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 15, 2024 News Release First-Ever Atomic Freeze-Frame of Liquid Water Scientists stop the motion of atoms to watch electrons move in liquid water. ( 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 )
AUGUST 3, 2023 News Release Researchers Strengthen Defenses Against Common Cyberattack Scientists have developed a better way to recognize denial-of-service internet attacks, improving detection by 90 percent. ( Read More )
JULY 5, 2023 News Release Stressed for a Bit? Then Don’t Click It, Cybersecurity Experts Advise Workers feeling a specific form of stress are more likely than others to become the victims of a phishing attack, according to a new study. ( 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 22, 2023 News Release New AI Model Aims to Plug Key Gap in Cybersecurity Readiness Researchers have knitted together three large databases of information to help cybersecurity experts detect and prevent attacks. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 23, 2023 News Release Plastic Upcycling to Close the Carbon Cycle A new method to convert waste plastic to fuel and raw materials promises to help close the carbon cycle at mild temperature and with high yield. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 16, 2023 News Release Cybersecurity Defenders Are Expanding Their AI Toolbox Scientists have taken a key step toward harnessing a form of AI known as deep reinforcement learning to protect computer networks. ( 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 )
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 )
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 )
JULY 13, 2022 News Release Longer Lasting Sodium-Ion Batteries on the Horizon A new longer-lasting sodium-ion battery design is much more durable and reliable in lab tests. After 300 charging cycles, it retained 90 percent of its charging capacity. ( 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 )