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MAY 13, 2025
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Modeling the Future of Airport Security

PNNL's ASSORT model will help airports balance passenger screening and security risks with throughput. It also quantifies risks for different traveler types and optimizes checkpoint operations, improving efficiency while enhancing safety.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
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Exploring the Future of Aviation Security

At the 2024 Aviation Futures Workshop, researchers from PNNL joined other subject matter experts and representatives from the stakeholder community in reimagining the passenger experience.
JANUARY 24, 2022
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X Marks the Spot; So Does UBID

PNNL researchers develop software that uses geographical data to build a free, open-source grid reference system to provide a precise system to locate structures.
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
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Keeping America Safe: Rebecca Erikson

In a new video series, PNNL is highlighting six scientific and technical experts in the national security domain throughout the fall. Each was promoted to scientist and engineer Level 5, one of PNNL’s most senior research roles.
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
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Glowing Progress in Pathogen Discovery

Researchers at PNNL have developed a bacteria testing system called OmniScreen that combines biological and synthetic chemistry with machine learning to hunt down pathogens before they strike.
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
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Conquering Peak Power

PNNL’s Intelligent Load Control technology manages and adjusts electricity use in buildings when there’s peak demand on the power grid.
JULY 17, 2019
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Keeping First Responders Safe

When two powerful earthquakes rocked southern California earlier this month, officials’ attention focused, understandably, on safety. How many people were injured? Were buildings up to code? How good are we at predicting earthquakes?