MAY 30, 2025 Research Highlight Evaluating the Performance of Ductile Phase Toughened Tungsten Under the Simulated Fusion Environment Researchers at PNNL studied the effects of high temperatures and ionizing radiation on tungsten heavy alloys. ( Read More )
MAY 23, 2025 Staff Accomplishment Early Career Researchers Receive High Energy Physics Awards Erik Lentz and Christian Boutan will research quantum information science-enabled discoveries in high energy physics with these awards. ( 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 )
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 15, 2024 Staff Accomplishment Eddy Named Homeland Security Trailblazer Ryan Eddy, director of homeland security programs at PNNL, was recognized as one of 50 trailblazers by Homeland Security Today. ( 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 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 )
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 )
JUNE 24, 2024 Article Enabling Nuclear Physics Discoveries with Quantum Computing A new approach validates quantum algorithms for low-energy nuclear physics applications ( Read More )
MAY 28, 2024 Article DOE Nuclear Energy Leader Michael Goff Visits PNNL The Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy acting assistant secretary makes his first visit to a national laboratory in his new role, touring PNNL's Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. ( Read More )
MAY 9, 2024 News Release Study Shows How Night Shift Work Can Raise Risk of Diabetes, Obesity New research sheds light on the biomolecular dangers of night shift work. ( Read More )
MAY 1, 2024 Feature First Steps Toward a Whole-Body Map of Molecular Responses to Exercise PNNL contributes to a nationwide research consortium investigating the molecular mechanisms triggered by endurance training. ( Read More )
MARCH 26, 2024 Staff Accomplishment PNNL Physics Research Makes Scientific Reports Top 100 Collection PNNL research exploring tungsten heavy alloys for use in advanced nuclear fusion reactors makes Scientific Reports Top 100 Collection. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 8, 2024 Staff Accomplishment Two PNNL Managers Complete Distinguished Yearlong Leadership Program Program seeks to develop exceptional scientists, engineers, and operations staff who can materially advance DOE missions. ( Read More )
JANUARY 16, 2024 Research Highlight LipidOz: New Software Enables Identification of Lipid Double Bond Locations A streamlined informatics workflow that automatically processes complex data and provides the locations of double bonds in lipids. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 14, 2023 Research Highlight Direct Detection of Phage-Host Interactions in Soils Hi-C metagenomics-informed phage-host infection networks detected in soil pre- and post-drying. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 22, 2023 Research Highlight Creating Quiet Cables for Rare Physics Events Researchers designed ultra-low radiation cables to reduce background noise for highly sensitive neutrino and dark matter detectors. ( Read More )