AUGUST 6, 2024 News Release Sniff Test for Explosives Detection Extends Its Reach Scientists have developed a way to detect tiny amounts of hard-to-detect explosives more than eight feet away. ( Read More )
MAY 1, 2024 News Release 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. ( Read More )
MARCH 1, 2024 News Release PNNL Scientists Help Pinpoint Molecular Switch Active in Type-1 Diabetes Scientists have learned more about how to protect the insulin-producing cells that die in patients with Type 1 diabetes. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 8, 2024 News Release EMSL User Project Leads to Key Molecular Culprit Active in COVID-19 PNNL researchers helped identify a fragment from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that spurs severe illness. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 2, 2024 News Release Proteins Suggest a Path to Reduce Drug Resistance in a Form of Cancer Scientists have learned more about how drug resistance develops in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and how the process might be slowed. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 News Release Researchers Create a New Window on Leading Genetic Cause of Alzheimer’s Scientists have opened a new view into the workings of the central nervous system, finding a diverse set of important molecules. ( Read More )
JUNE 29, 2023 News Release Proteins Predict Significant Step Toward Development of Diabetes Scientists have taken an important step forward in predicting who will develop Type 1 diabetes months before symptoms appear. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 News Release Harmful Effects of Long-Term Alcohol Use Documented in Blood Protein Snapshot A detailed snapshot of proteins by PNNL scientists marks a big step toward a diagnostic blood test for a deadly form of liver disease. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 10, 2022 News Release Complicating the Opioid Epidemic: The Many Faces of Fentanyl PNNL scientists are protecting first responders and others by expanding what’s known about fentanyl, the driver of the opioid epidemic. ( Read More )