MAY 30, 2025 Research Highlight Evaluating the Performance of Ductile Phase Toughened Tungsten Under the Simulated Fusion Environment Researchers at PNNL studied the effects of high temperatures and ionizing radiation on tungsten heavy alloys. ( Read More )
NOVEMBER 19, 2024 Article Paving the Way for Fusion Commercialization PNNL researchers co-organized a workshop on fusion commercialization with partners from industry and academia ( Read More )
OCTOBER 10, 2024 Article New Funding for Fusion Materials Projects PNNL researchers will pursue both fundamental and applied projects with this support from the Department of Energy ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Research Highlight An Alternate Approach to Fabricating Strengthened Steel Combining cold spray deposition and friction stir processing for a more efficient route to oxide dispersion strengthened steel. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Research Highlight Studying Lithium Silicates to Fuel Fusion Reactions PNNL researchers studied the microstructure of lithium silicates under emulated fusion conditions. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Feature Three PNNL Researchers Receive DOE Early Career Research Awards Three PNNL researchers will receive five continuous years of funding for projects through highly competitive DOE Early Career Research Program awards. ( Read More )
JULY 12, 2024 Research Highlight Characterizing Tungsten-Based Materials in a Simulated Fusion Environment Researchers studied the boundary precipitation of tungsten heavy alloys in an extended high temperature irradiation environment ( Read More )
MAY 28, 2024 Article DOE Nuclear Energy Leader Michael Goff Visits PNNL The Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy acting assistant secretary makes his first visit to a national laboratory in his new role, touring PNNL's Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. ( Read More )
MAY 9, 2024 News Release Study Shows How Night Shift Work Can Raise Risk of Diabetes, Obesity New research sheds light on the biomolecular dangers of night shift work. ( Read More )
MAY 1, 2024 Feature First Steps Toward a Whole-Body Map of Molecular Responses to Exercise PNNL contributes to a nationwide research consortium investigating the molecular mechanisms triggered by endurance training. ( Read More )
MARCH 26, 2024 Staff Accomplishment PNNL Physics Research Makes Scientific Reports Top 100 Collection PNNL research exploring tungsten heavy alloys for use in advanced nuclear fusion reactors makes Scientific Reports Top 100 Collection. ( Read More )
JANUARY 16, 2024 Research Highlight LipidOz: New Software Enables Identification of Lipid Double Bond Locations A streamlined informatics workflow that automatically processes complex data and provides the locations of double bonds in lipids. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 14, 2023 Research Highlight Direct Detection of Phage-Host Interactions in Soils Hi-C metagenomics-informed phage-host infection networks detected in soil pre- and post-drying. ( Read More )
MAY 24, 2023 Research Highlight Metabolomics Reveals Strategic Wood Degradation by Rot Fungi Metabolomics analysis revealed differences in metabolome profiles for two distinct modes of fungal wood decay. ( 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 )
MAY 11, 2022 Research Highlight No Ball Milling Needed: Alternative Oxide Dispersion-Strengthened Steel Manufacturing Combining advanced powder synthesis with solid state processing allows researchers to streamline oxide dispersion-strengthened steel fabrication. ( Read More )
APRIL 26, 2022 Research Highlight New Software Enables Processing of High-Dimensional Mass Spectrometry Data Data from increasingly complex mass spectrometry instruments met with adaptable data analysis solution. ( Read More )
APRIL 1, 2022 Research Highlight Revealing the Distribution of Helium Cavities in a Toughened Tungsten Composite Different sized helium cavities that form after ion irradiation are unevenly distributed in a ductile-phase toughened tungsten composite. ( Read More )
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 News Release Making Methane from CO2: Carbon Capture Grows More Affordable PNNL researchers can make methane from captured CO2 and renewably sourced hydrogen, offering a path toward cheaper synthetic natural gas. ( Read More )
JUNE 25, 2021 Staff Accomplishment Kristin Burnum-Johnson Speaks on Proteome Mapping Kristin Burnum-Johnson presented at two virtual events in June on proteome mapping. ( Read More )