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List of Releases for 2015

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Tri-Cities firm awarded contract to construct new PNNL office building

News Release • Tue, Dec 22, 2015
New flow battery offers lower-cost energy storage

News Release • Mon, Dec 21, 2015
Six PNNL scientists among select group of highly cited authors

News Release • Fri, Dec 18, 2015
Enlisting distributed energy devices to balance the power grid

News Release • Tue, Dec 15, 2015
Physics World names neutrino work one of the top ten breakthroughs of 2015

News Release • Fri, Dec 11, 2015
PNNL scientist elected AAAS Fellow

News Release • Tue, Dec 01, 2015
Can Paris pledges avert severe climate change?

News Release • Thu, Nov 26, 2015
Scientists refrigerate water...with lasers! (Issued by University of Washington)

News Release • Wed, Nov 25, 2015
Three new technologies to make energy cleaner, more efficient

News Release • Tue, Nov 24, 2015
Climate-friendly rice recognized as a top science development of 2015

News Release • Tue, Nov 24, 2015
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists win five R&D 100 awards

News Release • Mon, Nov 16, 2015
New genetic tools to dig into marine microorganisms

News Release • Fri, Nov 13, 2015
Microbes map path toward renewable energy future

News Release • Tue, Nov 10, 2015
PNNL researchers part of 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

News Release • Tue, Nov 10, 2015
PNNL scientist elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

News Release • Fri, Nov 06, 2015
PNNL chemist elected president-elect of American Chemical Society

News Release • Tue, Nov 03, 2015
Test bed advances Washington state as hotbed of energy innovation

News Release • Fri, Oct 30, 2015
National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center taps PNNL

News Release • Mon, Oct 26, 2015
California 2100: More frequent and more severe droughts and floods likely

News Release • Wed, Oct 21, 2015
PNNL scientist elected Fellow of ASM International

News Release • Thu, Oct 01, 2015
Arizona State University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory sign agreement to develop solutions to global challenges

News Release • Wed, Sep 30, 2015
Small businesses invited to participate in DOE national lab vouchers pilot

News Release • Wed, Sep 23, 2015
PNNL researcher recognized with chemical separations award

News Release • Tue, Sep 15, 2015
Sandia's Young named deputy director at PNNL

News Release • Mon, Sep 14, 2015
PNNL to tackle future grid challenges through new facility, capabilities

News Release • Wed, Aug 19, 2015
Energy in chemical bonds and the plant-pollution connection

News Release • Mon, Aug 17, 2015
New insight on how crystals form may advance materials, health and basic science research

News Release • Fri, Jul 31, 2015
Two PNNL atmospheric scientists elected Fellows of the American Geophysical Union

News Release • Thu, Jul 30, 2015
Playing 'tag' with pollution lets scientists see who's It

News Release • Wed, Jul 29, 2015
Power grid forecasting tool reduces costly errors

News Release • Wed, Jul 29, 2015
Tiny grains of rice hold big promise for greenhouse gas reductions, bioenergy

News Release • Tue, Jul 28, 2015
Three PNNL staff elected to membership in state academy

News Release • Wed, Jul 22, 2015
How clouds get their brightness

News Release • Fri, Jul 17, 2015
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to help small "green" businesses

News Release • Fri, Jul 10, 2015
Smart stuff: IQ of Northwest power grid raised, energy saved (Issued by Battelle)

News Release • Thu, Jul 09, 2015
Aluminum clusters shut down molecular fuel factory

News Release • Mon, Jul 06, 2015
PNNL and partners selected to receive collaboration award from American Chemical Society

News Release • Tue, Jun 23, 2015
How anthrax spores grow in cultured human tissues

News Release • Mon, Jun 22, 2015
Linnen to lead external relations at PNNL

News Release • Thu, Jun 18, 2015
PNNL scientist elected Fellow in the American Ceramic Society

News Release • Wed, Jun 17, 2015
Ray named director of strategic partnerships at PNNL

News Release • Mon, Jun 01, 2015
AWB presents Environmental Excellence, Leadership awards (Issued by Association of Washington Business)

News Release • Fri, May 15, 2015
Out with heavy metal

News Release • Mon, May 11, 2015
Three PNNL scientists receive DOE Early Career Research Program awards, research funding

News Release • Wed, May 06, 2015
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oregon Health & Science University team up to accelerate biomedical discovery

News Release • Wed, May 06, 2015
Energy expert discusses grid batteries with U.S. House

News Release • Thu, Apr 30, 2015
Chirping electrons: Cyclotron radiation from single electrons measured directly for first time

News Release • Tue, Apr 28, 2015
Packing heat: New fluid makes untapped geothermal energy cleaner

News Release • Wed, Apr 15, 2015
Erupting electrodes: how recharging leaves behind microscopic debris inside batteries

News Release • Thu, Apr 09, 2015
Analytical innovations bring $10 million back to national laboratory, Battelle

News Release • Thu, Apr 02, 2015
$100 Million, 10-year Research Project to Study How Tropical Forests Respond to Climate Change (Issued by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

News Release • Wed, Apr 01, 2015
Smart grid demo accomplishments, next steps at April 1 symposium (Issued by Battelle)

News Release • Wed, Mar 25, 2015
PNNL team wins American Chemical Society award

News Release • Tue, Mar 24, 2015
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to build new chemistry facility

News Release • Thu, Mar 19, 2015
Dr. Steven Ashby Named Director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Issued by Battelle)

News Release • Wed, Mar 11, 2015
Senators Murray, Cantwell Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of PNNL (Issued by U.S. Senators Patty Murray & Maria Cantwell)

News Release • Mon, Mar 09, 2015
The climate is starting to change faster

News Release • Mon, Mar 09, 2015
Big box stores could ditch the grid, use natural gas fuel cells instead

News Release • Wed, Mar 04, 2015
Permafrost's turn of the microbes

News Release • Wed, Mar 04, 2015
New flow battery to keep big cities lit, green & safe

News Release • Wed, Feb 25, 2015
Dendrite eraser: New electrolyte rids batteries of short-circuiting fibers

News Release • Tue, Feb 24, 2015
PNNL recognized for moving biofuel, chemical analysis innovations to market

News Release • Fri, Jan 30, 2015
Tracking fish easier, quicker, safer with new injectable device

News Release • Thu, Jan 29, 2015
Man trumps dog: Earlier assumption about BPA exposure confirmed

News Release • Tue, Jan 27, 2015
How ionic: Scaffolding is in charge of calcium carbonate crystals

News Release • Mon, Jan 26, 2015
Aerosols, Atmospheric Rivers, and California Reservoirs (Issued by Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

News Release • Fri, Jan 16, 2015
Three PNNL scientists selected as American Physical Society Fellows

News Release • Thu, Jan 15, 2015
First responders get mobile app for biodetection

News Release • Thu, Jan 08, 2015
Hot showers, lower power bills with heat pump water heaters

News Release • Tue, Jan 06, 2015

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