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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 29-Jan-2026 12:11 ET (29-Jan-2026 17:11 GMT/UTC)

6-Apr-2022

From steel mill to DOE laboratory, Arun Devaraj seeks perfection

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Materials scientist Arun Devaraj is committed to improving the quality and performance of metals with a big assist from atom probe tomography.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

1-Apr-2022

A new “Fitbit” for fish spills secret life of fish

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new fitness tracker that’s very much like a ‘Fitbit for fish’ is revealing new information about fish health and behavior.

22-Mar-2022

Energy codes pilot study takes flight in New York

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Applying new approaches in energy codes may support improved building efficiency and decarbonization in the Big Apple and beyond.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

8-Mar-2022

Newly released data show how fish pass through dams

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A unique data set following Chinook salmon as they negotiate hydroelectric dams on the Columbia River is now available to researchers worldwide.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Energy

21-Feb-2022

Exploring underground ecosystems

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists discover new soil viruses across different climates.

Journal: mBio
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

11-Feb-2022

Complicating the opioid epidemic: the many faces of Fentanyl

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists are protecting first responders and others by expanding what’s known about fentanyl, the driver of the opioid epidemic. They’re expanding the library of known fentanyl analogs and predicting new forms that might exist someday.

Funder: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

31-Jan-2022

Why we need hydropower for a resilient grid

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new PNNL study quantifies hydropower's contribution to grid stability. When other power sources go out, hydropower can ramp up, recoup shortfalls, and stabilize the grid nearly instantaneously.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

20-Jan-2022

The value of wind energy

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Two PNNL studies that describe the potential value of offshore wind off the Oregon Coast and distributed wind in Alaska were published in the journal Energies.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

11-Jan-2022

Using ion soft landing to solve hard energy problems

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

In adjoining Energy Sciences Center laboratories, researchers develop better energy storage devices by understanding the fundamental reactions that form interfaces.

17-Dec-2021

Researchers pioneer a new view of deep rock fractures for geothermal energy

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A team led by researchers at PNNL demonstrated a new way to monitor deep subsurface fractures.

Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy