Follow that Ion
When a large molecule with several extra protons softly lands on a surface, little happens to the molecule, but a lot happens to the protons, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Some of the protons, positively charged subatomic particles, dissipate on impact. Others stay with the molecule through the landing and only slowly leave the scene... More
Review of Sensors for Radionuclide Monitoring Featured on Journal Cover
To detect very small quantities of mobile radioactive elements in the groundwater at former nuclear weapons production sites, researchers have developed a new type of sensor... More
Staff Recognized at Science Team Meeting
Staff from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) were among those recognized at the 2008 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Science Team Meeting, which took place March 10 through 14, 2008 in Norfolk, Virginia... More
Science of Special Polymers in Nerve Agent Detectors Graces Journal Cover
Sensing traces of nerve gas or bomb-making chemicals in the air relies on specially designed polymers to capture and concentrate the right molecules... More
Tissue proteomics targets blood test for breast cancer
Proteomics analysis of cancer cells from female breast tissue samples may identify blood-borne biomarkers that could make aggressive breast cancers detectable through a simple blood test... More
Enloe Selected for Laboratory Director's Award of Administrative Excellence
Congratulations to Sonia Enloe on receiving a 2008 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Director's Award of Administrative Excellence. The award was presented at the PNNL Office Professionals Conference on April 22 by Laboratory Director Mike Kluse... More
New EMSL Wing Dedicated to Memory of IIC Founding Director
Space to think, dream, and do. That's what the new wing of a major research facility dedicated in memory of Professor J. Mike White, founding director of the Institute for Interfacial Catalysis, will provide for nearly 100 people... More
A Molecular Makeover
Trimming an alcohol into a smaller, more desirable molecule just got easier thanks to research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Institute for Interfacial Catalysis and the University of Texas at Austin. The team figured out the steps that occur when a catalyst helps split an alcohol, generating water and a carbon-based molecule known as an alkene... More
Keqi Tang Chosen 2007 PNNL Inventor
of the Year
Congratulations to Dr. Keqi Tang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Inventor of the Year for FY 2007. The PNNL Inventor of the year award recognizes innovation that has resulted in the creation of intellectual property or the potential to create intellectual property... More
Code Improvements Enhance Analysis of Global Cloud Resolving Model Data
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers, in collaboration with the developers of the open-source NetCDF Operators (NCO), recently added capabilities for processing geodesic grid data and optimized performance to support efficient manipulation of data sets consisting of many files of tens to hundreds of gigabytes in size... More
