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Fuel cells help make noisy, hot generators a thing of the past

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Two core technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory -- a fuel desulfurization system and a fuel reforming system -- were instrumental in the demonstration of an electric power system operating on JP-8, a fuel commonly used in military operations.

Funder: US Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Linking cigarette smoke and obesity: What our genes and environmental factors tell us

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Identifying biomarkers for the key environmental risk factors responsible for two diseases that significantly contribute to death and disease of hundreds of thousands annually will be the initial focus of a new center being established at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. PNNL will house the Center for Novel Biomarkers of Response, made possible by a $5.9 million grant recently awarded by the National Institutes of Health’s Gene and Environment Initiative.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Pellets of power designed to deliver hydrogen for tomorrow's vehicles

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hydrogen may prove to be the fuel of the future in powering the efficient, eco-friendly fuel cell vehicles of tomorrow. Developing a method to safely store, dispense and easily "refuel" the vehicle's storage material with hydrogen has baffled researchers for years. However, a new and attractive storage medium being developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists may provide the "power of pellets" to fuel future transportation needs.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy
Meeting: American Chemical Society 234th National Meeting

Computational actinide chemistry: Are we there yet?

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ever since the Manhattan project in World War II, actinide chemistry has been essential for nuclear science and technology. Yet scientists still seek the ability to interpret and predict chemical and physical properties of actinide compounds and materials using first principle theory. Computational actinide chemistry may bring that goal closer to achievement.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy
Meeting: American Chemical Society 234th National Meeting

Truly sick or simply scared?

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered a way to increase the sensitivity of test strips that will enable creation of a portable biosensor that can address a major concern associated with incidents involving chemical or nerve agents -- the need to quickly distinguish between individuals who have been exposed and the "worried well."

Funder: National Institutes of Health
Meeting: American Chemical Society 234th National Meeting

What, oh, what are those actinides doing?

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are uniting theory, computation and experiment to discover exactly how heavy elements, such as uranium and technetium, interact in their environment.

Meeting: American Chemical Society 234th National Meeting

What's the backscatter of your beer?

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

An acoustic technology developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory eliminates the need for laborious and costly sampling of slurries in large containers. Fermentation-based industries, such as beer and pharmaceuticals, could benefit from the technology's noninvasive, continuous and objective "listening" technique in tracking microbial growth through the different process phases. The lab's patented technique is novel in its fusion of information extracted from both acoustic backscatter and transit measurements, including velocity, amplitude and frequency data.

Surplus electricity could 'fill up' plug-in vehicles

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Plug in your car. Unplug foreign oil, greenhouse gases and other emissions that contribute to urban smog.

Brain 3D mapping to combat neurodegenerative disease

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Wanda felt a jolt of frustration run through her when her husband forgot to meet her at the clubhouse after their round of golf. How many times had this happened lately? It was becoming an embarrassment.

Discovering the details of dissolution

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Ions in a liquid are like celebrities at a movie opening -- surrounded by fans who jostle each other to get as close as the velvet ropes around the red carpet will allow. So it is with ions in water or other liquids or solvents.

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