Rice serves as the staple food for more than half of the world's population, but it's also the one of the largest manmade sources of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Now, with the addition of a single gene, rice can be cultivated to …
How clouds form and how they help set the temperature of the earth are two of the big remaining questions in climate research. Now, a study of clouds over the world's remotest ocean shows that ocean life is responsible for up to half the cloud droplets …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been tapped as one of five national laboratories to lead the Department of Energy's new Small Business Vouchers Pilot. SBV will help small clean energy firms get technology assistance from world class …
Smart meters, automated control of power distribution and other intelligent energy technologies can improve energy efficiency and possibly reduce power costs, according to the final results of a comprehensive, five-year regional smart grid pilot project. …
Despite decades of industrial use, the exact chemical transformations occurring within zeolites, a common material used in the conversion of oil to gasoline, remain poorly understood. Now scientists have found a way to locate-with atomic precision-spots …
A team consisting of DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle, Delta High School and the Washington Mathematics Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) program has been selected to receive the inaugural "Partners for Progress and …
Cultured human lung cells infected with a benign version of anthrax spores have yielded insights into how anthrax grows and spreads in exposed people. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology, will help provide credible data for human …
Paula Linnen, who has held key leadership roles at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory over the past two decades, has been named director of External Relations at the Department of Energy laboratory, starting July 1. In her new role, Linnen will lead …
A materials scientist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been elected to the rank of Fellow in the American Ceramics Society. Ram Devanathan is one of 15 society members selected for the honor this year. His …
Douglas Ray, who has overseen unprecedented growth of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's fundamental science research portfolio over the past decade, has been named to lead a new office that will identify and create strategic partnering …
AWB presented its 2015 Environmental Excellence and Leadership awards and top leadership awards Tuesday at the two-day Spring Meeting held in Spokane at the Davenport Hotel. At Tuesday's luncheon, Jim Bruce, senior vice president for public affairs, …
Researchers have demonstrated a new process for the expanded use of lightweight aluminum in cars and trucks at the speed, scale, quality and consistency required by the auto industry. The process reduces production time and costs while yielding strong and …
Three scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been selected to receive 2015 Early Career Research Program research grants. The trio were among just 44 recipients nationwide — including 17 at national …
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon, are joining forces to answer some of the world's most complex biomedical questions. Through a memorandum of …
Jud Virden, director of energy and environment research at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will testify on energy storage research before a subcommittee of the U.S House of Representatives. He will testify as part of …
A year before Albert Einstein came up with the special theory of relativity, or E=mc2, physicists predicted the existence of something else: cyclotron radiation. Scientists predicted this radiation to be given off by electrons whirling around in a circle …
More American homes could be powered by the earth's natural underground heat with a new, nontoxic and potentially recyclable liquid that is expected to use half as much water as other fluids used to tap into otherwise unreachable geothermal hot spots …
An eruption of lithium at the tip of a battery's electrode, cracks in the electrode's body, and a coat forming on the electrode's surface reveal how recharging a battery many times leads to its demise. Using a powerful microscope to watch …
A suite of analytical innovations used to detect and measure very low levels of compounds and elements for environmental, national security and health applications has topped $10 million in licensing income for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and its …
Tropical forests store 50 percent of carbon found on land in Earth's carbon budget. Forests store this carbon out of the atmosphere, where it would otherwise exist in the form of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas on the rise due to fossil fuel burning …
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