Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Press Releases

‘Creative Baking’ by Tri-City Researchers Makes New Alloy for Nuclear Reactors, Energy Uses

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory realized that sometimes developing new materials can be akin to creative baking—where substituting ingredients and making simple adjustments can lead to surprising benefits.  …

Mini Flow Battery Speeds Energy Storage Research

RICHLAND, Wash.—Sometimes, in order to go big, you first have to go small. That’s what researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have done with their latest innovation in energy storage.  With a goal to speed the time …

Beyond DNA: How Environments Influence Biology to Make Things Happen

RICHLAND, Wash.—Curled up inside every single one of the trillions of cells in the human body is six feet of DNA, spooled tightly and carrying the genetic instructions that govern so much of who a person becomes. It’s a nicely wrapped package of …

PNNL Researchers Seek Value from Discarded Electronics

When fulfilled holiday wish lists include a new smartphone, upgraded laptop or the latest game console, their retired predecessors might be in cluttered junk drawers or landfills by January. Thanks to a new method developed by scientists at the Department …

New Tool Streamlines Generator Performance Evaluations

The Department of Energy (DOE) recently rolled out the Generator Scorecard, a tool developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in collaboration with the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). Designed to automate generator performance …

Gettelman Elected to Lead AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section

Andrew Gettelman, an atmospheric scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has been elected as president of the Atmospheric Sciences section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). This milestone reflects both his outstanding …

PNNL Engineers Receive Awards at AIChE

Four Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) engineers received awards at the annual meeting of AIChE (the American Institute of Chemical Engineers) for research related to Hanford Site cleanup. The event, held Oct. 27–31 in San Diego, united academic …

Democratizing Computational Chemistry with the Cloud

Panelists Explore AI for Emergency Management

A team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently participated on a series of conference panels exploring how new and evolving technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), can support emergency managers’ responsibilities but also …

Journal Highlights Future of AI and Emergency Management

The future of emergency management (EM) is changing fast—and so is the science and technology to protect it. The December 2024 issue of the Domestic Preparedness Journal highlighted the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on emergency …

The Youth Are Our Future: Mentor Mariefel Olarte Invests in Interns

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) chemical engineer Mariefel Olarte grew up in the Philippines as the eldest of six kids. Her interest in science was inspired by her parents and her grandmother, who was a sixth-grade science teacher. Today, she …

Flow Across Scales with a Quantum Computing Boost

Most people think of bumpy airplane rides when they hear the word “turbulence.” For Xiangyu Li, an Earth scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), turbulence means so much more. “Turbulence is everywhere, from eddies in a stream to the …

Global Experts Address Workforce Shortages in Environmental Remediation

One of the most pressing challenges facing the environmental remediation field is the recruitment and retention of skilled professionals.  “With approximately 44% of our workforce eligible for retirement by 2030, steady hiring remains one of our biggest …

West Coast Offshore Wind Industry Brings Energy Benefits, but Not Without Challenges

As electricity use rises to power transportation, buildings, and more, researchers estimate that the western United States will need 400 additional gigawatts (GW) of generation capacity by 2050.  A new report shows that floating offshore wind could bring …

Unraveling Doping Effects on the Structure and Electronic Properties of Perovskite Oxides

The Science Doping, the process of adding small amounts of foreign atoms to a material, is an effective way of adjusting material properties, such as conductivity, magnetism, and catalytic activity. However, the effects of doping, particularly how it …

Porting Scalable Computational Chemistry to Cloud Computing

The Science Cloud computing provides convenient access to resources such as networks, servers, storage, applications, and services. A research team converted several sets of computational chemistry software and libraries to a cloud-compatible format. Using …

Researchers Develop a Cap-Based Technique for Spatial Proteomics

The Science The human body comprises trillions of cells with hundreds of different cell types, which are spatially organized along with their extracellular matrix to form tissues and organs with diverse functionalities. Spatial proteomics for proteome …

Geochemist Kevin Rosso Appointed a Battelle Fellow

RICHLAND, Wash.— Geochemist Kevin Rosso, a senior scientific leader at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been named a Battelle Fellow, the highest recognition at PNNL for leadership and accomplishment in science. He …

Adam Attarian Secures National Intelligence Fellowship

Adam Attarian, an applied mathematician and data scientist in the Applied Artificial Intelligence Systems group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has been accepted into a fellowship sponsored by the Office of Economic Security and Emerging …

New AI Agent Connects Computer Reasoning with Chemistry

At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), researchers are working to enable autonomous experimentation in biology, chemistry, and materials science. PNNL’s latest advancement toward achieving this goal is the development of CACTUS—the Chemistry …