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 )
MAY 19, 2025 Research Highlight Gene Regulatory Networks Respond to Day and Night Cues to Affect Phenotype in Cyanbacteria Scientists map how transitions from day to night control gene regulatory networks in cyanobacteria, revealing key orchestrators of metabolic switching. ( Read More )
MAY 19, 2025 Research Highlight Natural Rhythms Boost Product Synthesis in Sleep-Deprived Cyanobacteria Scientists uncover how cyanobacteria's circadian cycle controls carbon and energy metabolism, increasing carbon dioxide-to-bioproducts yields. ( Read More )
JANUARY 17, 2025 Article The Youth Are Our Future: Mentor Mariefel Olarte Invests in Interns PNNL chemical engineer Mariefel Olarte shares passion for mentoring students and the next-generation workforce. ( Read More )
JANUARY 17, 2025 Article Democratizing Computational Chemistry with the Cloud PNNL Program Development Office Director Karl Mueller explains how the TEC4 project seeks to make advanced chemical computations accessible to all. ( Read More )
JANUARY 16, 2025 Article Global Experts Address Workforce Shortages in Environmental Remediation RemPlex and IAEA convene international leaders to tackle recruitment and retention in complex environmental cleanup efforts. ( Read More )
JANUARY 14, 2025 Research Highlight Porting Scalable Computational Chemistry to Cloud Computing Electronic structure codes in a cloud environment can enable efficient computational chemistry simulations. ( Read More )
JANUARY 10, 2025 Research Highlight Mineral Surfaces Stabilize Organic Matter through Patchy Multilayer Coatings Molecular simulations highlight the key interactions between mineral surfaces and organic matter that lead to carbon stabilization in soils. ( Read More )
JANUARY 10, 2025 Article New AI Agent Connects Computer Reasoning with Chemistry CACTUS provides AI-powered cheminformatics for autonomous science. ( 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 )
DECEMBER 10, 2024 Research Highlight Polaritonic Chemistry with the Density Matrix Renormalization Group Method Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers developed a new theoretical method for studying highly correlated systems. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 5, 2024 Research Highlight Scientists Make Surprising Discovery About How Microbes Trade Goods and Services ( Read More )
DECEMBER 2, 2024 Research Highlight Structural Proteomics Sheds New Light on Mechanisms Improving Cardiovascular Health PNNL scientists use proteomics to unveil how high-density lipoproteins protect against cholesterol accumulation in the artery wall. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 19, 2024 Research Highlight Using Artificial Intelligence to Mine Protein Interactions Within Biological Literature Computing and artificial intelligence aid scientists who seek to understand function-driven design and control of biological systems. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 7, 2024 Article Longtime PNNL Collaborator Received Nobel Prize University of Washington Professor David Baker won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 Research Highlight Observing the Mechanism of Protonation Site Switching in Hydrated Nicotine Proton shuffling in hydrated nicotine at low temperatures occurs via a Grotthuss mechanism, identified through experimental and computational work. ( 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 )
AUGUST 22, 2024 Article Novel Computing Tool Learns the Language of Chemistry ChemReasoner combines decades of chemistry knowledge with large language models to propose strategies for effective new catalysts. ( Read More )
AUGUST 13, 2024 Research Highlight Simulations Identify How Critical Elements Distribute in Abundant Mineral Ores The atomic-level distribution of nickel and cobalt in forsterite depends on the concentration of the different elements. ( Read More )