At the center of many research teams are women — scientists and engineers who chase mystery and replace it with discoveries.

A study of mountaintop clouds over Colorado has delivered crucial information to help answer several scientific questions, including how Saharan dust affects clouds over North America.

Scientists have learned more about how molds become cellular factories that can synthesize a range of diverse products.

PNNL scientists recently gave a crash course on soil to young children at a local elementary school, dishing up the dirt on soil.

Cleaning up Hanford is no easy task: it is one of the world's largest and most complex environmental remediation projects. The nation's top engineering firms are on the job and the Department of Energy's PNNL is helping.

PNNL's Ruby Leung and Johannes Lercher elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

Using a natural catalyst from bacteria for inspiration, researchers have now reported the fastest synthetic catalysts to date for hydrogen production-- producing 45 million hydrogen molecules per second.

PNNL is leading a new, approximately $6 million project to develop a new streamlined process to quickly pare down heaps of algae species into just a few that hold the most promise for making biofuel.

Super typhoons grow more intense when their fresh rains reduce the ocean below's salinity.

Intriguing images that reveal innovative scientific research will be on display in Olympia and Seattle through early April.