Directionally biased electrostatic interactions are the key to significantly tuning the reduction potential of iron/sulfur clusters.

Developing a new scheme to more efficiently solve quantum chemistry problems.

Increasing concentrations of ions slows the rate of particle aggregation in boehmite suspensions.

Chemist Wendy Shaw, a nationally recognized scientific leader, has been chosen to serve as the associate laboratory director for PNNL's Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate.

Researchers have created an algorithm that slashes the calculations necessary to prepare and customize data for quantum computing.

Nine national laboratories, including PNNL, bring together over 1,000 scientists for a day to use AI to accelerate scientific discovery.

PNNL Program Development Office Director Karl Mueller explains how the TEC4 project seeks to make advanced chemical computations accessible to all.

Four engineers at PNNL received awards for nuclear science presentations related to Hanford Site cleanup at the annual meeting of the world's leading organization for chemical engineering professionals.

A potential quantum advantage for fluid dynamics simulations from molecular to atmospheric scales with a new formula for success.

Electronic structure codes in a cloud environment can enable efficient computational chemistry simulations.

Molecular simulations highlight the key interactions between mineral surfaces and organic matter that lead to carbon stabilization in soils.

CACTUS provides AI-powered cheminformatics for autonomous science.

New IDREAM research explores the effects of electrolyte species on boehmite nanoparticle aggregation in legacy wastes.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers developed a new theoretical method for studying highly correlated systems.

Future holiday homecomings could include efficient heat pumps in cold climates and homes designed and built with the environment in mind.

Research that modeled increased heat pump adoption alongside climate change impacts in Texas showed that high-efficiency heat pumps buffer the strain that electric heating might put on the power grid.

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

Secretary Granholm praises heat pump workforce development efforts at this year's instructor training program.

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

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