PNNL cyber defenders are using the Laboratory’s own artificial intelligence research to recognize and address threats quickly.

Margaret Cheung elected to premier scientific society

Custom AI research assistant allows users to ask questions and get answers from hundreds of wildfire mitigation plans.

Replacing commercial acid with acidic waste enables researchers to improve nickel extraction efficiency, lower projected costs, and improve process economics.

PNNL's Building Energy Model AI is an open-source bot that can help energy modelers save time and money.

Automated liquid handling, combined with data analysis and AI, optimizes microbiological growth conditions at PNNL.

PNNL set to create a practical path for near-term hybrid classical-quantum computers with NVIDIA accelerated computing.

An AI program called AtomAI helped PNNL researchers reveal key design principles for protein interfaces with mineral surfaces.

PNNL’s Center for the Remediation of Complex Sites inducted leaders Director David Peeler, Deputy Director Carolyn Pearce, Operations Director Christian Johnson, and advisors with multidisciplinary subsurface research expertise.

PNNL celebrates its sixth Handshake Early Talent Award, showcasing strong early‑career recruiting. Stories from data scientist Joshua Chong and engineer Alex Smith highlight journeys from different career paths to PNNL.

Autonomous science laboratories are taking shape quickly across the PNNL campus.

PNNL researchers demonstrate high-purity production of two essential gases to ensure a U.S. domestic feedstock for advanced quantum computing.

RemPlex 2025 Global Summit on Environmental Remediation attendees share knowledge about cleanup and monitoring of complex sites worldwide; more than 100 presentations are posted online.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists envision new research frontiers at the intersection of biology and AI

PNNL is central to the Genesis Mission, leading and participating in projects central to the nation’s security and international competitiveness.

Scientists are tapping earthquake data to develop a new AI foundation model called SeisModal.

Emilie Purvine, a chief data scientist at PNNL, was elected as a council member at large of the American Mathematical Society.

Secretary Wright visited PNNL's campus in Richland, Washington, late last year to meet with innovators in chemistry, biology, computing, and more.

The Hanford Site is now immobilizing radioactive waste in glass: a process known as vitrification. PNNL contributed 60 years of materials science expertise—and is providing operational support—to help the nation meet this cleanup milestone.

Darío Gil, DOE's Undersecretary for Science, makes his inaugural visit to PNNL.