JANUARY 28, 2021 News Release It’s Elemental: Ultra-trace Detector Tests Gold Purity Ultra-trace radiation detection technique sets new global standard for measuring the nearly immeasurable. ( Read More )
JANUARY 27, 2021 Research Highlight A Warmer Climate Delays Seasonal Rainfall Over Land Scientists discovered that a warming climate delays monsoonal rain, but only over land. ( Read More )
JANUARY 27, 2021 Research Highlight A New Global Land Use Dataset for Advancing Earth System Science Introducing a publicly available and global gridded high-resolution land use dataset based on diverse future socioeconomic and climate scenarios. ( Read More )
JANUARY 27, 2021 News Release Methane Emissions from Coal Mines Are Higher Than Previously Thought Methane emissions from coal mines are likely higher than previously calculated, largely due to emissions from abandoned mines. ( Read More )
JANUARY 26, 2021 Research Highlight Optimization and Machine Learning for Safeguarding Cyber-Physical Systems New mathematical tools developed at PNNL hold promise to transform the way we operate and defend complex cyber-physical systems, such as the power grid. ( Read More )
JANUARY 22, 2021 Research Highlight Considering Irrigation Improves Simulated Mesoscale Convective Systems and Low-Level Jets Regional climate models reveal irrigation’s role in strong precipitation and low-level winds across the Central United States. ( Read More )
JANUARY 22, 2021 Research Highlight Self-Assembly of Single-Metal Oxide Clusters on an Oxide Surface A simple method produces a complex, atomically precise model catalyst for use in fundamental science studies. ( Read More )
JANUARY 19, 2021 Research Highlight Comparison is Key to Validating Aircraft Measurement Datasets Comparing large datasets from coordinated aircraft flights provides critical information about data researcher use in a range of analyses. ( Read More )
JANUARY 18, 2021 News Release E-cigarettes Stress Lungs, Impair Protein Function E-cigarette exposure stresses and inflames the lungs of rats, compromising important quality control proteins, according to new research. ( Read More )
JANUARY 14, 2021 Research Highlight Urbanization Shapes Thunderstorms Near the Gulf Coast Urbanization-induced land cover and anthropogenic aerosol changes result in stronger thunderstorms with enhanced precipitation in the Houston area. ( Read More )
JANUARY 14, 2021 Research Highlight Strong Chemical Sources and Sinks Govern Secondary Organic Aerosol Loadings Earth system model highlights the role of chemical sources and sinks of aerosols ( Read More )
JANUARY 8, 2021 Research Highlight Ecological Modeling Applied to Metabolomics Opens New Area of Scientific Inquiry Researchers propose and test foundational concepts for the new subdiscipline of “meta-metabolome ecology.” ( Read More )
JANUARY 5, 2021 Research Highlight Creating Ears Under Water: Researching the Effects of Underwater Noise with Joe Haxel Marine scientist Joe Haxel leads Triton Field Trials research studying methods to monitor underwater noise associated with marine energy systems. ( Read More )
JANUARY 4, 2021 Research Highlight Grid Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Change Associated with Regional Interconnections Long term power grid planning needs to consider regional dependencies in climate adaption plans. ( Read More )
JANUARY 4, 2021 Research Highlight Using Mathematical Rigor to Increase the Physical Realism of Models Rigorous mathematical methods can help avoid unnecessary simplifications in numerical models of atmospheric clouds. ( Read More )
JANUARY 4, 2021 Research Highlight Careful Mathematical Choices Help More Rapidly Reduce Errors in Simulations More accurate methods provide better results in numerical simulations of atmospheric clouds by avoiding accidental contradictions. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 21, 2020 News Release Researchers Identify Which West Coast Regions Hold Greatest Wave Energy Potential Washington and Oregon coastlines hold most promising areas to pull power from West Coast waves, according to a recent study on wave energy. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 18, 2020 Research Highlight Driving Down Carbon Capture Costs to $50.6 per Tonne PNNL researchers have developed a new class of chemistry focused on carbon capture technology and made incremental strides in driving down costs. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 16, 2020 News Release Urban Land and Aerosols Amplify Hazardous Weather, Steer Storms Toward Cities Urban landscapes and anthropogenic aerosols have the potential to make gusts stronger, hail larger and even steer storms toward cities. ( Read More )
DECEMBER 16, 2020 Research Highlight International Study on Methane Hydrate Reservoirs A code comparison study demonstrates a leap in the accuracy and reliability of modeling gas hydrate for the discovery and production of natural gas. ( Read More )