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Powering up to solve challenges in energy storage
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryIn 2006, battery research was practically non-existent at PNNL. Today, the lab is lauded for its battery research. How did PNNL go from a new player to a leader in state-of-the-art storage for EVs and the grid?
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
Asian aerosols’ impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Published in Nature Communications, Increased Asian Aerosols Drive a Slowdown of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, identifies the role aerosols over Asia is having on the AMOC, a complex system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean.
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- Nature Communications
How much dam water is needed for fish and energy?
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryNew research identifies the most important factors in successful fish passage, pointing toward new options for flexible dam operations.
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- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
How does a river breathe?
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPNNL scientists have been studying how rivers and streams breathe. Their research focuses on respiration, organic matter, and natural disturbances that affect rivers and streams.
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- Frontiers in Water
Scientists put forth a smarter way to protect a smarter grid
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryReports and Proceedings
PNNL scientists have put forth a new approach to protect the electric grid, creating a tool that sorts and prioritizes cyber threats on the fly.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence annual meeting
ChatGrid: A new generative AI tool for power grid visualization
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryChatGrid is a practical application of the Department of Energy’s exascale computing efforts and offers a new experience in easy, intuitive, and interactive data interaction
First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists stop the motion of atoms to watch electrons move in liquid water.
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- Science
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- DOE/US Department of Energy
Proteins suggest a path to reduce drug resistance in a form of cancer
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
Scientists have learned more about how drug resistance develops in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and how the process might be slowed, thanks to a careful study of proteins and other molecular players.
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- Cell Reports Medicine
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- NIH/National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
How leafcutter ants cultivate a fungal garden to degrade plants and provide insights into future biofuels
DOE/Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPeer-Reviewed Publication
PNNL scientists developed a new method to map exactly how a fungus works with leafcutter ants in a complex microbial community to degrade plant material at the molecular level. The team’s insights are important for biofuels development.
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- Nature Chemical Biology