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 )
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 )
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 News Release How ‘Clean’ Does a Quantum Computing Test Facility Need to Be? PNNL Scientists Show the Way How to keep stray radiation from “shorting” superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is lurking and how to banish it. ( 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 )
OCTOBER 30, 2024 Feature Hunting for Dark Matter Axions The search for dark matter includes expertise in radio frequency signal detection, quantum sensing, and high-energy physics at PNNL. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 28, 2024 Feature Collaboration Speeds Complex Chemical Modeling Calculating quantum chemistry quickly allows scientists to refine their understanding of complex chemical systems. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 21, 2024 News Release Cloud Computing Captures Chemistry Code The speed and agility of cloud computing opens doors to completing advanced computational chemistry workflows in days instead of months. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 16, 2024 Staff Accomplishment Exploring Energy Efficiency through Analog Computing Researchers discussed this topic at the 2024 Analog Computing for Science Workshop co-led by Antonino Tumeo. ( 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 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 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 )
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Feature Three PNNL Researchers Receive DOE Early Career Research Awards Three PNNL researchers will receive five continuous years of funding for projects through highly competitive DOE Early Career Research Program awards. ( 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 )
JULY 23, 2024 News Release PNNL Scientists Tap Nation’s Fastest Computers to Explore Critical Science Questions Researchers will explore climate, pathogens and energy-efficient microelectronics using 3 million node hours on the nation’s supercomputers. ( 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 )