News By Location

3-Mar-2022

How triple-pane windows stop energy (and money) from flying out the window

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Next generation triple-pane windows provide builders with lower cost options and help homeowners conserve energy, reduce noise, and lower home energy bills.

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DOE/US Department of Energy

1-Mar-2022

Surprising semiconductor properties revealed with innovative new method

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Semiconductor experiments reveal a surprising new source of conductivity from oxygen atoms trapped inside the material.

Journal

Physical Review Materials

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DOE/US Department of Energy

21-Feb-2022

Exploring underground ecosystems

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists discover new soil viruses across different climates.

Journal

mBio

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DOE/US Department of Energy

15-Feb-2022

Beset in mucus, Coronavirus particles likely travel farther than once thought

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A modeling study raises questions about how far droplets, like those that carry the virus that causes COVID-19, can travel before becoming harmless.

Journal

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

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U.S. Department of Energy

11-Feb-2022

Complicating the opioid epidemic: the many faces of Fentanyl

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists are protecting first responders and others by expanding what’s known about fentanyl, the driver of the opioid epidemic. They’re expanding the library of known fentanyl analogs and predicting new forms that might exist someday.

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2-Feb-2022

The path to renewable fuel just got easier

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Carbon-neutral waste-to-fuel flow cell process generates its own energy

Journal

Applied Catalysis

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DOE/US Department of Energy

31-Jan-2022

Why we need hydropower for a resilient grid

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new PNNL study quantifies hydropower's contribution to grid stability. When other power sources go out, hydropower can ramp up, recoup shortfalls, and stabilize the grid nearly instantaneously.

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DOE/US Department of Energy

25-Jan-2022

How a smart electric grid will power our future

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Reports and Proceedings

Reimagining the United States power grid could save consumers $50 billion a year

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DOE/US Department of Energy

20-Jan-2022

The value of wind energy

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Two PNNL studies that describe the potential value of offshore wind off the Oregon Coast and distributed wind in Alaska were published in the journal Energies.

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DOE/US Department of Energy

11-Jan-2022

Using ion soft landing to solve hard energy problems

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

In adjoining Energy Sciences Center laboratories, researchers develop better energy storage devices by understanding the fundamental reactions that form interfaces.