Policy changes in power, energy, buildings, and more could help slow global temperature rise, according to a new report with co-authors from PNNL’s Joint Global Change Research Institute.

Scientists unravel a secret to oil production in plants, opening up the possibility of increasing production for biofuels and other applications.

The 2024 Jack Simons Award honor recognizes Li for his expertise in integrating chemistry with computing for fundamental science research.

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

PNNL researchers learn to control peptoid “handedness,” one key to precision drug delivery and diagnostics.

Five PNNL scientists participated in an invitation-only Department of Energy-sponsored workshop on coastal systems. 

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

Reaching net-zero carbon emissions goals requires finding transformative paths to manage carbon in difficult-to-electrify economic sectors.

Twinned nanocrystals have unique physical and chemical properties, a variety of which are detailed by a new study. These findings can help guide future efforts in controlling twinning and detwinning in gold nanoparticles.

With Earth system models running at higher resolutions, researchers evaluated the sensitivity of aerosol properties to horizontal grid spacing.

IDREAM scientists capture electronic response to ionization.

This study demonstrates a new model that integrates complex organic matter (OM) chemistry and multiple electron acceptors to predict kinetic rates of OM oxidation.

Practical decontamination of industrial wastewater depends on energy-efficient separations. This study explored using ionic liquids as part of the process, enabling efficient electrochemical separation from aqueous solutions.

Study reviews the loss of carbon dioxide from soils and explores most compelling challenges and opportunities for the future.

New research informs the development of foundational models for computational chemistry through hardware-software co-design.

Three PNNL-affiliated researchers have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society.

Americans produce enough waste every year to replace up to a quarter of the country’s jet fuel with sustainable alternatives, new research shows.

A set of papers combines surface science measurements on tiny particles with uncrewed aerial systems to better understand and model aerosols.

PNNL joint appointee Sergei Kalinin earned the Peter Duncumb Award for excellence in microanalysis.

PNNL electrical engineer Samrat Acharya led a team that earned the 2024 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Best Paper Award.