SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 Feature In the Face of Drought, Hydropower Still Delivers Electricity Despite severe drought, a new report shows that hydropower remains a strong and steadfast contributor of renewable energy in the West. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 Staff Accomplishment PNNL Welcomes New Joint Appointees We are pleased to welcome 20 new joint appointees to PNNL. ( Read More )
AUGUST 5, 2022 Article Tackling Water Conservation at the Source Researchers studied water cycling to assess the achievability of net-zero water usage at military installations in the Pacific Islands. ( Read More )
JULY 20, 2022 Article Pricier Power, Possible Energy Outages Await Future U.S. West Coast New research simulates power demand, supply, and cost in a hotter, drier climate. ( Read More )
MAY 16, 2022 Staff Accomplishment Decoding Protein Interactions with Domain-Aware Machine Learning Parallel graph neural networks identify protein-ligand 3-D structural interactions to aid in protein function prediction and drug discovery. ( Read More )
MAY 2, 2022 Research Highlight Ion Filtering Improves Detection of Proteins in Single Cells PNNL scientists have developed a new mass spectrometry method for in-depth analysis of proteins in individual cells. ( Read More )
APRIL 26, 2022 Research Highlight New Software Enables Processing of High-Dimensional Mass Spectrometry Data Data from increasingly complex mass spectrometry instruments met with adaptable data analysis solution. ( Read More )
MARCH 21, 2022 Director's Column Advances in Renewable Energy Are Being Made by PNNL Scientists Recognizing how innovation and clean technologies at the very edge of the grid can work together to transition the electricity system, PNNL takes a multidisciplinary approach to advancing and integrating renewable energy solutions. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 15, 2022 Feature Who Says Scientists Can’t Be Funny? The scientist behind the online cartoon RedPen/BlackPen explains how humor can build bridges between scientists and the public. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 10, 2022 News Release Complicating the Opioid Epidemic: The Many Faces of Fentanyl PNNL scientists are protecting first responders and others by expanding what’s known about fentanyl, the driver of the opioid epidemic. ( Read More )
JANUARY 28, 2022 Research Highlight Urine Proteomics Reveal Acute Kidney Injury as a Result of COVID-19 Researchers characterize protein signatures that indicate Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 patients. ( Read More )
JANUARY 25, 2022 Research Highlight Pharmacokinetic Model Accurately Predicts Dose Implications of a Chemical Carcinogen Across Species Simulations reveal advantages of using new model vs. allometric scaling for risk assessment. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 21, 2021 Research Highlight 3D-Scaffold, a Deep Learning Approach to Identify Novel Molecules for Therapeutics A multi-institutional team has developed a deep learning framework to identify novel molecules as drug candidates. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 19, 2021 Feature Designing Microbe Factories for Sustainable Chemicals Scientists have devised a way to engineer yeast to produce sustainable, eco-friendly commodity chemicals using computing power as a guide. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 18, 2021 Feature New Tool To Aid Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Free, publicly available tool to help estimate value of pumped storage hydropower project services. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 17, 2021 Feature Nested Nanowells Speed Single Cell Studies The nested nanoPOTS chip is the next generation of technology developed at PNNL to prepare single cells for proteomics. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 17, 2021 News Release PNNL-Led Study Delivers Road Map of Lung Development Researchers map nearly 9,000 proteins in the human lungs, providing a clearer picture of development. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 2, 2021 News Release Cellular Quality-Control System Identified as a Culprit in Coronavirus Infection A study of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome has identified a compound that shows potential in easing the symptoms of coronavirus infections. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 Feature Preparing for a Future Pandemic with Artificial Intelligence PNNL data scientists are refining their artificial intelligence tools with COVID-19 data to advance therapeutics and treatments for a future pandemic. ( Read More )
AUGUST 19, 2021 Research Highlight Revealing the Genes that Respond to Viral Infections Hypergraphs can more faithfully identify important genes in complex immune responses. ( Read More )