First-Ever Atomic Freeze-Frame of Liquid Water
Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryScientists stop the motion of atoms to watch electrons move in liquid water.
Scientists stop the motion of atoms to watch electrons move in liquid water.
Scientists have learned more about how drug resistance develops in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and how the process might be slowed, thanks to a study of proteins and other molecular players.
PNNL scientists developed a new method to map exactly how a fungus works with leafcutter ants in a complex microbial community to degrade plant material at the molecular level. The team’s insights are important for biofuels development.
Post-consumer recycled aluminum to be transformed into high strength building materials and consumer goods with patented ShAPE™ manufacturing process.
Visual Sample Plan, a free software tool developed at PNNL that boosts statistics-based planning, has been recognized with a 2024 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award.
An energy expert and economist who has played a leading role in formulating and coordinating U.S. climate policy is the new director of the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland.
The convergence of artificial intelligence, cloud, and high-performance computing to accelerate scientific discovery is the focus of a multi-year collaboration between Microsoft and PNNL.
Now in its twentieth year, the Hydrogen Safety Panel is led by PNNL and includes more than two dozen experts. These experts developed a trusted resource for best practices for hydrogen energy.
A newly developed, highly conductive copper wire could find applications in the electric grid, as well as in homes and businesses.
The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has created the Center for AI @PNNL to coordinate the pioneering research of hundreds of scientists working on a range of projects focused on science, security and energy resilience.
A seemingly simple shift in lithium-ion battery manufacturing could pay big dividends, improving electric vehicles’ ability to store more energy per charge and to withstand more charging cycles.
Understanding the risk of compound energy droughts—times when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow—will help grid planners understand where energy storage is needed most
Input from humans helps when deciding whether to trust the recommendations and decisions of a machine-learning system.
PNNL chemical engineer Reid Peterson helped develop the process to pretreat Hanford Site tank waste by removing cesium-137.
From air-sealing windows and checking for leaky ducts to insulating the attic, PNNL researchers offer tips on how to keep a home warm in winter weather.
Battery energy storage systems are being proposed in municipalities across the U.S. PNNL researchers can help community planners guide safe siting and operations.
The use of disciplines in pure mathematics can increase the reliability and explainability of machine learning models that “transcend human intuition,” according to PNNL scientists.
PNNL scientists took thousands of measurements of firefighters in training to learn more about how the body responds to vigorous exercise.
PNNL officials travel to Cyprus as subject matter experts and trainers for U.S. State Department Export Control and Border Security Program.
Clean hydrogen energy infrastructure is coming to the Pacific Northwest with a newly announced hydrogen hub, and PNNL experts are advising the work to come.
Less pollution and the odd shapes of snow grains as they pack together should help cut the decline of snowpack later this century.
Researchers modeled the performance of hypothetical floating wind farms off the coast of southern Oregon and northern California, showing multiple futures in which the benefits outweigh the cost of development.
PNNL researchers are investigating the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of an increasingly smart food and agriculture sector.
Rechargeable battery performance could be improved by a new understanding of how batteries work at the molecular level. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory upend what's known about how rechargeable batteries function.
Two renewable energy approaches—enhanced geothermal systems and floating offshore wind energy—get new focus as Energy Earthshot™ Research Centers at PNNL.
Newly developed ultra-low radiation cables reduce background noise for neutrino and dark matter detectors.
PNNL is collaborating with Microsoft, Micron and other partners to make computational chemistry broadly available.
A new discovery by PNNL researchers has illuminated a previously unknown key mechanism that could inform the development of new, more effective catalysts for abating NOx emissions from combustion-engines burning diesel or low carbon fuel.
Scientists have opened a new view into the workings of the brain and central nervous system, detecting a diverse set of important molecules known as lipoproteins. The most common protein on the particles is apolipoprotein E; one form of APOE puts people at higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Neutrino mass, a crucial piece of many unresolved physics puzzles, may one day be revealed through a novel measurement system that has just proven its mettle: Cyclotron Radiation Emission Spectroscopy (CRES).
DOE Basic Energy Sciences 2023 “Poetry of Science Art Contest” aims to educate and inspire; voting for the People’s Choice Award closes September 15.
From covering windows and planting trees, to upgrading your air conditioning system—PNNL scientists offer tips to keep your home cool in extreme heat
Regional wind data from around the U.S. helps improve a national weather forecasting model, which allows utility companies better plan for windy days
The Rapid Assessment of Platform Technologies to Expedite Response project aims to prepare against future pandemics.
Scientists have developed a better way to recognize denial-of-service internet attacks, improving detection by 90 percent.
Chemist Grant Johnson offers tips for mentoring a successful internship and creating opportunities for undergraduate students to publish research.
The new members were recognized for their outstanding scientific achievements.
PNNL scientists design a highly sensitive neutrino detector for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
Research in the Energy Sciences Center explores how heat changes in chemical reactions, paving the way for more efficient fuels and processes.
PNNL’s wide-ranging report maps the current nanobiotechnology landscape, flags potential concerns, and details the need for an organizing body to coordinate currently disparate disciplines.
By adding rain, snow, and rain-on-snow precipitation data to a background model, a new scheme pinpoints local flood risks in order to improve the design of small-scale hydrological infrastructure.
A new flow battery design achieves long life and capacity for grid energy storage from renewable fuels.
Workers feeling a specific form of stress are more likely than others to become the victims of a phishing attack, according to a new study.
PNNL scientists are creating new ways to learn more about the vast sea of unknown compounds.
Scientists have taken an important step forward in predicting who will develop Type 1 diabetes months before symptoms appear.
By combining satellite data with temperature and humidity modeling, researchers pinpoint who in the U.S. is most vulnerable to heat stress.
A new database of understudied quantum materials has been created by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and provides an avenue to discover new materials.
PNNL scientists investigate the promising properties of a common, Earth-abundant salt.
Findings in a new PNNL report show long-duration energy storage will be a necessity in decarbonizing the grid and recommends the planning and procurement process to identify those needs start immediately.