Johannes Lercher, a Battelle Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratoryv, was named a foreign member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences. Lercher was selected for this honor at a society meeting in September 2024. The Spanish Royal Academy of …
The Science Compound floods (CF) can happen when different extreme events, like heavy rain and high storm surge, happen closely in time. This study investigated how often CFs occur along U.S. coastlines and what risks they pose to the residents. Using …
There’s a gap between soil physics data and soil microbiology data, so researchers Regan McDearis and Kenton Rod are building a bridge. Well, it’s a soil stake, but it could be the technology that helps scientists glean even more information from soil at …
Materials with magnetic properties have been central to computing for decades. These permanent magnets, which commonly control computer memory, are well-understood. But next-generation computers might rely on fleeting, quantum properties in materials. …
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm acknowledges Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL’s) heat pump workforce development efforts at the 70th Annual United Association (UA) of Plumbers and Pipefitters Instructor Training program. …
Gravity has been studied since the days of Isaac Newton and has more recently been understood to obey Einstein’s theory of general relativity. But the movements of galaxies cannot be explained by gravitational laws alone. To reconcile theory and …
The Science Mimicking the ability of marine organisms, such as corals, to create calcium carbonate (CaCO3) represents a potential mechanism for energy-efficient carbon dioxide (CO2) removal from the environment. Researchers explored how to use peptoids, …
International collaboration is the core of groundbreaking global research. However, joint research initiatives also present malign actors with a host of opportunities to acquire dual-use technologies, resulting in potential economic and reputational damage …
The Science Geophysical methods have been used to map soil spatiotemporal variabilities on terrestrial ecosystems, but their applicability in soils across land–lake interfaces (also known as terrestrial–aquatic interfaces, or TAIs) is not well understood. …
Francesca Pierobon, a chemical engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), is finding innovative ways to advance affordable and low-carbon technologies, like producing sustainable aviation fuel from municipal solid waste. Pierobon holds a …
“Create a materially better future.” That’s the slogan of the Accelerate Conference presented by the Acceleration Consortium, a global network of researchers working to fast-track materials discovery. This year’s conference featured talks by four …
A recent collaboration among researchers from HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics in Hungary and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, along with industry collaborators Sandbox AQ and NVIDIA, has achieved unprecedented …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Scientists are gathering at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory this week for a first-ever conference to consider ways to protect critical systems such as our electrical grid, water treatment plants and …
The Science Oxygen is an important driver of biogeochemical processes in soils. Coastal systems experience frequent flooding due to tidal cycles, variable rainfall, and storm surge events. These events can result in rapid consumption of oxygen, but the …
As the amount of data that people and machines create, collect, process, and store continues to increase in size and complexity, so does the task of keeping cyber systems safe and secure from ever more sophisticated cyber threats. A team of researchers at …
The National Hydropower Association awarded the Outstanding Stewards of America’s Waters award in public education to Alison Colotelo, hydropower program lead and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) ambassador at Pacific Northwest …
Samrat (Sam) Chatterjee, a chief data scientist and team leader with the Data Sciences and Machine Intelligence group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was the co-author of a workshop report on agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems …
The Science Global change processes modify the extent and functions of the transitional zones between wetlands and uplands—terrestrial–aquatic interfaces (TAIs)—in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. How fluctuating water levels alter groundwater …
Friction stir processing (FSP) runs a spinning tool along the surface of a material, using the heat generated by friction to transform the material microstructure—an approach that can help quickly and precisely engineer alloys for next-generation vehicles. …
The Science Pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) clouds form from wildfire-driven convection. PyroCb clouds contain large amounts of black carbon (BC) mixed with water and organics. BC particles have a large effect on our climate because they can absorb sunlight, …
