Earth-abundant metals could potentially rival platinum-group metals as catalysts in chemical reactions, according to an article published in the Aug. 14 journal Science. But more research is needed.
The results of this study provide an analysis of the ice nucleation efficiency of bare and acid coated loess from the Columbia Plateau region of the northwestern United States.
PNNL researchers performed and analyzed a large set of sensitivity experiments carried out with the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) atmosphere model to identify implementations of a technique called nudging.
Using machine learning, PNNL researchers identified four types of environments with favorable circulation patterns for spring mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) to form.
PNNL and University of Arizona researchers evaluated the performance of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model in simulating precipitation under different weather patterns.
PNNL lighting experts partnered with the city of Chicago to help identify the best street lighting technology and field validation approaches to Chicago’s outdoor lighting modernization effort.
A research team, led by scientists at PNNL, analyzed aerosols’ physical, chemical, and optical properties collected by a suite of airborne instruments during winter as part of a year-long measurement campaign in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Using two ice nucleation chambers, PNNL researchers found that ice particles, once nucleated, are more efficient at forming ice in the next ice nucleation event.
This research provides the first description of incremental water-electricity resilience in the U.S. that considers multiple scales of system inter-dependencies and associated ranges of system decision making.
Researchers developed a high-resolution mesoscale convective systems database by synthesizing satellite and radar network observations available from 2004 to 2016.
Joseph Williams, director of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Seattle Research Center, has been selected as a guest editor for the IEEE Computer journal.
Oliver Gutiérrez leads an electrocatalytic hydrogenation research team at PNNL that focuses on next-generation catalysts at the molecular level and in an aqueous state.
This research addresses two topics that are not well understood in literature: the interplay between organic linkers and substrates during MOF crystallization, as well as the mechanisms that control heterostructure formation in solutions.
Cloud and precipitation characteristics observed by the Global Precipitation Measurement spaceborne radar allowed researchers to establish, for the first time, a global map of mesoscale convective systems in mid- and high-latitude regions.
A new radiation-resistant material for the efficient capture of noble gases xenon and krypton makes it safer and cheaper to recycle spent nuclear fuel.
