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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 18-Sep-2025 05:11 ET (18-Sep-2025 09:11 GMT/UTC)

7-Sep-2021

Remembering 9/11: A Legacy of Homeland Security

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL commemorates 9/11 and reflects on the 20 years of science and technology produced since to protect against threats and make America safer.

3-Sep-2021

Riveting technology enables lightweight magnesium fasteners for fuel efficiency

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Rotational Hammer Riveting, developed by PNNL, joins dissimilar materials quickly without preheating rivets. The friction-based riveting enables use of lightweight magnesium rivets and also works on aluminum and speeds manufacturing.

Journal: Journal of Magnesium and Alloys

30-Aug-2021

Well, this is cool: PNNL's Bruce Kay is a supercooled water expert

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Bruce Kay is an international authority on how water, and whose research examines how fast reactions occur between molecules and surfaces and also how they convert from solid to liquid to gas. His research provides an example of the collaboration and research that will take places in PNNL's new Energy Sciences Center.

30-Aug-2021

Steering the future of spent nuclear fuel

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A PNNL report reflects nearly 10 years of dedication bringing together experts, including local communities and tribes, to effectively plan for the safe and uneventful removal of radioactive waste from nuclear power plant sites.

18-Aug-2021

To reduce vehicle pollution, a single atom can do the work of several

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A discovery from PNNL and Washington State University could help reduce the amount of expensive material needed to treat vehicle exhaust by making the most of every precious atom.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

4-Aug-2021

Green diesel for the road ahead

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new report led by PNNL identifies the top 13 most promising waste- and biomass-derived diesel blendstocks for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, other pollutants, and overall system costs.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

4-Aug-2021

A call to rethink electricity measurement

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researcher's proposed overhaul of outdated electricity measurements could mean fewer blackouts, better automation, and more clean energy resources.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

2-Aug-2021

Waste to energy: Biofuel from kelp harvesting and fish

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Using existing fish processing plants, kelp and fish waste can be converted to a diesel-like fuel to power generators or fishing boats in remote, coastal Alaska.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

29-Jul-2021

Fungus that tastes just right

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers are forming a clearer picture of how plant matter is transformed in the microbial gardens created by leaf-cutter ants.

Funder: Department of Agriculture, DOE/US Department of Energy, NIH/National Institutes of Health

27-Jul-2021

Bottling clean energy in chemical bonds

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Of the various methods to store renewable energy, one stands out for holding onto energy for months at a time: storing energy in the chemical bonds of molecules such as hydrogen.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy