PNNL has patented an accurate and portable way to detect miniscule amounts of an extremely persistent toxic chemical that accumulates in our bodies and our environment.
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 22, 2020
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Imagine that your Facebook feed poses a tantalizing puzzle. You're presented with a few fragments about a person—eye color, hair color, age, and height—and have just one minute to pick out the person's name and identity ...
Materials Science
Apr 20, 2020
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Researchers at PNNL are removing a shroud of mystery surrounding the behavior of certain metal particles in nuclear fuel. The team's findings could improve future fuel designs for more efficient and safe production of nuclear ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 17, 2020
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Mountains. Shipping containers. The surface of Mars.
Plasma Physics
Apr 13, 2020
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7
The novel coronavirus sweeping the globe packs 27 proteins, each adopting a unique, often incredibly complex 3-D structure.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 1, 2020
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13
The race toward the first practical quantum computer is in full stride. Companies, countries, collaborators, and competitors worldwide are vying for quantum supremacy. Google says it's already there. But what does that mean? ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 17, 2020
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393
A PNNL research team has discovered that atomic forces thought to be "weak" can actually exert more control than has been understood. And that new discovery, published February 25 in the journal Nature Communications, could ...
Nanophysics
Feb 26, 2020
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55
The first hours of a lithium-ion battery's life largely determine just how well it will perform. In those moments, a set of molecules self-assembles into a structure inside the battery that will affect the battery for years ...
Materials Science
Feb 5, 2020
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553
PNNL chemists, biologists, and data analysts have teamed to create one of the most in-depth portraits ever taken of protein populations across tissue sections that are vanishingly small, each tinier than a speck of dust just ...
Biotechnology
Jan 8, 2020
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56
Materials formed on vanishingly small scales are being used in medicine, electronics, manufacturing and a host of other applications. But scientists have only scratched the surface of understanding how to control building ...
Nanophysics
Dec 13, 2019
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