As wildfires grow increasingly severe, PNNL researchers are working to slow their spread and mitigate their harmful effects.

PNNL chief research engineer Rob Dagle has been named 2021 PNNL Inventor of the Year.

A new approach to epitaxial growth can produce different complex oxides through ion movement.

Tiffany Kaspar’s work has advanced the discovery and understanding of oxide materials, helping develop electronics, quantum computing, and energy production. She strives to communicate her science to the public.

PNNL researchers created a model that helps materials scientists not only predict what is, but what could be.

The Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines initiative recently outlined six years of research in a findings and impact report.

Three PNNL bioenergy experts have received adjunct appointments at Washington State University (WSU), working closely with the WSU-PNNL Bioproducts Institute and students.

Scientists from PNNL and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Services’ Pacific Northwest Research Station have partnered to evaluate potential climate and wildfire adaptation scenarios and resulting benefits from restoration forestry.

An innovative artificial enzyme has shown it can chew through woody lignin, an abundant carbon-based substance that stores tremendous potential for renewable energy and materials.

Fu brings expertise in identifying defects in quantum materials to the PNNL.

Materials scientist Arun Devaraj is committed to improving the quality and performance of metals with a big assist from atom probe tomography.

PNNL bioenergy expert Karthikeyan Ramasamy was a co-guest editor in an American Chemical Society Energy & Fuels virtual special issue on advances in biomass and wastes thermochemical processing.

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.

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

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.

PNNL chemical engineer Mariefel Olarte has been elected second vice chair to the ASTM D32 Committee on Catalysis.

Carbon-neutral waste-to-fuel flow cell process generates its own energy.

A team of researchers developed a simulation approach to identify how atomic structures can affect the phonon transport of energy and information in quantum systems near absolute zero temperatures.

PNNL chief scientist Jonathan Male has been named co-director of the joint Washington State University-PNNL Bioproducts Institute.