The rapid growth of urban nanoparticles via the condensation of organic vapors substantially alters shallow cloud formation and suppresses precipitation.

The annual Secretary’s Honor Awards recognize federal and contractor employees who have shown exceptional creativity, drive, and commitment to projects that have lasting impact on the Department of Energy's mission.

AMS Hydrologic Sciences Medal is presented to researchers who make outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge in hydrology, hydrometeorology, and/or hydroclimatology, including interactions between land surface and the atmosphere.

PNNL cybersecurity expert Lori Ross O’Neil has been re-elected to the board of directors of (ISC)² for a second term.

PNNL’s Scott Baker has been elected a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Simulations reveal advantages of using new model vs. allometric scaling for risk assessment.

Chemist Patrick El-Khoury joins the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A/B/C for a three-year term.

Reimagining the United States power grid could save consumers $50 billion a year.

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

PNNL researchers develop software that uses geographical data to build a free, open-source grid reference system to provide a precise system to locate structures.

Two PNNL studies that describe the potential value of offshore wind off the Oregon Coast and distributed wind in Alaska were published in the journal Energies.

Vanda Glezakou and Laboratory Fellow Roger Rousseau collaborated with other experts to write an American Chemical Society book chapter.

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

A hybrid computing approach for solving quantum chemical problems offers a practical bridge between classical and quantum computing.

PNNL’s Jie Xiao and Yuyan Shao are serving two-year terms on the executive committee of the Pacific Northwest section of The Electrochemical Society, which was chartered in October 2020.

Triton highlights research partners in environmental monitoring for marine energy.

In adjoining Energy Sciences Center laboratories, researchers develop better energy storage devices by understanding the fundamental reactions that form interfaces.

PNNL scientists publish paper and host workshops to share threat-agnostic vision for biodefense.

Changes in the downward flow of infrared energy in clear skies are a key factor influencing recent rapid wintertime Arctic warming.

Ensembles of 20–25 members, notably smaller than traditional large ensembles, can accurately represent changes in extremes of temperature and precipitation.