APRIL 20, 2023 Staff Accomplishment Van Rooyen Serves as Guest Editor for Materials Society Journal PNNL’s Isabella van Rooyen leads the JOM special section on Additive Manufacturing for High Temperature Energy Systems. ( Read More )
APRIL 13, 2023 Research Highlight Fluvial-Coastal Flooding in a Changing Climate Future global warming-induced changes to watershed and coastal processes can significantly affect the magnitude of fluvial-coastal compound flooding. ( Read More )
APRIL 13, 2023 Research Highlight Using Topological Relationships in Mesh-Independent River Network Representations A new model improves the representations of river networks in climate models across scales. ( Read More )
APRIL 7, 2023 News Release More Frequent Hurricanes Raise Risk to U.S. East and Gulf Coasts New research finds that global warming will bring stronger and more frequent hurricanes to U.S. coasts, up by a third compared to current levels. ( Read More )
MARCH 17, 2023 Staff Accomplishment Arkema Selected for National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee PNNL’s Katie Arkema was selected to be on NASEM committee focused on public health and conservation. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 28, 2023 Research Highlight Identifying What Controls Reactivity in Concentrated Alkaline Aluminate Solutions Hydrogen bonding and proton transfer control the identity and reactivity of molecules in highly concentrated and alkaline aluminate solutions. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 23, 2023 News Release Plastic Upcycling to Close the Carbon Cycle A new method to convert waste plastic to fuel and raw materials promises to help close the carbon cycle at mild temperature and with high yield. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 23, 2023 Staff Accomplishment Ward Named 2022 ASLO Fellow PNNL Earth scientist Nick Ward has been recognized as a 2022 fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 1, 2023 Research Highlight Landscape Metrics Play a Role in Population Downscaling Researchers found that specific landscape metrics consistently outperform traditional population downscaling methods. ( Read More )
FEBRUARY 1, 2023 Staff Accomplishment Four Nuclear Waste Researchers Receive ASTM International Awards Four PNNL researchers specializing in nuclear waste management received awards from the ASTM International Committee C26 on Nuclear Fuel Cycle. ( Read More )
JANUARY 30, 2023 Director's Column Can the Ocean Improve Your Life, Job and Health? In Pursuit of the ‘Blue Economy’ PNNL is making waves in pursuit of a blue economy. Researchers are advancing science and technology to expand—and protect—the gifts of the sea. ( Read More )
JANUARY 12, 2023 Feature New Generator Rolls into Ocean Energy New PNNL-developed nanogenerator harnesses the renewable energy in ocean waves to power sensors that provide critical weather and wave information. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 12, 2022 Staff Accomplishment PNNL-Sequim Team Wins ESTCP Project of the Year PNNL-Sequim team wins ESTCP Project of the Year for their work supporting underwater munition remediation. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 2, 2022 Research Highlight What Drives Rapid Vertical Exchange in Northern Gulf of Mexico Water? Interactions between fronts and the land-sea breeze lead to strong vertical exchange in the northern Gulf of Mexico. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 2, 2022 Research Highlight Structural Insights into How Ions in Basic Solutions Transform Researchers identified a new intermediate phase that forms during the crystallization of hydrated aluminum-containing salts. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 30, 2022 Staff Accomplishment Matt Feldman Receives Dedicated Service Award The American Society of Mechanical Engineers recognized radioactive material transportation expert Matt Feldman with its 2022 Dedicated Service Award. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 29, 2022 Feature Fertilizing the Ocean to Store Carbon Dioxide Iron-based fertilizer may stimulate plankton to pull carbon dioxide from the ocean, driving a carbon-negative process. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 21, 2022 Research Highlight Optimizing Random Forest Machine Learning Models to Predict Water Quality Data-driven experiments can help determine best practices for Random Forest machine learning to predict water quality, particularly nitrate levels. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 28, 2022 Research Highlight Watching the Behavior of Irradiated Boehmite Particles The amount of radiation in a system influences how fast aggregated boehmite particles dissolve. ( Read More )
OCTOBER 24, 2022 Feature The Science of Hurricanes: Preparing for and Enduring Big Storms Scientists at PNNL are working to better prepare authorities, emergency responders, communities and the grid in the face of increasingly extreme hurricanes. ( Read More )