PNNL experts perform fundamental climate science work at multiple scales to understand impacts on energy, water, food, and infrastructure systems.

Focused research studies of advanced algorithms and materials are setting the stage for the next generation of quantum computers.

Researchers in the IDREAM Energy Frontier Research Center unearth new defects during gibbsite crystallization using a multi-instrument approach.

PNNL researchers have uncovered a plant-derived process that leads to the formation of aerosol particles over the Amazon rainforest and potentially other forested parts of the world. 

A PNNL team is leading the design, fabrication, and regulatory testing, and delivery of new packaging units that will be used to ship radioactive materials safely and securely.

New work developed a methodology to generate building temperature setpoint schedules for use by modelers in large-scale building energy simulations.

COVID-19 changed when and where we use electricity. Researchers showed that commonly available total demand data masked the actual changes.

Storage Targets and Release Function Inference Tool uses data to infer the operating policies of large reservoirs on a national scale.

Newly determined energy transfer mechanisms help identify how water releases from and damages irradiated interfaces.

A multisectoral analysis that combines land use data with hydrological simulations reveals wide disparities in potential source water contamination.

PNNL scientist Brian O’Neill led the compilation of an IPCC chapter about climate-related risks.

The eighth Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium, co-organized by PNNL engineer and research line manager Leonard Pease, brought together multi-disciplinary researchers from around the globe.

Developing an understanding of how water breaks apart after radiation exposure.

COVID-19 had multiple impacts on the electric sector and the nature of those impacts varied on the scale analyzed.

To improve the study of human-Earth interactions, a 10-year vision report by the MultiSector Dynamics community of practice encourages the use of emerging human systems datasets, embedded intelligence in modeling, and workforce diversity.

IDREAM researchers use fast force mapping to provide insights into the boehmite interfacial solution structure.

IDREAM researchers assess the potential of photon-in/photon-out XFEL techniques to explore early time reaction steps and ultimately improve nuclear waste processing strategies.

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.

Using a novel settlement-related dataset produced more accurate population downscaling than using other, more traditional datasets.

Despite an increase in future electricity demands, virtual water trading in the U.S. electricity sector is expected to decline as renewable energy expands.