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 22, 2024 News Release ChatGrid: A New Generative AI Tool for Power Grid Visualization ChatGrid is a practical application of the Department of Energy’s exascale computing efforts and offers a new experience in easy, intuitive, and interactive data interaction. ( 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 7, 2024 News Release Accelerated Renewable Energy Deployment and Energy Storage Needed for a Resilient Power Grid in Puerto Rico Results of the PR100 study outline near- and short-term strategies for Puerto Rico to achieve a renewable power grid by 2050. ( 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 )
NOVEMBER 20, 2023 News Release Want Better AI? Get Input From a Real (Human) Expert Input from humans helps when deciding whether to trust the recommendations or decisions of a machine-learning system. ( 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 )
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 )
AUGUST 9, 2022 News Release Strengthening Puerto Rico's Power Grid EGRASS helps prepare and fortify critical structures to protect against the worst consequences of new hurricanes. ( 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 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 )
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 25, 2022 News Release How a Smart Electric Grid Will Power Our Future Reimagining the United States power grid could save consumers $50 billion a year. ( 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 )