PNNL Wins R&D 100 Awards
PNNL has received 119 R&D 100 Awards since 1969, when the laboratory began submitting entries in the contest that recognizes top 100 inventions each year.
Kovarik Named Inventor of the Year
Electron microscopist Libor Kovarik recognized for his development of new intellectual property.
Synthesizing Nanomaterials from Nature’s Blueprints
Molecular self-assembly expert Chun-Long Chen describes the challenges and opportunities in bio-inspired nanomaterials in a special issue of Chemical Reviews.
Bruce Kay Elected as Trustee for AVS Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processes
Beginning in 2021, PNNL chemical physicist Bruce Kay begins a three-year term as an AVS trustee, part of a six-member committee responsible for overseeing the administration of student scholarships and major society awards.
Project Manager Achieves Golden Career Milestone
Project manager Larry Morgan has spent half a century at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory—marking one of the longest tenures in the laboratory’s history.
PNNL Researchers Track Radioiodine’s Chemical Evolution
PNNL researchers are examining the volatile radioisotope iodine as it evolves in the atmosphere and as it lands on a filtering surface.
Compound Commonly Found in Candles Lights the Way to Grid-Scale Energy Storage
A compound used in candles offers promise for a modern energy challenge—storing massive amounts of energy to be fed into the electric grid as the need arises.
A Keen Eye Behind the Microscope
PNNL materials scientist Dongsheng Li looks forward to using a co-located collection of advanced research equipment in the new Energy Sciences Center.
Laser-focused on Supercooled Water
PNNL’s infrared pulsed heating technique reveals supercooled water’s weird behavior; opens door to other fluid studies at new Energy Sciences Center.
Structural Relaxation and Crystallization of Supercooled Water
New study elucidates the complex relaxation kinetics of supercooled water using a pulsed laser heating technique at previously inaccessible temperatures.