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Climate Cycles Create California Precipitation Uncertainty

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

What’s at the heart of California’s uncertain future precipitation? New study finds natural cycles are likely cause.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy
Meeting: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021

It’s phase 2 for the Battery500 consortium

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The Battery500 Consortium, led by PNNL, has been awarded $75 million for advancing battery technologies over the next five years.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Are microgrids a key to grid resiliency?

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

With an eye on renewable, accessible, and resilient power, PNNL researchers show hyper-local microgrids are a viable option, if designed with the right mix of sources.

Seeking to reduce carbon footprint with foot on two continents

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Johannes Lercher, Battelle Fellow and director of the PNNL Institute for Integrated Catalysis, envisions energy storage solutions at the new Energy Sciences Center.

Designing microbe factories for sustainable chemicals

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists have devised a way to engineer yeast to produce sustainable, eco-friendly commodity chemicals using computing power as a guide.

Nested nanowells speed single cell studies

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The nested nanoPOTS chip is the next generation of technology developed at PNNL to prepare single cells for proteomics.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

Synthesizing nanomaterials from nature’s blueprints

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Molecular self-assembly expert Chun-Long Chen describes the challenges and opportunities in bio-inspired nanomaterials in a special issue of Chemical Reviews.

Journal: Chemical Reviews
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

Probing how microbiomes affect our health

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Customized molecular tools identify specific microbial functions that are key to healthy people and environments.

Energy secretary, Washington governor dedicate energy sciences center at PNNL

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Fundamental research conducted at the $90-million research facility will help the nation meet its clean energy goals.

Not so basic: Advances in pH and phosphate monitoring enhance safety in nuclear fuel recycling

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Two PNNL interns are behind recent innovation in real-time testing and continuous monitoring for pH and the concentration of chemicals of interest in chemical solutions; outcomes have applicability not only to nuclear, but to industries.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

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