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Battery500 consortium to spark EV innovations

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The PNNL-led Battery500 consortium aims to significantly improve upon the batteries that power today's electric vehicles by more nearly tripling the specific energy in lithium batteries.

Funder: DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

When the going gets tough, the tough get growing

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

While relentless bright light brings many forms of cyanobacteria to their knees -- figuratively, of course -- Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 does the opposite, thriving and growing at a rate that far outpaces most of its peers. Now researchers know why: it triples in size to accommodate a rapid expansion of the cellular machinery it uses to build proteins.

Journal: mBio
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Scientists create new thin material that mimics cell membranes

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Materials scientists have created a new material that performs like a cell membrane found in nature. Such a material has long been sought for applications as varied as water purification and drug delivery. The material can assemble itself into a sheet thinner but stabler than a soap bubble, the researchers report July 12 in Nature Communications.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Department of Energy

'Dream Team' chosen to study basic science of nuclear waste

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

PNNL's 'Dream Team' has been selected to lead one of four new Energy Frontier Research Centers to accelerate scientific breakthroughs needed to support the Department of Energy's cleanup mission.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

New tool calculates emissions impacts, energy benefits from smart grid investments

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A free, web-based tool developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory estimates the emissions impacts associated for companies considering adopting various smart grid technologies.

Funder: DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability
Meeting: IEEE Power & Engineering Society

PNNL's Richard Moss to help guide new phase of US National Climate Assessment

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration opened a new chapter of the National Climate Assessment by announcing the appointment of new members to the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment. Chairing this 15-member committee will be Richard Moss, a senior scientist with the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Ovarian cancer study provides painstaking look at inner workings of tumors

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have examined the collections of proteins in the tumors of 169 ovarian cancer patients to identify critical proteins present in their tumors. The researchers say their achievement illustrates the power of combining genomic and proteomic data -- an approach known as proteogenomics -- to yield a more complete picture of the biology of a cancer that is the fifth leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States.

Journal: Cell
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

PNNL to lead regional smart manufacturing center

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been named to lead the Northwest Regional Manufacturing Center as part of the national Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute.

Funder: Department of Energy and various public/private investments

The clean dozen: 12 techs near commercial use

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

A dozen clean energy technologies that enable everything from lightweight, fuel-sipping cars to the expansion of renewable energy and cleaner fossil fuel use are getting a boost at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, thanks to $4.4 million from the Department of Energy's Technology Commercialization Fund.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

New material has potential to cut costs and make nuclear fuel recycling cleaner

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers are investigating a new material that might help in nuclear fuel recycling and waste reduction by capturing certain gases released during reprocessing more efficiently than today's technology. The metal-organic framework captures radioactive gases xenon and krypton at ambient temperature, eliminating an energy-intensive, expensive step.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/Offices of Nuclear Energy and Science

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