Creating Quiet Cables for Rare Physics Events
Researchers designed ultra-low radiation cables to reduce background noise for highly sensitive neutrino and dark matter detectors.
Tracking Cosmic Rays with Radioactivity
PNNL’s Richard Saldanha will lead a new project to benchmark and validate models of cosmic ray exposure
PNNL Scientist Inspires Next Generation at the National Science Bowl
Physicist Emily Mace will share her science journey and an interactive presentation about her current research with middle school and high school students from across the country at the National Science Bowl.
Suarez Presents Keynote at Specialized Technical Meeting
Rey Suarez was the keynote speaker at the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization’s Specialized Technical Meeting on Preventive and Predicative Maintenance of the International Monitoring System.
Keeping America Safe: Jon Burnett
As a physicist at PNNL, Jon Burnett’s work is about developing instruments to detect ultra-trace radionuclide signatures, analyze samples from around the world to look for evidence of nuclear explosions, and then interpret that information.
Isotope Program
The Isotope Program at PNNL supports scientific advances in the production and use of radioisotopes for research, medicine, and industrial applications.
Space Science, Technology, and Policy
PNNL’s Space Science, Technology, and Policy activities draw on diverse technical expertise and research capabilities from across the Laboratory.
How ‘Clean’ Does a Quantum Computing Test Facility Need to Be? PNNL Scientists Show the Way
How to keep stray radiation from “shorting” superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is lurking and how to banish it.
PNNL Helps Further the Quest for Info About Matter - the Building Blocks of the Universe
PNNL's ultra pure copper and cooler part of search for answers about matter
Plutonium Experiment Opens New Research Possibilities
Researchers used novel methods to safely create and analyze plutonium samples. The approaches could prove influential in future studies of the radioactive material, benefitting research in legacy, national security and nuclear fuels.