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 )
MAY 19, 2025 Research Highlight Gene Regulatory Networks Respond to Day and Night Cues to Affect Phenotype in Cyanbacteria Scientists map how transitions from day to night control gene regulatory networks in cyanobacteria, revealing key orchestrators of metabolic switching. ( Read More )
MAY 19, 2025 Research Highlight Natural Rhythms Boost Product Synthesis in Sleep-Deprived Cyanobacteria Scientists uncover how cyanobacteria's circadian cycle controls carbon and energy metabolism, increasing carbon dioxide-to-bioproducts yields. ( Read More )
APRIL 30, 2025 News Release PNNL Hosts Inaugural Conference on Predictive Phenomics PNNL is hosting a scientific conference focused directly on understanding and predicting the collection of an organism’s traits. ( Read More )
APRIL 8, 2025 News Release Disturbed Sleep Cycle Propels Cyanobacteria Into Surprising Burst of Productivity Circadian rhythms of blue-green microbes offer new window into predictive phenomics—how to predict and control the traits of an organism. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 13, 2025 News Release Beyond DNA: How Environments Influence Biology to Make Things Happen This week at AAAS, PNNL scientists discuss phenomics and the factors that influence DNA instructions to bring about the world around us. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 5, 2024 Research Highlight Scientists Make Surprising Discovery About How Microbes Trade Goods and Services ( Read More )
DECEMBER 2, 2024 Research Highlight Structural Proteomics Sheds New Light on Mechanisms Improving Cardiovascular Health PNNL scientists use proteomics to unveil how high-density lipoproteins protect against cholesterol accumulation in the artery wall. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 19, 2024 Research Highlight Using Artificial Intelligence to Mine Protein Interactions Within Biological Literature Computing and artificial intelligence aid scientists who seek to understand function-driven design and control of biological 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 )
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 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 )
AUGUST 29, 2024 Staff Accomplishment Livewire Wins Team Award at Annual Merit Review The Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office recognized Livewire’s outstanding teamwork and technical expertise. ( 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 )