Experiments focus on catalysts for off-road vehicles that optimize the use of critical minerals while lasting longer and costing less.

Researchers at PNNL are pursuing new approaches to understand, predict and control the phenome—the collection of biological traits within an organism shaped by its genes and interactions with the environment.

Researchers are developing and deploying solutions to reduce risk and increase efficiency while keeping people and the environment safe.

COMPASS points to understanding nature’s transition zones—areas that can be dry land at times and under water at others.

PNNL is rock solid on carbon storage, building on successful demonstration in eastern Washington.

Understanding the Earth as a complex, dynamic system includes investigating what happens on, above and below its surface.

Peering through the thick, green glass of a decades-old "hot cell," an expert technician manipulates robotic arms to study highly radioactive waste from Hanford, in support of ongoing cleanup.

Cleaning up Hanford is no easy task: it is one of the world's largest and most complex environmental remediation projects. The nation's top engineering firms are on the job and the Department of Energy's PNNL is helping.

Nuclear power figures prominently in our country's energy portfolio and is essential to our economic and environmental security.

PNNL takes pride in advancing scientific frontiers and developing solutions to vexing problems. In particular, we apply our technical expertise to address national needs in security, energy and the environment.

As Tri-Citians, we're fortunate that we don't have the frustrating traffic and long commutes that our friends in Seattle and Portland endure. And with lower prices at the pump, we don't think much about fuel efficiency.

For decades, the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has played a role in establishing and maintaining sustainable hydropower for the region.