New methodology can evaluate the potential for carbon storage and critical mineral recovery in undercharacterized geological settings.

A new database allows researchers to connect lattice parameters and composition in olivine.

University of Washington Professor David Baker won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design.

Battelle Fellow Johannes Lercher was elected a Foreign Academician by the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences of Spain for his contributions to chemical science.

The research presented in this article enhances the ability to predict and prepare for compound flood events along the U.S. coastline.

Research identifies the mechanisms through which peptoids affect ions in solution and a mineral surface, increasing the rate of carbonate crystal growth.

Calculating quantum chemistry quickly allows scientists to refine their understanding of complex chemical systems.

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of isolated deep convection & mesoscale convective systems using self-organizing maps to categorize large-scale meteorological patterns and a tracking algorithm to monitor their life cycle.

The speed and agility of cloud computing opens doors to completing advanced computational chemistry workflows in days instead of months.

This study explored the future effects of climate change and low-carbon energy transition (i.e., emission reduction) on Arctic offshore oil and gas production.

Hydropower could expand substantially during the 21st century in many regions of the world to meet rising or changing energy demands. However, this expansion might harm river ecosystems.

Mengqi Zhao and Chris Vernon were selected to serve in editorial roles at JOSS for Earth science and data science, respectively.

PNNL chemist John Shilling builds custom chamber helping uncover how aerosol particles and clouds contribute to Earth’s changing climate.

Using numerical simulations to reproduce the laboratory experiments, this study reveals that liquid droplets are present near the bottom surface, which warms and moistens the air in the chamber.

Researchers discussed this topic at the 2024 Analog Computing for Science Workshop co-led by Antonino Tumeo.

A switchable single-atom catalyst is activated in the presence of surface intermediates and reverts to its stable inactive form when the reaction is completed.

Increasing the concentration of ions in zeolite micropores leads to a significant increase in the rate of acid catalyzed reactions.

Tirthankar (TC) Chakraborty, an Earth scientist at PNNL, was recently selected as a 2024–2025 Levenick Resident Scholar in Sustainability Leadership at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Proton shuffling in hydrated nicotine at low temperatures occurs via a Grotthuss mechanism, identified through experimental and computational work.

Artificial intelligence, high-throughput experimentation, and materials science expertise combine to efficiently develop next-generation energy storage materials.