MAY 20, 2025 Research Highlight Ion Behavior Near Interfaces Affects Aggregation Increasing concentrations of ions slows the rate of particle aggregation in boehmite suspensions. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 12, 2024 Research Highlight Molecular-Level Understanding of How Electrolytes Affect Boehmite Particle Aggregation New IDREAM research explores the effects of electrolyte species on boehmite nanoparticle aggregation in legacy wastes. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 19, 2024 Article Paving the Way for Fusion Commercialization PNNL researchers co-organized a workshop on fusion commercialization with partners from industry and academia ( Read More )
OCTOBER 10, 2024 Article New Funding for Fusion Materials Projects PNNL researchers will pursue both fundamental and applied projects with this support from the Department of Energy ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024 Research Highlight Residual Impurities Affect the Stability of Hydrogen Atoms in Irradiated Gibbsite Hydrogen atoms released and trapped in irradiated gibbsite are destabilized by synthetic-precursor residuals. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Research Highlight An Alternate Approach to Fabricating Strengthened Steel Combining cold spray deposition and friction stir processing for a more efficient route to oxide dispersion strengthened steel. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Research Highlight Studying Lithium Silicates to Fuel Fusion Reactions PNNL researchers studied the microstructure of lithium silicates under emulated fusion conditions. ( Read More )
JULY 12, 2024 Research Highlight Characterizing Tungsten-Based Materials in a Simulated Fusion Environment Researchers studied the boundary precipitation of tungsten heavy alloys in an extended high temperature irradiation environment ( Read More )
JUNE 28, 2024 Research Highlight Ionizing Radiation Stabilizes Gibbsite and Boehmite against Decomposition When exposed to a sufficiently high dose of ionizing radiation, gibbsite and boehmite are less susceptible to dehydration-induced breakdown. ( Read More )
JUNE 24, 2024 Article Enabling Nuclear Physics Discoveries with Quantum Computing A new approach validates quantum algorithms for low-energy nuclear physics applications ( Read More )
MAY 28, 2024 Article DOE Nuclear Energy Leader Michael Goff Visits PNNL The Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy acting assistant secretary makes his first visit to a national laboratory in his new role, touring PNNL's Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. ( Read More )
MAY 24, 2024 Article Ceramic Metal Composites: Possibilities for Immobilizing Nuclear Wastes PNNL researchers review ceramic-metal composite technology for immobilizing radioactive wastes from nuclear reactors, including advanced reactors. ( Read More )
APRIL 30, 2024 Research Highlight Attosecond X-rays Provide a Snapshot of Liquid Water IDREAM scientists capture electronic response to ionization. ( Read More )
APRIL 3, 2024 Research Highlight Cation Effects on Radicals from Nitrite IDREAM research shows the size of cations in highly concentrated nitrite solutions affects the production of radicals. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 16, 2024 Article Machine Learning Provides Chemistry of Uranium Insight for Advanced Reactors PNNL researchers use chemometric analysis to model chemistry in molten salt. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 Research Highlight Surface Defects and pH Alter Gibbsite Dissolution Mechanisms Differences in water interactions lead to two gibbsite dissolution pathways modulated by solution acidity. ( Read More )
JANUARY 16, 2024 Research Highlight LipidOz: New Software Enables Identification of Lipid Double Bond Locations A streamlined informatics workflow that automatically processes complex data and provides the locations of double bonds in lipids. ( Read More )
JANUARY 2, 2024 Research Highlight Directly Measuring X-Ray Enhanced Dissolution of Gibbsite Irradiation in a sodium hydroxide solution increases the dissolution rate and particle roughness of gibbsite compared to dry irradiation. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 14, 2023 Research Highlight Direct Detection of Phage-Host Interactions in Soils Hi-C metagenomics-informed phage-host infection networks detected in soil pre- and post-drying. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 22, 2023 Research Highlight Creating Quiet Cables for Rare Physics Events Researchers designed ultra-low radiation cables to reduce background noise for highly sensitive neutrino and dark matter detectors. ( Read More )