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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 27-Aug-2025 01:11 ET (27-Aug-2025 05:11 GMT/UTC)

25-Sep-2024

AI-guided experiments speed scientific discovery

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Artificial intelligence, high-throughput experimentation, and materials science expertise combine to efficiently develop next-generation energy storage materials.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

5-Sep-2024

Tackling one of the most extreme environments on Earth: Nuclear waste

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

New funding spurs a new approach to researching the effective retrieval and processing of legacy radioactive waste. Four-year focus of the IDREAM EFRC will link attosecond timescales to decades-long chemical processes.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

3-Sep-2024

Long-duration energy storage can’t wait

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Long-duration energy storage gets the spotlight in a new Energy Storage Research Alliance featuring PNNL innovations, like a molecular digital twin and advanced instrumentation.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

29-Aug-2024

Hands in the glove box

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL welcomed United Kingdom researcher for a six-week hands-on research exchange to develop nuclear forensic techniques.

Funder: National Nuclear Security Administration

19-Aug-2024

An electric grid that thinks ahead

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers are planning for an electric grid that deploys machine learning to think ahead, plan for the worst, anticipate demand, and meet consumer needs safely and securely.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

1-Aug-2024

Experiment on photosynthesis by scientists at PNNL headed to the space station

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

As launch time draws near, PNNL scientists are eager to explore how plants might grow in space, where the effect of gravity is substantially weaker.

29-Jul-2024

Extreme heat, hurricanes, wildfires: how summer’s extremes disrupt the power grid

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Climate change is bringing more extreme summer weather, from heat waves to hurricanes, that can disrupt the flow of electricity. Here’s how PNNL scientists are working on solutions to protect the nation’s electric grid.

1-May-2024

First steps toward a whole-body map of molecular responses to exercise

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL contributes to a nationwide research consortium investigating the molecular mechanisms triggered by endurance training.

Journal: Nature

23-Apr-2024

Beyond higher temperatures: Preparing for national security risks posed by climate change

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Climate scientists and national security experts at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working together to explore the security consequences of the changing climate.

Funder: U.S. Department of Defense

17-Apr-2024

Garbage could replace a quarter of petroleum-based jet fuel every year

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Americans produce enough waste every year to replace up to a quarter of the country’s jet fuel with sustainable alternatives, new research shows.

Journal: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering