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NOVEMBER 13, 2019
Feature

Let There Be (Acceptable) Light

Advancements such as LEDs have changed consumers’ experience with lighting. Whereas there was once a simple choice of how much light a consumer desired, there’s now a variety of choices to be made about the appearance of light.
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
Feature

Magnesium Takes ShAPE™

Two forms of magnesium material were processed into tubing using PNNL’s Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion™ technology. Both materials were found to have quite similar and improved properties—even though they began vastly different.
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Research Highlight

Tracing the Impact of Atmospheric Rivers on Land

Researchers quantified the land surface water and energy budget responses to AR and non-AR induced precipitation by evaluating a 35-year regional climate simulation at 6 km grid spacing of the hydroclimate in the western United States.
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Feature

The World’s Energy Storage Powerhouse

Pumped-storage hydropower offers the most cost-effective storage option for shifting large volumes of energy. A PNNL-led team wrote a report comparing cost and performance factors for 10 storage technologies.