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Climate-friendly rice recognized as a top science development of 2015

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The creation of a new kind of rice which gives off nearly zero greenhouse gas emissions during its growth has earned kudos for a team of scientists from three continents, including the lead investigator at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The new kind of rice grows in a manner that nearly eliminates the production of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Funder: Swedish Research Council for Environment, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Carl Tryggers' Foundation, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists win 5 R&D 100 awards

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Technologies that impact cyber security, increase our ability to detect trace amounts of chemicals, convert sewage into fuel, view energy processes under real-world conditions and forecast future electric needs are among the newest R&D 100 award winners.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, and others

Microbes map path toward renewable energy future

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the quest for renewable fuels, scientists are taking lessons from a humble bacterium that fills our oceans and covers moist surfaces the world over. Cyanothece 51142, a type of bacteria also called blue-green algae, produces hydrogen in robust fashion, and scientists have found that it taps into an unexpected source of energy to do so.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

PNNL researchers part of 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Hot on the tail of this year's Nobel prize in physics, another prize came to the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Collaboration -- the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. The honor went to researchers -- six of whom are now at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory -- 'for the fundamental discovery of neutrino oscillations, revealing a new frontier beyond, and possibly far beyond, the standard model of particle physics.'

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

PNNL chemist elected president-elect of American Chemical Society

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Allison Campbell, a chemist and director of a large research directorate at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been voted 2016 president-elect of the American Chemical Society -- the world's largest scientific society.

Test bed advances Washington state as hotbed of energy innovation

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Washington State University and the University of Washington are teaming develop and test transaction-based controls where buildings and equipment 'speak' to each other to better manage energy use to save energy, money and be responsive to the needs of the power grid.

Funder: DOE's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, US Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Buildings Technology Office, Washington State Department of Commerce

The silent treatment: EMSL's quiet wing

DOE/Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Scientists are advancing the understanding of biological and environmental systems by conducting at least part of their research in EMSL's Quiet Wing, one of the most advanced quiet laboratories in the world for high-resolution imaging capabilities. Scientists are using this facility for a wide range of research areas, including: to study bacteria in complex soil aggregates, to understand the behavior of a unique multicopper oxidase and to explore remediation methods using porous clay.

National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center taps PNNL

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

PNNL's data analytics capabilities and advanced computer modeling capabilities will support the Department of Homeland Security's National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center.

Funder: US Department of Homeland Security

California 2100: More frequent and more severe droughts and floods likely

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study published in Nature Communications suggests that the weather patterns known as El Nino and La Nina could lead to at least a doubling of extreme droughts and floods in California later this century.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Department of Energy

Arizona State University & PNNL sign agreement to develop solutions to global challenges

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A new memorandum of understanding between PNNL and Arizona State University formalizes the institutions' research collaboration on topics involving energy security, climate science and sustainability, and other aspects of global security.

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