The Science Clouds are one of the most uncertain components in numerical weather prediction and climate models. Mixed-phase clouds (those containing both supercooled liquid water and ice) can be especially challenging to represent. Theory predicts that …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) chemist John Shilling wears soundproof earmuffs as he sits between freezer-chest-sized scientific instruments in an airplane. The instruments—measuring gas and aerosol particles as the plane navigates the sky— …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Scientists have plumbed the depths of nearly 3,000 soil samples from around the globe to put together the heftiest atlas of soil viruses ever created—more than 600,000 fragments of DNA that are likely viruses. But what are all those viruses …
Before digital computers existed, analog devices were used to assist humans in making calculations, predictions, and measurements. From the ancient Antikythera mechanism used to predict movements of celestial bodies in 200 B.C. to the ‘Brass Brains’ Tide …
The Science The Pangeo-Enabled ESM Pattern Scaling (PEEPS) dataset simplifies and updates the generation of spatial patterns following past efforts to provide an available library of spatial patterns (average global-to-local relationships) of multiple …
Sergei Kalinin, a joint appointee at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, has been selected for the David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics by the American Physical Society (APS). …
Across the United States, much of the nation’s critical infrastructure—including water treatment plants, shipping ports, freight railyards, and more—are digitizing. Mechanisms that once could be performed manually, such as running a water filtration …
At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), staff members like Madalina Man are leveraging their legal expertise to address nuclear security technology and policy challenges around the world. Man had the opportunity to share her experiences on a …
Ryan Eddy, director of homeland security programs at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was recognized as one of 50 trailblazers by Homeland Security Today. The award recognizes his long-standing commitment to homeland security, having spent …
One of the most difficult problems with quantum computing relates to increasing the size of the quantum computer. Researchers globally are seeking to solve this “challenge of scale.” To bring quantum scaling closer to reality, researchers from 14 …
Ján Drgoňa, who is a data scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), was featured as a speaker at the Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) 2024 Symposium of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The event was held on …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will be embarking on two new materials projects in fusion energy sciences. The support for these projects comes from the Department of Energy’s Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) and Advanced Research Projects Agency– …
The Pacific Northwest Association of Toxicologists (PANWAT) presented its annual Toxicology Achievement Award to Katrina Waters at the Society of Toxicology Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting, held in Lynnwood, Washington, on September 30th. The award …
The Science Stable, but relatively inactive catalysts, can be transiently activated in the presence of surface intermediates. Researchers employed a surface science approach to prepare single rhodium (Rh) atom sites with different coordinations. They found …
Exploding pagers, a bridge in Baltimore collapsed by a cargo ship, and hacks on a water system in rural Texas. All spotlight vulnerabilities in our complex, global supply chain. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), like Jess Smith, …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Across the United States, millions of people rely on electricity delivered by thousands of miles of transmission lines. As the nation continues to electrify all aspects of society—vehicles, buildings, appliances—utilities need strategies …
The Science This research explores how the sinuosity, or bends, in rivers can influence the mixing of river water and groundwater in shallow riverbed sediments and in turn affect water quality. Researchers discovered that high-sinuosity channels can shield …
The Science Quality control (QC) strategies for monitoring and assessing instrument performance during mass spectrometry analysis is crucial to make sure the data generated is high-quality, reproducible, and accurate. Particularly for metabolomics and …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-Sequim facilitated the deployment and testing of the first tidal turbine operated for an extended period on the seafloor in the Pacific Northwest. It highlights PNNL-Sequim’s key role as the only facility on the …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) postdoc Pengfei Shi won first place in the Early Career Researcher Poster Competition at the recently concluded NOAA Subseasonal and Seasonal Applications Workshop. The objective of the workshop, presented by …
