MAY 9, 2024 News Release Study Shows How Night Shift Work Can Raise Risk of Diabetes, Obesity New research sheds light on the biomolecular dangers of night shift work. ( Read More )
MAY 1, 2024 News Release When Working Out, Males Are Programmed to Burn More Fat, while Females Recycle It—at Least in Rats Vigorous exercise burns fat more in males than in females, but the benefits of exercise are broad for both sexes. ( Read More )
MARCH 1, 2024 News Release PNNL Scientists Help Pinpoint Molecular Switch Active in Type-1 Diabetes Scientists have learned more about how to protect the insulin-producing cells that die in patients with Type 1 diabetes. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 8, 2024 News Release EMSL User Project Leads to Key Molecular Culprit Active in COVID-19 PNNL researchers helped identify a fragment from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that spurs severe illness. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 2, 2024 News Release Proteins Suggest a Path to Reduce Drug Resistance in a Form of Cancer Scientists have learned more about how drug resistance develops in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and how the process might be slowed. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 News Release PNNL Collaborates with Microsoft, Micron to Bring Computational Chemistry to the Masses PNNL is collaborating with Microsoft, Micron and other partners to make computational chemistry broadly available. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 News Release Researchers Create a New Window on Leading Genetic Cause of Alzheimer’s Scientists have opened a new view into the workings of the central nervous system, finding a diverse set of important molecules. ( Read More )
JUNE 29, 2023 News Release Proteins Predict Significant Step Toward Development of Diabetes Scientists have taken an important step forward in predicting who will develop Type 1 diabetes months before symptoms appear. ( Read More )
MAY 30, 2023 Director's Column Tri-Cities Researchers’ Discovery Could Mean Cheaper Bio-Based Fuel By mimicking nature, scientists make a breakthrough in breaking down wood. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 20, 2023 Director's Column PNNL Scientists Work To Understand Alzheimer’s, Degenerative Brain Disorders Exploring why some brains are more resilient to the impact of Alzheimer’s disease could lead to improved diagnoses, treatment and prevention. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 News Release Harmful Effects of Long-Term Alcohol Use Documented in Blood Protein Snapshot A detailed snapshot of proteins by PNNL scientists marks a big step toward a diagnostic blood test for a deadly form of liver disease. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 27, 2022 Director's Column From Fighting Nuclear Threats to Building Better Batteries, Tri-Cities Scientists Rocked 2022 PNNL’s contributions over the last year span scientific discovery, sustainable energy and national security. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 21, 2022 Director's Column Researchers at PNNL to Dig into Soil Returning from Space Studying how microorganisms behave in space could facilitate farming in the final frontier and lead to better crops on Earth. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 25, 2022 News Release COVID-Causing Virus in Air Detected with High-Tech Bubbles Scientists can detect the virus that causes COVID-19 by using a bubble that spills its contents like a piñata when encountering the virus. ( Read More )
AUGUST 22, 2022 Director's Column 1,200 Interns Work on Groundbreaking Science at PNNL, Calling Tri-Cities Home for Summer Interns dive into important research that addresses national needs. ( Read More )
JULY 18, 2022 News Release Washington State Academy of Sciences Adds Six PNNL Researchers The Washington State Academy of Sciences added six people from PNNL to its 2022 class of inductees. ( Read More )
JULY 14, 2022 News Release A Little Piece of Washington State Will Blast Into Space Later Today Soil and its microbial inhabitants from Washington state are heading for the International Space Station today. ( Read More )
JUNE 28, 2022 News Release COVID-19 Fattens Up Our Body’s Cells to Fuel Its Viral Takeover The virus that causes COVID-19 takes over the body’s fat-processing system and boosts cellular triglycerides as it causes disease. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 21, 2022 Director's Column PNNL Coronavirus Research Unlocks Clues for Fighting COVID-19 Studying MERS-CoV may lead to better treatments for a host of respiratory illnesses, including the many variants of COVID-19. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 15, 2022 News Release Beset in Mucus, Coronavirus Particles Likely Travel Farther Than Once Thought A study raises questions about how far droplets, like those that carry the virus that causes COVID-19, can travel before becoming harmless. ( Read More )
