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AI Speeds Selective and High-Yield Recovery of Critical Minerals from Industrial Waste

Critical minerals could be sourced from industrial waste at scale thanks to an AI-guided separation workflow developed by researchers at PNNL.

Autonomy Accelerates Science on a National Scale

Autonomous science laboratories are taking shape quickly across the PNNL campus.

Advancing Energy Innovation

Five PNNL Innovations Win 2026 R&D 100 Awards

Five PNNL innovations earned 2026 R&D 100 Awards for advances in biotechnology, manufacturing, critical minerals, and nuclear security.

PNNL Breaks Ground on First-of-Its-Kind Autonomous Laboratory for Biosciences

The Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability has been designed to transform how we could put microbes to work for American manufacturing competitiveness and human health advances, among other benefits.

Scientists Are Speeding Up the Development of “Rad-Hard” Materials for Satellites, Nuclear Reactors

Scientists are using agentic agents to speed up the process of toughening materials for their future in space or in nuclear reactors.

Center for Robotics and Autonomy @ PNNL