MAY 24, 2024 Director's Column PNNL Researchers Studying Marine-Based Global Warming Solutions Researchers are leveraging the ocean’s natural processes to advance approaches to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the ocean. ( Read More )
JULY 24, 2023 Director's Column PNNL Researchers Are Mining Minerals from the Sea for Vital Energy Independence Research Algae can collect and concentrate rare earth metals from seawater—an alternative to imported sources mined from the ground. ( Read More )
JANUARY 30, 2023 Director's Column Can the Ocean Improve Your Life, Job and Health? In Pursuit of the ‘Blue Economy’ PNNL is making waves in pursuit of a blue economy. Researchers are advancing science and technology to expand—and protect—the gifts of the sea. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 Director's Column Looking Forward From 9/11: PNNL Contributes to Homeland Security Science and engineering solutions helping keep America safe from explosive, radiological, biological and cyber threats. ( Read More )
APRIL 22, 2017 Director's Column PNNL Detecting and Preventing the Use of Chemical Weapons Like detectives looking for clues, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been working for nearly a decade on ways to identify the "fingerprints" of potential chemical threats. ( Read More )