Public invited to vote on PNNL's top 'Science as Art' image

News Release

September 18, 2017

• Shirah Thietje, PNNL, (509) 372-4068

RICHLAND, Wash. - Voting is now open for the People's Choice award in Pacific Northwest National Lab's 2017 Science as Art contest. Polls will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 22. To vote, simply visit the PNNL Facebook page and "like" your favorites to give them a shot at winning the People's Choice award.

In excess of 90 photos and images were submitted by PNNL staff during the laboratory's 7th Science as Art contest this summer.

The submissions cut across a wide range of disciplines and projects, from research examining how microbes living on ancient glass from the Swedish Iron Age are helping us better understand methods for disposing of nuclear waste, to studies into how plant biomass can be converted into sustainable fuel alternatives.

Top images from contests in previous years have been displayed all across Washington state including the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, the Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia, the WSU Tri-Cities campus and LIGO Hanford Observatory in Richland.

Tags: Energy, Environment, Fundamental Science, National Security

Interdisciplinary teams at Pacific Northwest National Lab address many of America's most pressing issues in energy, the environment and national security through advances in basic and applied science. Founded in 1965, PNNL employs 4,400 staff and has an yearly budget of nearly $1 billion. It is managed and operated by Battelle for the D.O.E.'s Office of Science. As the single biggest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, the Office of Science is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information on PNNL, visit the PNNL News Center, or follow PNNL on Facebook, Google+, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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