Researchers in the IDREAM Energy Frontier Research Center unearth new defects during gibbsite crystallization using a multi-instrument approach.

Different sized helium cavities that form after ion irradiation are unevenly distributed in a ductile-phase toughened tungsten composite.

Surface characterization allows researchers to explore the compatibility between different solvent-membrane combinations.

Soil pores are reorganized when newly thawed permafrost soils experience freeze-thaw cycling.

Using size-tunable ionic liquid clusters make electrochemical separations more efficient.

Newly determined energy transfer mechanisms help identify how water releases from and damages irradiated interfaces.

Developing an understanding of how water breaks apart after radiation exposure.

IDREAM researchers use fast force mapping to provide insights into the boehmite interfacial solution structure.

IDREAM researchers assess the potential of photon-in/photon-out XFEL techniques to explore early time reaction steps and ultimately improve nuclear waste processing strategies.

Research from the PNNL-led WHONDRS consortium reveals chemistry and spatial gradients of metabolomes from river water and sediments around the globe.

PNNL researchers worked to decouple the effects that solvents impose on reactions catalyzed in the liquid phase.

A team of researchers developed a simulation approach to identify how atomic structures can affect the phonon transport of energy and information in quantum systems near absolute zero temperatures.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers developed a patented, nearly non-destructive approach, known as liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry, to analyze nuclear samples.

New PNNL research provides the first direct evidence that amorphous intermediates influence subsequent crystallization outcomes using in situ imaging.

A strengthened softer alloy phase increases the toughness of a tungsten composite material.

Theoretical work shows that an important natural iron source can be described as a nanoscale composite of different, but experimentally indistinguishable, structures.

Soil moisture influences both the activity of soil DNA viruses, as well as the composition and abundance of RNA viruses.

A new microbial community model reveals previous exposure to hydrologic variation influences a species’ specialized biogeochemical functions.

Detailed characterization of molecules in, under, and along the Columbia River reveal potential mechanisms for biogeochemical cycling.

Integrating hydrogeology and biogeochemistry are required to model the dynamics of geochemical processes occurring in river corridor zones where groundwater and surface water mix.