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13-Nov-2024

How ‘clean’ does a quantum computing test facility need to be? PNNL scientists show the way

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How to keep stray radiation from “shorting” superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is lurking and how to banish it.

Journal: PRX Quantum
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

28-Oct-2024

Scientists address risks to supply chain in a connected world

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Meeting Announcement

Protecting critical systems such as the electrical grid and water treatment plants from cyber-based risks to the supply chain is the focus of a new conference at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

21-Oct-2024

Cloud computing captures chemistry code

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The speed and agility of cloud computing opens doors to completing advanced computational chemistry workflows in days instead of months.

Journal: The Journal of Chemical Physics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

18-Sep-2024

Flexible circuits made with silk and graphene on the horizon

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ultra-thin layers of silk deposited on graphene in perfect alignment represent a key advance for the control needed in microelectronics and advanced neural network development.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

11-Sep-2024

Three PNNL researchers receive DOE Early Career Research Awards

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Three PNNL researchers will receive five continuous years of funding for projects through highly competitive DOE Early Career Research Program awards.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

5-Sep-2024

Research vessel Resilience charts course to the future of marine research

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Dedication of the new hybrid-electric research vessel, the RV Resilience, was celebrated by laboratory, state and federal officials.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

21-Aug-2024

Hydropower generation projected to rise, but climate change brings uncertain future

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Although climate change may bring increased precipitation to many parts of the United States, some areas may face drier conditions and lower streamflow, resulting in decreased hydropower generation.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters

13-Aug-2024

Grid Storage Launchpad at PNNL opens new era in energy storage

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Grid Storage Launchpad will enable researchers to accelerate and validate new battery materials and systems.

12-Aug-2024

Ships now spew less sulfur, but warming has sped up

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New findings document fewer ship tracks, reduced cloud cover, and boosted warming after ship emissions regulations took effect in 2020.

Journal: Geophysical Research Letters

1-Aug-2024

Born to modulate: Researchers reveal origins of climate-controlling particles

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Aerosol particles imbue climate models with uncertainty. New work by PNNL researchers reveals where in the world and under what conditions new particles are born.

Journal: Nature
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy