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MAY 9, 2024
Feature

Designer Peptoids Mimic Nature’s Helices

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Image showing left and right handed peptoid helices
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Feature

Hydrogen Energy for Guam Using Seawater Electrolysis

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Photograph of three people walking in a building
OCTOBER 13, 2023
News Release

Pacific Northwest Set to Launch Hydrogen Energy Hub

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schematic illustration showing how hydrogen fuel could help decarbonize heavy duty transportation
JULY 19, 2023
Feature

Burning Calories for Energy in the Calorimetry Lab

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Photograph of the inside of a calorimeter
MAY 5, 2023
Staff Accomplishment

Energy Sciences Center Team Recognized with DOE Project Management Award

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DOE awards ESC team Project of the Year
APRIL 4, 2023
Feature

The Flightpath from a Groundbreaking Catalyst to Jets that Soar on Renewable Fuel from Waste

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Jet fuel
MARCH 21, 2023
Feature

Answering Big Questions with Thin Oxide Films

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Image showing three different samples, each held with tweezers in gloved hands.
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
News Release

Tiniest Ever Ancient Seawater Pockets Revealed

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Ancient seawater trapped in iron pyrite framboid
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
News Release

Plastic Upcycling to Close the Carbon Cycle

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Plastic upcycling converts plastic bags to fuel
AUGUST 2, 2022
Article

Lithiation-Assisted Epitaxy for Materials Discovery

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Illustration of a layered material with spheres representing ions moving through the layers
JULY 20, 2022
Feature

Enriching Science Education with Thin Films

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kaspar
JUNE 13, 2022
Feature

Exploring New Materials Through Collaboration

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Photograph of a smiling man wearing business attire
JUNE 1, 2022
Article

New Capabilities in Fusion Energy Sciences

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NSsD's researcher Ramprashad Prabharkan investigates the integrity of nuclear reactor components
APRIL 25, 2022
Feature

Seeking Energy Frontiers

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morris
APRIL 6, 2022
Feature

From Steel Mill to DOE Laboratory, Arun Devaraj Seeks Perfection

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arun
JANUARY 11, 2022
Feature

Using Ion Soft Landing to Solve Hard Energy Problems

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Illustration showing multicolored molecule-filled spheres passing through four cylinders, which represent the selection process of the ion soft landing instrument. Only one color of balls passes through the cylinder to land on the red surface below.
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Feature

Seeking to Reduce Carbon Footprint with Foot on Two Continents

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Johannes Lercher
OCTOBER 29, 2021
News Release

Energy Secretary, Washington Governor Dedicate Energy Sciences Center at PNNL

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Energy Sciences Center
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Feature

Catalyzing a Sustainable Future

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ultra-high vacuum low temperature scanning probe microscope
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Feature

Atomic-Scale Images for Energy Science

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Person looking at an instrument
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Director's Column

New $90M PNNL Center to Focus on Solving Clean Energy’s Biggest Puzzles

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Samantha Johnson
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Feature

Scott Chambers Searches for New Materials, One Atomic Layer at a Time

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chambers
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Feature

Controlling Thin Films with Atomic “Spray Painting”

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Illustration of electrons moving in a thin film atop a background of water
AUGUST 30, 2021
Feature

Well, This Is Cool: PNNL’s Bruce Kay Is A Supercooled Water Expert

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kay
JULY 26, 2021
Feature

Bottling Clean Energy in Chemical Bonds

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Bottle on a beach with hydrogen molecules in the background
JULY 12, 2021
Feature

Worldly Experience Is a Catalyst for Change

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bojana
JUNE 14, 2021
Feature

A Keen Eye Behind the Microscope

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dongsheng
JUNE 7, 2021
Feature

Laser-focused on Supercooled Water

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Photo of Greg Kimmel and Loni Kringle
MAY 10, 2021
Feature

Energy for the Long Run

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Marcel Baer
APRIL 26, 2021
Feature

Energy on Demand: Learning from Nature’s Catalysts

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Conceptual image of a nitrogenase enzyme using quantum chemistry
APRIL 19, 2021
Feature

Finding What Makes Catalysts Tick

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Samantha Johnson
MARCH 1, 2021
Feature

The Right Stuff to Find the Right Materials

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vijay
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Feature

PNNL Energy Sciences Center Will Help Realize Clean Energy Future

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Energy Science Center Rendering

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