Volume 2, Issue 7

Editor's Note
Staff members at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory perform vital research and development in a diverse number of scientific disciplines. Many of the projects that scientists and engineers at PNNL work on result in award-winning technology that is making a difference in our world. [read more...]

Customized coating allows for enhanced water sampling
Is your drinking water safe?  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory now has an enhanced technology to tell you just how safe—or unsafe—it is.  This technology is used to coat the surface of silver-dollar-sized sampler discs used in detecting heavy metals in aqueous environments. [read more...]

PNNL preps fuel cell technology for conversion to hydrogen
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a remarkable new device which overcomes the force of gravity to perform several challenging processes with gases and liquids within microchannels. [read more...]

Universal parsing agent—more time analyzing, less time sorting
Thanks to a new Pacific Northwest National Laboratory-developed technology, countless businesses and organizations may spend less time sorting through mounds of data for “just the right” information.  The Laboratory has developed a unique approach to information extraction, transformation and delivery. [read more...]

Appliance controller "friendly" to the electricity grid
A technology developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory recently won a Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for its friendly approach to America’s electrical grid. [read more...]

Award-winning technology improves airline safety
Even though commercial air travel is one of the safest ways to travel, efforts are underway to make it even safer. [read more...]