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Photograph shows Tong Zhang on the left, looking into the camera, with laboratory equipment behind him and to the right.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2025

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Scientists Probe Powerful Molecular Messaging System That Goes Beyond DNA

Researchers are uncovering the secrets of a fast-acting molecular messaging network that helps determine how the genetic code plays out.

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APRIL 30, 2025

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PNNL Hosts Inaugural Conference on Predictive Phenomics

PNNL is hosting a scientific conference focused directly on understanding and predicting the collection of an organism’s traits.

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APRIL 8, 2025

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Disturbed Sleep Cycle Propels Cyanobacteria Into Surprising Burst of Productivity

Circadian rhythms of blue-green microbes offer new window into predictive phenomics—how to predict and control the traits of an organism.

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Illustration shows blue hydrangeas on the left and pink hydrangeas on the right,. The colors are the result of the pH of the soil.

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

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Beyond DNA: How Environments Influence Biology to Make Things Happen

This week at AAAS, PNNL scientists discuss phenomics and the factors that influence DNA instructions to bring about the world around us.

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This graphic shows the words, "fentanyl, nitazenes, opioids," on a graphic that shows chemical structures as well as pills.

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

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Researchers Develop High-Tech Methods to Stem the Flow of Fentanyl

Scientists are developing ways to detect previously unseen forms of fentanyl as well as other synthetic opioids known as nitazenes.

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Emily Graham collecting soil as part of her work studying microbes in the soil.

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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Soils from Six Continents Add Up to Largest Database of Viruses Beneath Our Feet

Scientists plumbed the depths of nearly 3,000 soil samples from around the globe to compile the heftiest atlas of soil viruses ever created.

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JULY 23, 2024

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PNNL Scientists Tap Nation’s Fastest Computers to Explore Critical Science Questions

Researchers will explore climate, pathogens and energy-efficient microelectronics using 3 million node hours on the nation’s supercomputers.

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MAY 9, 2024

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Study Shows How Night Shift Work Can Raise Risk of Diabetes, Obesity

New research sheds light on the biomolecular dangers of night shift work.

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MAY 1, 2024

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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.

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MARCH 1, 2024

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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.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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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.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

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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.

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JUNE 29, 2023

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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.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

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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.

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

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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.

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JULY 18, 2022

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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.

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JULY 14, 2022

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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.

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JUNE 28, 2022

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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.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

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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.

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