & Engineering News (August 16, 2006)
All That Glitters, Washington State University Magazine (August, 2006)
Satellites spy invasion of grass, Earth & Sky Radio Series (August, 2006)

July 2006

Systems Biology's Clinical Future, Chemical & Engineering News (July 31, 2006)
Physicist takes top federal award, Tri-City Herald (July 29, 2006)
China's growing pollution reaches U.S., Associated Press (July 28, 2006)
Wirehaired Bacteria, Discover (July 28, 2006)
PNNL shopping water treatment method, Tri-City Herald (July 22, 2006)
Prepare for warming or face the consequences , Tri-City Herald (Editorial) (July 18, 2006)
See-through technology gets tested at rail station, Tri-City Herald (July 17, 2006)
Nano wires, big discovery , Tri-City Herald (July 17, 2006)
Power grid operators get 'sim' training, Spokane Journal of Business (July 13, 2006)
Sound-wave technology can find objects in liquid, The Oregonian (July 12, 2006)
Nanowires common in bacteria?, The Scientist (July 11, 2006)

June 2006

Satellite helps weed out cheatgrass, Tri-City Herald (June 17, 2006)
PNNL sends researcher to meet Nobel prize winners, Tri-City Herald (June 16, 2006)
Forget what you know about H₂O, Christian Science Monitor (June 15, 2006)
New PNNL technology OK'd, Tri-City Herald (June 7, 2006)
PNNL technology a winning plan, Tri-City Herald (June 2, 2006)

May 2006

A warmer world may, or may not, be wetter, USA Today (May 30, 2006)
Physical chemistry: Goldenballs, Nature (May 25, 2006)
Findings: 16 Golden Atoms in Search of a Catchy Name, New York Times (May 23, 2006)
Sighting The Golden Cage, C&E News (May 22, 2006)
Feeling cagey, Science News (May 20, 2006) - Subscription Required
PNNL gets increase in budget bill, Tri-City Herald (May 18, 2006)
Microbiology: Batteries not included, Nature (May 17, 2006)
Economists claim carbon cuts won't break the world's bank, Nature (May 17, 2006)
Buckyballs worth their weight in gold Chemistry World(May 16, 2006)
In the hunt for golden buckyballs Seattle Post-Intelligencer(May 16, 2006)
Biofuels at the pump, Tri-City Herald (May 13, 2006)
Making the Power Grid Smarter, MIT Technology Review (May 12, 2006)
Balloons measuring air quality, Tri-City Herald (May 10, 2006)
PNNL picks firm to design lab space, Tri-City Herald (May 9, 2006)

April 2006

PNNL scientists remember Chernobyl, Tri-City Herald (April 30, 2006)
PNNL names associate lab chief, Tri-City Herald (April 27, 2006)
PNNL aids homeland security, Tri-City Herald (April 26, 2006)
PNNL goes green, Tri-City Herald (April 22, 2006)
April 22 -- HBO documentary "Too Hot Not to Handle," (includes interview with PNNL's Mike Scott)
PNNL expert working on flu vaccine, Tri-City Herald (April 15, 2006)
Breaking Ground (BSEL Ground breaking Stories), Tri-City Herald (April 14, 2006)
$24 million lab to spur clean fuels, Puget Sound Business Journal (April 14, 2006)
Economic development's new outlook, Oregon Business Journal (April 2006)
Body-scanning system developed at PNNL may find wider application, Spokesman Review (April 1, 2006) - Subscription Required

March 2006

PNNL venture goes global, Tri-City Herald (March 31, 2006)
OpEd: Science literacy - The Chinese get it, Seattle Times (March 26, 2006)
Former Hanford engineer to lead Area 300 construction, Tri-City Herald (March 25, 2006)
PNNL seeks use for latest invention, Tri-City Herald (March 25, 2006)
"Tri-Cities: Crossing into Fortune", (PDF, 4MB) Washington CEO magazine (March 2006)
"Battelle CEO visits Tri-Cities," Tri-City Herald (March 10, 2006)
"Energy: The Challenge For The Chemical Sciences In The 21st Century." (Radio interview) Science and Society (March 8, 2006)

February 2006

"Famous mathematician to join PNNL," Tri-City Herald (February 17, 2006)
"PNNL earns 4 technology awards," Tri-City Herald (February 16, 2006)
"Bush budget may increase PNNL's role," Tri-City Herald (February 7, 2006)
"Battelle plans research facility to complement PNNL campus." Tri-City Herald (February 1, 2006)

January 2006

"Staying ahead of terrorism: Tri-Cities lab helps feds with new technology to improve homeland security," The Spokesman-Review (January 30, 2006) – subscription required
"Derailing terror," New Jersey Star Ledger (January 30-31, 2006)
"Researcher: pollution limits sunshine in big cities," The China Daily (January 29, 2006)
"Researcher: Pollution Limits Sun in China," The Associated Press (January 27, 2006)
"Can-do lighting," The (Portland) Oregonian (January 26, 2006)
"Scientist sheds light on China haze," Tri-City Herald (January 26, 2006)
"Pathogen Biology Initiative," (Radio interview) Science and Society (January 25, 2006)
"PNNL scanner checking for explosives in London," Tri-City Herald (January 24, 2006)
"PNNL to develop centers to warn of latent attacks," Tri-City Herald (January 17, 2006)
"PNNL tests smart-appliance chip," Tri-City Herald (January 16, 2006)
"Capturing carbon; Lab researches way to put stored power plant emissions to use," Associated Press (January 14, 2006) – subscription required
"Pacific Northwest Technology Tour," aired on TVW (January 12, 2006)
"Project turns on technology to save energy," Seattle Times (January 11, 2006)