2003 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 2003

"Wild Underground" BBC Radio (December 2003)
"DOE gives Battelle top mark" Tri-City Herald (Dec. 24, 2003)
"Digging for what's possible" Seattle PI (Dec. 17, 2003)
"Rock of ice ages" Tri-City Herald (Dec. 1, 2003)

November 2003

"Last-minute glitches in Yucca nuclear-waste burial plan" San Francisco Chronicle (Nov. 17, 2003)
"Border guards trained to halt deadly shipments" National Defense (Nov. 2003)
"Here comes the sun" Wall Street Journal (Nov. 12, 2003) – subscription needed
"PNNL to pursue planned DOE facility" Tri-City Herald (Nov. 11, 2003)
"Richland lab vying for research work" Seattle Times (Nov. 11, 2003) – registration needed
"Energy Department priorities could have implications for state" Tacoma Tribune (Nov. 11, 2003)
"Energy Department names research priorities for next 20 years" Oregonian (Nov. 10, 2003)

October 2003

"Fueling the future" Tri-City Herald (Oct. 20,2003)
"Protein chips could detect cancer earlier" EE Times (Oct. 20, 2003)
"NIH grant leads energy lab into protein project" Nature (Oct. 16, 2003) – scroll down
"Blackout experts struggle to shed light on darkness" USA Today (Oct. 13, 2003)
"Transforming power failure to business opportunity" KPLU Radio (Oct. 13, 2003)
"Nanotech gets state boost" Portland Business Journal (Oct. 13, 2003)
"PNNL awarded research grant" Tri-City Herald (Oct. 8, 2003)
"Something ventured" Tri-City Herald (Oct. 6, 2003)
"George Michaels" Chemical & Engineering News (Oct. 6, 2003) – ACS Publications Web Server that requires authorization with a User-ID and Password – scroll down
"Recharging the Grid" Los Angeles Times (Oct. 4, 2003) – must sign up for free subscription
"Venture Capital: New firm likes the look of the Tri-Cities, national lab" Seattle PI (Oct. 3, 2003)
"Measuring knuckle cracks" Environmental Science & Technology (Oct. 2, 2003)

September 2003

"New fund to bring technology to market" Tri-City Herald (Sept. 19, 2003)
"HAMMER gives customs training" Tri-City Herald (Sept.12, 2003)
"Security constant since Sept. 11" Tri-City Herald (Sept. 12, 2003)
"An Underwater Ark" Audubon Magazine (Sept. 2003)
"Squeezing out space" Tri-City Herald (Sept. 3, 2003)

August 2003

"Battelle signs new contract" Tri-City Herald (Aug. 29, 2003)
"Pacific lab debuts fastest unclassified U.S. computer" Science magazine (Aug. 29, 2003)
"Robot to improve waste tank testing" Tri-City Herald (Aug. 27, 2003)
"11.8-teraflopcomputer powers up" Seattle PI (Aug. 26, 2003)
"The need for speed" Tri-City Herald (Aug. 26, 2003)
"New technology used to ensure Hanford tanks aren't leaking" KNDU-TV (Aug. 26, 2003)
"Wettability of TiO2 reexamined" Chemical & Engineering News (Aug. 25, 2003) – ACS Publications Web Server that requires authorization with a User-ID and Password – scroll down
"Saving the grid" Tri-City Herald (Aug. 24, 2003)
"Heatwave's warning for future of farming" New Scientist (Aug. 23, 2003)
"The Blackout: Set of rules too complex to be followed properly" New York Times (Aug. 19, 2003) – must sign up for free subscription, scroll down
Editorial – "Our views: Salmon aided by culvert test" The Olympian (Aug. 19, 2003)
"Northwest must lead charge of the light brigade" Seattle Times (Aug. 21, 2003)
"PNNL team studies possibility of agricultural bioterrorism" Tri-City Herald (Aug. 18, 2003)
"PNNL sets up culverts to test fish friendliness" Tri-City Herald (Aug. 12, 2003)
"Blackout hits 50 million in U.S., Canada" Philadelphia Inquirer (Aug. 15, 2003)
"Computational clusters today, server rooms tomorrow" InfoWorld (Aug. 1, 2003)

