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.

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.

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

New work developed a methodology to generate building temperature setpoint schedules for use by modelers in large-scale building energy simulations.

COVID-19 changed when and where we use electricity. Researchers showed that commonly available total demand data masked the actual changes.

Storage Targets and Release Function Inference Tool uses data to infer the operating policies of large reservoirs on a national scale.

Using size-tunable ionic liquid clusters make electrochemical separations more efficient.

Jingshan Du will serve a three-year term on the Early Career Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering.

Newly determined energy transfer mechanisms help identify how water releases from and damages irradiated interfaces.

A multisectoral analysis that combines land use data with hydrological simulations reveals wide disparities in potential source water contamination.

Semiconductor experiments reveal a surprising new source of conductivity from oxygen atoms trapped inside the material.

PNNL scientist Brian O’Neill led the compilation of an IPCC chapter about climate-related risks.

Materials scientist joins the editorial board of inaugural journal, Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering.

Developing an understanding of how water breaks apart after radiation exposure.

Two PNNL staff recognized for work advancing materials synthesis and computational tools by selection to join the National Academy of Engineering.

Steven Spurgeon, a materials scientist and microscopy researcher at PNNL, has been invited to join the editorial team at Microscopy and Microanalysis.

COVID-19 had multiple impacts on the electric sector and the nature of those impacts varied on the scale analyzed.