JUNE 24, 2025 News Release Chemists Develop Contactless System to Detect Fentanyl, Other Drugs PNNL has created and licensed a system that sniffs out trace levels of fentanyl, other drugs and explosives through the air. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 News Release 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. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 1, 2024 News Release 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. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 17, 2024 News Release 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. ( Read More )
AUGUST 6, 2024 News Release Sniff Test for Explosives Detection Extends Its Reach Scientists have developed a way to detect tiny amounts of hard-to-detect explosives more than eight feet away. ( Read More )
AUGUST 1, 2024 News Release Experiment on Photosynthesis by Scientists at PNNL Headed to the Space Station As launch time draws near, PNNL scientists are eager to explore how plants might grow in space, where the effect of gravity is substantially weaker. ( Read More )
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 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 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 )
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 )
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 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 )
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 )
JULY 16, 2021 News Release Four PNNL Researchers Named to Washington State Academy of Sciences The Washington State Academy of Sciences consists of more than 300 elected members who are nationally recognized for their scientific and technical expertise. ( Read More )