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Wax, soap clean up obstacles to better batteries

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A little wax and soap can help build electrodes for cheaper lithium ion batteries, according to a study in Aug. 11 issue of Nano Letters. The one-step method will allow battery developers to explore lower-priced alternatives to the lithium ion-metal oxide batteries currently on the market.

Journal: Nano Letters
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Rain contributes to cycling patterns of clouds

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Like shifting sand dunes, some clouds disappear in one place and reappear in another. New work this week in Nature shows why: Air movement due to rain forms patterns in low clouds that remain cohesive structures even while appearing to shift about the sky, due to a principle called self-organization. These clouds cover much of the open ocean. Understanding how their patterns evolve will eventually help scientists build better models for predicting climate change.

Journal: Nature
Funder: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Charcoal takes some heat off global warming

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As much as 12 percent of the world's human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could be sustainably offset by producing biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from plants and other organic materials. That's more than what could be offset if the same plants and materials were burned to generate energy, concludes a study published today in the journal Nature Communications.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: US Deparmtent of Energy, Natural Environment Research Council, VenEarth Group LLC, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, US Department of Agriculture, Economic and Social Research Council

PNNL scientists win 4 R&D 100 awards for environment, biology, security technologies

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Technologies that enhance threat and radiation detection, life sciences research and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels received recognition for their innovation today. R&D Magazine honored four advancements developed by researchers at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with its annual R&D 100 awards.

Atmospheric scientists start monthlong air sampling campaign

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More than 60 scientists from a dozen institutions have converged on this urban area to study how tiny particles called aerosols affect the climate. Sending airplanes and weather balloons outfitted with instruments up, the team will be sampling aerosols from June 2-28. Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., will be leading the monthlong study, coordinating air and ground operations at three sites in the Central Valley.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Precise trace gas analysis, without the noise

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Analyzing trace gases is very small concentrations is more precise with the help of low-noise current controllers developed by PNNL staff. The technology has been licensed to Wavelength Electronics.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Silica cages help anti-cancer antibodies kill tumors in mice

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Packaging anti-cancer drugs into particles of chemically modified silica improve the drugs' ability to fight skin cancer in mice, according to new research. Results published May 3 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society online show the honeycombed particles can help anti-cancer antibodies prevent tumor growth and prolong the lives of mice.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences, Washington Research Foundation, National Institutes of Health

Health check for Hellfire missiles: Auto-doc onboard

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A new on-board missile health-monitoring device is providing troops in the Middle East an added measure of assurance that the Army's Hellfire II missiles will perform without failure. This marks the Army's first-ever deployment of missiles that features a device to constantly monitor the weapon's battlefield readiness.

Funder: US Army's Redstone Arsenal

New insights show promise for emissions capture, storage

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

At 9th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Researchers from PNNL will discuss results from several lines of work: an assessment of where and when carbon capture and storage technology might be deployed within the US and internationally and at what cost, the significant potential for CCS in China, and how an old pollution-control technology can be used today to separate carbon dioxide from flue gas emissions.

Meeting: Ninth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration

PNNL's Posakony honored with AAES 2009 John Fritz Medal

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Jerry Posakony, scientist at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been honored by the American Association of Engineering Societies for his pioneering contributions to the fields of ultrasonics, medical diagnostic ultrasound and nondestructive evaluation technologies.

Meeting: American Association of Engineering Societies

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