Focused research studies of advanced algorithms and materials are setting the stage for the next generation of quantum computers.

Examining the vast scientific literature about the urban impact on weather and climate enabled researchers to synthesize current understanding and to inform future work.

Different sized helium cavities that form after ion irradiation are unevenly distributed in a ductile-phase toughened tungsten composite.

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.

Researchers used ground-based and remote-sensed datasets to comprehensively validate a tool for simulating land surface processes.

State-of-the-art numerical models can better simulate the convective clouds that produce most of the Amazon’s wet season rainfall.

A new hexagonal framework helps more accurately model watersheds at a range of scales.

Study reveals importance of accounting for micrometer scale distribution of substrates to predict carbon emissions from soil.

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

Developing a model for global soil erosion and sediment flux to advance understanding of land, river, and ocean geomorphology and biogeochemistry.

Researchers are developing an understanding of how either wet or dry soil patches change the sizes of atmospheric eddies and cloud clusters.

PNNL scientists reveal that climate change will increase lake evaporation most dramatically in the Mediterranean, Southeast China, and Tropical America.

The overlooked impact of regional hydroclimate changes on lake evaporation implies more robust regional lake volume changes around the globe.

IDREAM researchers assess the potential of photon-in/photon-out XFEL techniques to explore early time reaction steps and ultimately improve nuclear waste processing strategies.

Steven Spurgeon, a materials scientist and microscopy researcher at PNNL, has accepted an affiliate associate professorship at the University of Washington Department of Physics.

The annual Secretary’s Honor Awards recognize federal and contractor employees who have shown exceptional creativity, drive, and commitment to projects that have lasting impact on the Department of Energy's mission.

Changes in the downward flow of infrared energy in clear skies are a key factor influencing recent rapid wintertime Arctic warming.

Ensembles of 20–25 members, notably smaller than traditional large ensembles, can accurately represent changes in extremes of temperature and precipitation.

Implementing and evaluating a new radiative transfer scheme that accounts for various topographic effects on solar radiation in an Earth system model.

Researchers developed a new model to understand the initiation of summer-time mesoscale convective systems over the central United States.