Where Liquid Meets Air: Unearthing How Air Pollutants Form
Global climate change is often at the forefront of national and international discussions and controversies, yet many details of the specific contributing factors are poorly understood.
PNNL Builds Apparatus to Test Fracturing Fluids
A research team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed an apparatus that evaluates the performance of high-temperature fluids in hydraulic fracturing for enhanced geothermal systems.
An Ally for Alloys
Machine learning techniques are accelerating the development of stronger alloys for power plants, which will yield efficiency, cost, and decarbonization benefits.
Community S&T Seminar Series: Solving the 21st Century’s Climate and Energy Challenges through Carbon Mineralization
Geoscientist Allie Nagurney and Chemist Emily Nienhuis discuss a process that permanently removes CO2 from the atmosphere and mineralizes it deep underground, plus a critical mineral extraction technology that uses CO2 as a leaching fluid.
2023 AIChE Annual Meeting
PNNL is sharing research at 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting, which is hosted by the world's leading organization for chemical engineering professionals
Not Your Average Refinery
In a new review, PNNL researchers outline how to convert stranded biomass to sustainable fuel using electrochemical reduction reactions in mini-refineries powered by renewable energy.
American Chemical Society National Meeting Honors Two PNNL Scientists
PNNL materials scientist Ram Devanathan named Fellow and chemist Dave Heldebrant keynotes at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2020 meeting.
Jian Liu Selected as Nanoporous Materials Book Editor
Jian Liu, a chemical engineer at PNNL, was selected as co-editor for the Elsevier book, Nanoporous Materials for Molecule Separation and Conversion.
Gaining Insights into How Mineral Surfaces Respond to Electric Fields
To improve our ability to “see” into the subsurface, scientists need to understand how different mineral surfaces respond to electrical signals at the molecular scale.