July 2003

"AIDing the good fight" Yakima Herald-Republic (July 21, 2003)
"Pelicans may be gobbling up juvenile salmon" Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (July 21, 2003)
"Pelican feeding habits monitored at McNary Dam" Tri-City Herald (July 18, 2003)
"PNNL close to new breast cancer test" Tri-City Herald (July 14, 2003)
"Research notebook" Oregonian (July 9, 2003) – scroll down

June 2003

"Making clouds darker sharpens cloudy climate models" Science (June 20, 2003)
"Conference touts the power of hydrogen" Seattle Times (June 17, 2003)
"NW is poised for hydrogen fuel role" Seattle PI (June 17, 2003)
"Red Planet Blues" Popular Science (June 2003)
"Nanotechnology: Thinking Big" The Scientist (June 16, 2003) – must sign up for free subscription, scroll down
"Study: Trace estrogen lowering male fish fertility" CNN.COM (June 11, 2003)
"Tracking Sticky Chemicals in Tests" Mechanical Engineering (June 2003) – scroll down
"Estrogen May Hamper Trout Reproduction" The Oregonian (June 6, 2003)
"Birth control may be harming state's salmon" Seattle PI (June 4, 2003)

May 2003

"Author of Book on Hanford's Past and Future to Speak at Borders" Yakima Herald-Republic (May 31, 2003)
"Nanoscience class one of few" Tri-City Herald (May 26, 2003)
"Hanford set to test its waste glass against Mother Nature" Tri-City Herald (May 24, 2003)
"Intellectual property control difficult" Tri-City Herald (May 24, 2003)
"George Michaels " Nature (May 22, 2003) – scroll down
"Northwest on the nano trail in search of passage to prosperity" Small Times (May 20, 2003)
"PNNL scientist wins prestigious international award for chemical research" Chemical & Engineering News (May 12, 2003) – ACS Publications Web Server that requires authorization with a User-ID and Password

April 2003

"PNNL advancing chemical testing" Tri-City Herald (April 22, 2003)
"Book explores Hanford's legacy" Tri-City Herald (April 20, 2003)
"Fuel cell convention puts focus on alternative to oil" The Olympian (April 16, 2003)
"PNNL's new director takes on lab and more" Tri-City Herald (April 1, 2003)
"Ideal Sensors for Terror Attack Don't Exist Yet" New York Times (April 1, 2003) – must sign up for free subscription
"A 3-D holographic body scanner uses ultrahigh-frequency radiowaves to illuminate non-metal weapons concealed beneath clothing" Popular Science (April, 2003)

March 2003

"Bill could create human genome lab at PNNL" Tri-City Herald (March 22, 2003)
"Their mission: Intercepting deadly cargo" New York Times (March 20, 2003) – must sign up for free subscription
"PNNL contributes to war effort" Tri-City Herald (March 18, 2003)
"Scientists seek to identify all the proteins in plasma" Science News (March 15, 2003)
"NW tool enlisted in Iraq search" Seattle Times (March 14, 2003)
"Dynamics drive rearrangement pathway" Chemical & Engineering News (March 10, 2003) – ACS Publications Web Server that requires authorization with a User-ID and Password

February 2003

"The data busters" Nature (Feb. 27, 2003)
"DNA Double Helix Anniversary" KUOW Radio (Feb. 26, 2003)
"PNNL selects new director" C&E News (Feb. 24, 2003) – ACS Publications Web Server that requires authorization with a User-ID and Password
"Research leader leaving university" Roanoke Times (Feb. 19, 2003)
"Director has big plans for PNNL" Tri-City Herald (Feb. 18, 2003)
"Virginia researcher new PNNL director" Tri-City Herald (Feb. 13, 2003)
"N. Korea diplomacy key, official says" Tri-City Herald (Feb. 5, 2003)
"PNNL receives 3 federal awards" Tri-City Herald (Feb. 4, 2003)

January 2003

"Shrink technology burgeoning" Oregonian (Jan. 29, 2003)
"Data stored in multiplying bacteria" New Scientist (Jan. 3, 2003)
"Massive shell to cover remains of Chernobyl" The Seattle Times (Jan. 3, 2003)