AutoLabs is a new agentic AI system that translates experimental goals into robot-specific language.

Developed a simple kinetic framework for evaluating catalyst hydride transfer ability.

A new invention from PNNL could soon help manufacturers more easily adopt the Lab’s patented Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE™) technology, enabling faster manufacturing of superior extrusion products.

PNNL has formed a partnership with the Orlando-based firm Refinity, which has licensed a key process from PNNL that will help the company convert mixed plastic waste into valuable industrial products like chemicals, plastics, and fuels.

PNNL convenes leaders from the Department of Energy, national laboratories, computing industry and academia for a two-day workshop to advance quantum computing for computational chemistry.

Computer scientist Antonino Tumeo is guest editing a special issue of IEEE’s Computer publication focused on democratizing microelectronics.

The Department of Energy’s Transportation Technologies Office has issued two 2026 Annual Merit Review Awards to researchers from PNNL. Both awards recognize PNNL researchers whose work is reducing the need for critical materials.

New partnership agreement to focus on AI, robotics, and advanced energy systems.

Mechanical engineer Scott Whalen is named the Department of Energy’s Innovator of the Year for turning the patented metal extrusion invention ShAPE™ into an industrially relevant extruded metal product juggernaut.

Chiral nanotubes facilitate the direction-specific diffusion of carbon dioxide to be faster than nitrogen gas.

A research team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory used machine reasoning to schedule scientific workflows while guaranteeing quality of service (QoS).

Researchers at PNNL have developed an interpretable, lightweight AI model that can easily predict weld microstructure features using only basic machine sensor inputs.

Critical minerals could be sourced from industrial waste at scale thanks to an AI-guided separation workflow developed by researchers at PNNL.

PNNL has named Douglas Mans and Daniel Stephens as associate laboratory directors to lead science and national security strategies.

Graduate student researcher wins best poster awards from the American Ceramic Society.

Integrating multiple structural proteomics techniques helps unravel microbial responses to changing environments—key to developing next-generation biotechnology solutions.

Study shows the advantages of top-town proteomics for characterizing histones.

High-Velocity Joining is a new joining technology that could reduce energy use and cost for manufacturers.

PNNL’s Robert Rallo and Nathan Hodas speak to students about the future of AI.

Scientists equipped research subjects with wristbands to measure many factors that contribute to their exposome.