Under high temperature conditions, hematite nanocrystals change shape to expose the (001) facet and attach to form one-dimensional chains regardless of their initial structure.

Colleen Kaul was elected to a three-year term on the American Meteorological Society’s Energy Committee, which began January 2022.

Dr. Joseph Williams explained the importance of quantum technologies in space at the University of Washington.

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

Examining the vast scientific literature about the urban impact on weather and climate enabled researchers to synthesize current understanding and to inform future work.

Morris Bullock received an award and PNNL staff organized symposia and presented exciting research.

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. 

Materials scientist Arun Devaraj is committed to improving the quality and performance of metals with a big assist from atom probe tomography.

PNNL bioenergy expert Karthikeyan Ramasamy was a co-guest editor in an American Chemical Society Energy & Fuels virtual special issue on advances in biomass and wastes thermochemical processing.

Quantum simulators help navigate noise on GPU-based HPC systems.

Different sized helium cavities that form after ion irradiation are unevenly distributed in a ductile-phase toughened tungsten composite.

A bioinspired molecule can direct gold atoms to form perfect five-pointed nanoscale stars. The feat is the product of a collaborative team from PNNL and the University of Washington.

A paper published last year by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was featured in the 2021 Editor’s Choice collection for the Cell Reports Physical Science journal.

Study highlights microbiome’s role in regulating xenobiotic metabolism.

State-of-the-art numerical models can better simulate the convective clouds that produce most of the Amazon’s wet season rainfall.

Researchers used ground-based and remote-sensed datasets to comprehensively validate a tool for simulating land surface processes.

Tim Johnson has been selected for an open-ended term as associate editor of the Groundwater journal.

Surface characterization allows researchers to explore the compatibility between different solvent-membrane combinations.

Soil pores are reorganized when newly thawed permafrost soils experience freeze-thaw cycling.