Stephen Hernandez and Kaley Walker hail from vastly different backgrounds. Yet, their shared passion for service to the nation led them to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Hernandez and Walker are among the 72 fellows who have the distinction …
With ships and seaports handling the vast majority of international trade, shipbuilding is critical to U.S. national security and economic interests; however, the United States currently manufactures less than one percent of the world’s commercial ships, …
Last June, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Graduate Fellowship Program (NGFP) reached a milestone with the Class of 2025–2026. It represented the 30th cohort of the program, and the 72 fellows in the class join more than 850 NGFP alumni …
Kristen Backstrom, Tanya Korotkov, and Derek Higgins of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently led a team effort that secured external accreditation for the Office of Radiological Security (ORS) Radiological Security Awareness and Response ( …
The Science Viruses rely on host machinery to replicate, and growing evidence demonstrates that they utilize host epigenetic regulation, including histone modification, to modulate host gene expression for their benefit. Pacific Northwest National …
Kristin Persson, a Daniel M. Tellep Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley and faculty senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Selecting a contractor or home energy auditor can be stressful when online search engines offer thousands of results. To give consumers a break from wading through endless search results, the Department of Energy has teamed up with Google …
Two Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. They are part of a cohort of 120 new …
RICHLAND, Wash.—The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has established the Enhanced Visibility and Event Response capability to help grid operators adapt to a rapidly evolving electricity system and thwart potential adversarial …
The University of California Board of Regents today (May 5) approved Katherine Yelick as the next director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Her appointment as director begins on July 1. Yelick is a leading computer scientist with a …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Every year, billions of metal pieces are joined together to build millions of vehicles in the United States. These joints must sustain not just regular wear and tear, but also potentially catastrophic forces. Manufacturers have relied on …
RICHLAND, Wash. — Student winners of this year’s regional National Science Bowl competitions will hear about the future of AI from two researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory this spring. The national competition …
Take a brief walk outside and you’re likely to encounter a wide range of things that could influence your health—the sunlight beaming on your face, a plume of exhaust, or even noise from a car driving by. Each exposure carries with it the possibility of …
RICHLAND, Wash. — Scientists have used the power of AI to analyze and predict the conversion of liquid radioactive waste into solid glass waste forms, increasing the amount of waste that goes into each container of glass produced and reducing operational …
Biologists and engineers have been working together over decades to decipher the language of biology. Now, they are teaching AI models to interpret that knowledge and harness it for national priorities through the Orchestrated Platform for Autonomous …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers attended the Department of Energy’s annual Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA‑E) Energy Innovation Summit. There, thousands of leaders from government, academia, and industry convened to …
RICHLAND, Wash.—The most demanding calculations in quantum chemistry can now be solved with graphic processing unit (GPU) supercomputers. A recently published study shows that software adapted to use GPU hardware can provide not just speed, but also the …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Three senior leaders have been appointed to roles guiding research programs and operations at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. William A. “Bill” Pike will serve as deputy director for science and …
Scientific and technological advances are changing the front lines for countering chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats. David Wunschel, a chemist and Laboratory Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), recently …
DESI has now measured cosmological data for six times as many galaxies and quasars as all previous measurements combined. The collaboration will immediately begin processing the completed dataset, with the first dark energy results from DESI’s full five- …
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