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An interview with the director

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Dr. Leonard Peters joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as director on April 1, 2003. Outgoing and affable, Peters insists that new acquaintances refer to him simply as "Len." His leadership style is similarly direct and free of pretense. We recently visited with Len to see how he is settling into his new role and to gain a better understanding of his vision for PNNL.

PNNL supercomputer achieves full operations

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is home to the United States' fastest operational unclassified supercomputer. PNNL's 11.8 teraflops industry-standard HP Integrity system came to full operating power in late August.

PNNL focuses on the hydrogen economy

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

It appears the hydrogen economy is coming, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will be helping to fuel it.

More power to the energy champ

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Mike Moran has earned national recognition for his leadership in implementing innovations that promote energy conservation, reduce energy consumption and save taxpayer money.

DOE, Battelle agree to new contract

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Scientific stretch goals are among the hallmarks of the new operating contract at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Researchers help county balance water and growth equation

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Population growth in a city or county often is a sign of health--a positive reflection of a region's economic, social, environmental and other "quality of life" features. But for many municipalities, maintaining a healthy balance between regional growth and natural resource management is increasingly difficult.

Sky-high icebergs carried boulders from the Rockies to in south-central Washington

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Geologists have uncovered a scene in the Pasco Basin west of the Columbia River in Washington state that shows how boulders piggybacked icebergs from what is now Montana and came to rest at elevations as high as 1,200 feet. There may not be anyplace else in the world where there are so many rocks that rafted in on icebergs.

Meeting: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting

LabNotes -- Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research highlights include: Nerve-gas fingerprints etched in light; replicating cellular tissues; genetic sleight-of-wing; and balancing the water and growth equation.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, King County (Wash.) Department of Natural Resources and Parks, others

Saliva spits out information on chemical exposure

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Home testing of saliva to measure personal hormone levels is gaining popularity, with dozens of companies offering do-it-yourself, mail-in test kits. Battelle scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory envision a day when it may be nearly as easy to detect chemical exposure or even nerve gas poisoning -- simply by analyzing a victim's saliva. And the results would be almost immediate.

Funder: Environmental Protection Agency, Battelle

PNNL wins record $10.2 million NIH grant for proteomics center

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has won a five-year, $10.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support a center for basic research in proteomics, PNNL announced today. It is the largest NIH grant in the Department of Energy lab's 38-year history.

Funder: National Institutes of Health