@gregkollerNEWS

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 Tri-Cities, Washington
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A promotional poster for the research vessel (RV) Resilience, featuring the ship on a body of water with a large, snow-capped mountain in the background under a clear blue sky. Text on the image reads: "Sustainable Marine Research Will Never Be The Same," "THE RV RESILIENCE," and includes logos and mentions of PNNL-Sequim, the Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, and Snow & Company, Inc.

ALT A promotional poster for the research vessel (RV) Resilience, featuring the ship on a body of water with a large, snow-capped mountain in the background under a clear blue sky. Text on the image reads: "Sustainable Marine Research Will Never Be The Same," "THE RV RESILIENCE," and includes logos and mentions of PNNL-Sequim, the Department of Energy, the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, and Snow & Company, Inc.

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(PNNL researchers) are exploring how they can bring economic opportunities to coastal communities while simultaneously reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. – @PNNLab Director Steven Ashby pnnl.gov/news-media/pnnl-res…

PNNL Researchers Studying Marine-Based Global Warming Solutions

Researchers are leveraging the ocean’s natural processes to advance approaches to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in the ocean.

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“This is an important step in understanding seabird behavior at the height of offshore wind turbines on the West Coast.” – Shari Matzner, @PNNLab computer scientist at PNNL pnnl.gov/news-media/west-coa…

West Coast Seabird Study Shows How They Might One Day Share the Air with Wind Turbines

In a study off the West Coast, researchers find that although seabirds generally soar underneath the height of possible future wind turbine blades, more work is being done to fully understand seabird...

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“Peptoids have the potential to be used in a variety of applications....It’s possible to design peptoids as drug delivery agents or artificial light-harvesting systems.” – @PNNLab materials scientist, Chun-Long Chen pnnl.gov/news-media/designer…

Designer Peptoids Mimic Nature’s Helices

PNNL researchers learn to control peptoid “handedness,” one key to precision drug delivery and diagnostics.

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“Our work provides a very stark and visible reminder of groundwater’s finite nature, given how similar our projected groundwater patterns are to other resources that are in the process of being exhausted.” - Earth scientist Tom Wild, @PNNLab pnnl.gov/news-media/peak-wat…

Peak Water: Do We Have Enough Groundwater to Meet Future Need?

A new study suggests accessing groundwater in key regions could become prohibitively expensive as lower-cost stores are used up.

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“We’re not talking about intensification out in the middle of the ocean. We’re talking about it happening right at the coastline, where it matters most.” - @PNNLab’s climate scientist Karthik Balaguru pnnl.gov/news-media/coastal-…

Coastal Hurricanes Around the World are Intensifying Faster

New work finds hurricanes are intensifying faster close to the coast—a trend that’s likely to ramp up in a warmer world.

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“These findings help set the landscape to understand disease risk and establish a basis for more personalized and targeted health interventions.” - @PNNLab’s Gina Many. @DukeU pnnl.gov/news-media/when-wor…

When Working Out, Males Are Programmed to Burn More Fat, while Females Recycle It—at Least in Rats

Vigorous exercise burns fat more in males than in females, but the benefits of exercise are broad for both sexes.

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“Carbon should be seen as a valuable commodity that must be conserved and reused.” – @PNNLab’s Wendy Shaw. pnnl.gov/news-media/roadmap-…

Roadmap to Close the Carbon Cycle

Reaching net-zero carbon emissions goals requires finding transformative paths to manage carbon in difficult-to-electrify economic sectors.

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“Our journey toward delivering results in hours or days that would have previously taken months or years has just begun, but the prospects are exciting.” – @PNNLab Director Steven Ashby pnnl.gov/news-media/scientis…

Scientists at PNNL Explore How AI Can Help Transform Research

A breakthrough in electron microscopy based on deep learning can automatically visualize and identify areas of interest, helping to speed advances in materials science.

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“We expect this approach to be broadly relevant to chemical separations from complex feed streams and diverse chemistries—enabling more sustainable materials extraction and processing.” - @PNNLab material scientist Elias Nakouzi pnnl.gov/news-media/critical…

Critical Minerals Recovery from Electronic Waste

A nontoxic separation process recovers critical minerals from electronic scrap waste.

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“An increase in food prices affects people much differently if they make $10,000 a year compared to $100,000 a year.” - @PNNLab’s Stephanie Waldhoff pnnl.gov/news-media/beyond-h…
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“Depending on what state you live in, selling excess electricity production back to the utility could help recover the cost of solar panels and energy storage systems over time.” @PNNLab’s Jessica Kerby pnnl.gov/news-media/consumer…

A Consumer’s Guide to Rooftop Solar and Home Energy Storage

If you’re not sure whether rooftop solar panels and battery energy storage systems are right for you, start with this new guide from PNNL researchers.

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“We’re really excited about the new solvent design possibilities this opens up.” @PNNLab chemist David Heldebrant. pnnl.gov/news-media/finding-…

Finding New Chemistry to Capture Double the Carbon

A new look at a carbon capture solvent shows clusters and new types of carbon dioxide chemistry that could double carbon conversion.

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Exploring the emerging frontiers of AI 👩‍💻 Court Corley, Chief Scientist for AI, explains why we’re focusing our artificial intelligence efforts like never before. #AIatPNNL
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“This gets us into the realm of things that can go in real buildings and real cars,” - Scott Whalen, co-developer of ShAPE and chief materials scientist @PNNLab pnnl.gov/news-media/next-gen…

Next-Generation ShAPE™ Metal Extrusion Arrives

The next-generation ShAPE machine has arrived at PNNL, where it will help prove the mettle of the ShAPE extrusion technique. ShAPE 2 is designed to allow researchers to produce larger, more complex...

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“Floating offshore wind, especially for the West Coast, is one of many approaches needed to decarbonize our energy system and combat climate change.” – @PNNLab Director Steven Ashby pnnl.gov/news-media/pnnl-sci…
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“We are motivated to develop battery materials that are Earth-abundant and can be sourced domestically.” - @PNNLab’s Guosheng Li pnnl.gov/news-media/new-all-…

New All-Liquid Iron Flow Battery for Grid Energy Storage

A new iron-based aqueous flow battery shows promise for grid energy storage applications.

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“Understanding how the Asian aerosols can have an impact 12,000 miles downstream, that finding made this research novel. It was something we didn’t know before. The climate is full of surprises!” - @PNNLab’s Jian Lu pnnl.gov/news-media/asian-ae…

Asian Aerosols’ Impact on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

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...

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“We found that fish activity, swimming ability, and time of day all play a role in fish passage, often more so than spill levels alone,” - @PNNLab Earth Scientist Ryan Harnish. pnnl.gov/news-media/how-much…

How Much Dam Water is Needed for Fish and Energy?

New research identifies the most important factors in successful fish passage, pointing toward new options for flexible dam operations.

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“It’s important to deal with today’s problems, but let’s think about tomorrow’s challenges. We need to plan down the line as more smart devices like batteries, inverters, generators and hybrid cars are connected to the grid,” @PNNLab's Sumit Purohit pnnl.gov/news-media/scientis…

Scientists Put Forth a Smarter Way to Protect a Smarter Grid

PNNL scientists have put forth a new approach to protect the electric grid, creating an approach that sorts and prioritizes cyber threats on the fly.

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