The Aug. 21, 2017, solar eclipse won't be the first time the skies over PNNL go dark. The lab's Richland, Wash., campus was also home to a total solar eclipse on Feb. 2, 1979.
PNNL's ThermalTracker software analyzes video with night vision, the same technology that helps soldiers see in the dark, to help offshore wind power be bird- and bat-friendly.
Jiwen Fan has been selected to receive a 2017 Early Career Research Program award from the U.S. Department of Energy and will use the award to study severe thunderstorms in the central United States.