Ice crystals are surprisingly tolerant of defects in their structure. The findings come from the first-ever molecular-resolution observations of nanoscale samples of ice frozen from liquid water.

PermitAI’s newly released dataset, NEPATEC 2.0, captures and curates environmental review data for faster, better federal permitting.

Micron and PNNL co-design the Crete computer system, delivering a new memory architecture for data-intensive scientific computing and AI applications.

Scientists have tapped AI and powerful computing to speed up how quickly officials are able to learn important details about nuclear events.

Chemist Wendy Shaw, a nationally recognized scientific leader, has been chosen to serve as the associate laboratory director for PNNL's Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate.

Researchers can now quantify uncertainty in trained AI models aimed at solving difficult chemistry, biology and materials science problems.

Researchers have created an algorithm that slashes the calculations necessary to prepare and customize data for quantum computing.

Mini flow cell battery provides the first step toward an AI-driven, robotic energy storage discovery laboratory.

Knowing future snow levels is key for managing the recovery of endangered bighorn sheep. PNNL scientists help to forecast how the sheep could fare.

Federal environmental permitting process to be fast-tracked with AI-powered tools and cloud-supported data analysis.

A new study reveals just how costly Earth's tipping points can be.

The speed and agility of cloud computing opens doors to completing advanced computational chemistry workflows in days instead of months.

Three PNNL technologies have been named 2024 R&D 100 Award winners.

New findings document fewer ship tracks, reduced cloud cover, and boosted warming after ship emissions regulations took effect in 2020.

Climate change is bringing more extreme summer weather, from heat waves to hurricanes, that can disrupt the flow of electricity. Here’s how PNNL scientists are working on solutions to protect the nation’s electric grid.

Researchers will explore climate, pathogens and energy-efficient microelectronics using 3 million node hours on the nation’s supercomputers.

Once thought to cover too little of the Earth’s surface to affect climate at larger scales, new work finds that city sprawl does add to global warming—over land, at least.

A new study suggests accessing groundwater in key regions could become prohibitively expensive as lower-cost stores are used up.

New work finds hurricanes are intensifying faster close to the coast—a trend that’s likely to ramp up in a warmer world.

PNNL scientists have put forth a new approach to protect the electric grid, creating an approach that sorts and prioritizes cyber threats on the fly.