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Published on September 16, 2024 - 22:44 GMT

Future Climate Change Predicted to Shift Flood Generating Mechanisms and Intensify Extreme Flooding Events

The Science The Delaware River Basin, a coastal watershed in the Mid-Atlantic region, has a long history of severe flooding with significant socioeconomic impacts. This research uses a process-based modeling approach to analyze hydrometeorological (like …

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Published on September 13, 2024 - 22:48 GMT

From Simulation to Synthesis

Researchers have used computational techniques to advance scientific discovery since the earliest days of computing. Now, scientific research is experiencing another leap forward with the intersection of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence …

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Published on September 13, 2024 - 17:00 GMT

Transmission and Renewables Would Reduce Carbon Emissions, Generation Costs in Western United States

RICHLAND, Wash.—If all the high-voltage transmission currently under construction and in advanced stages of permitting is built by 2030 in the Western United States—enabling the construction of new renewable energy projects—carbon dioxide emissions in the …

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Published on September 10, 2024 - 21:19 GMT

An Alternate Approach to Fabricating Strengthened Steel

The Science Potential fusion power plants require materials capable of withstanding extreme conditions. Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steel represents a top candidate material, but current production is labor and cost intensive. Researchers combined …

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Published on September 10, 2024 - 21:07 GMT

Studying Lithium Silicates to Fuel Fusion Reactions

The Science Researchers studied the behavior of lithium silicates under ion irradiation at high temperatures to emulate the conditions after one year inside the SlimCS DEMO fusion reactor. They first fabricated pellets of lithium orthosilicate (Li4SiO4) …

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Published on September 10, 2024 - 20:43 GMT

PNNL Facilitates Department of State Chemical Forensics Workshop

Staff at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Jonathan Forman, Raul Aranzazu, and George Bonheyo recently traveled to Cyprus to facilitate a multilateral workshop on chemical forensics investigations. The workshop, titled Saharan Fox, was hosted by …

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Published on September 10, 2024 - 20:43 GMT

Exploring the Future of Aviation Security

In the wake of technological advances like higher-resolution imagery and artificial intelligence, what does the future of aviation security look like? How can science and technology improve the traveler experience while reducing risk? This was the focus of …

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Published on September 10, 2024 - 17:21 GMT

Three PNNL Researchers Receive DOE Early Career Research Awards

The Department of Energy (DOE) selected Gavin Cornwell, Sneha Couvillion, and Bo Peng of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to receive 2024 Early Career Research Program awards. The three researchers work in fields that represent major areas of …

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Published on September 10, 2024 - 12:02 GMT

PNNL Takes Its Radiation Expertise to Space

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An experiment designed to answer questions about the radiation environment for manned space missions launched from Kennedy Space Center today. For the five-day mission, experiments from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest …

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Published on September 9, 2024 - 20:53 GMT

Cloud as Stumbling Block for the Propagation of the Southern Annular Mode

The Science The Southern Annular Mode (SAM), with an iconic dipolar zonal wind pattern centered around the axis of storm track, is the most dominant mode of variability orchestrating the weathers and wind from the subtropics to the pole. Its origin, …

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Published on September 6, 2024 - 22:11 GMT

Waste Management Symposia Honors PNNL Research

The 2024 Waste Management Symposia honored Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers with “Papers of Note” awards on five papers and “Superior Paper” designations for 17 papers. The Waste Management Symposia is regarded as the world’s …

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Published on September 5, 2024 - 22:03 GMT

Nuclear Policy Week: Building Pathways for the Next Generation of Nuclear Professionals

Aubrey Means, national security specialist, and Kate Doty, advisor for treaties and agreements at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), recently visited the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to deliver lectures on international law, arms …

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Published on September 5, 2024 - 21:51 GMT

The Atomic Origin of Surface-Dependent Oxidation in Metals and Alloys

The Science Developing oxidation-resistant materials requires understanding the initial oxidation of surfaces, including the formation of thin passivating layers that protect the bulk of the alloy. Researchers studied the oxidation of different …

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Published on September 5, 2024 - 21:51 GMT

Examining How Energy Transport Affects Global Monsoons in Climate Models

The Science Understanding global monsoons (GM) and projecting future changes relies heavily on climate models. However, climate models generally show pronounced biases in GM simulations, and the reasons for this remain unclear. In this study, researchers …

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Published on September 5, 2024 - 19:22 GMT

Research Vessel Resilience Charts Course to the Future of Marine Research

Sequim, WASH.—Officials gathered at the Sequim campus of the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory today to dedicate DOE’s first hybrid-electric research vessel, RV Resilience. The event marks the start of a new era of marine energy …

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Published on September 4, 2024 - 22:17 GMT

Bylaska Selected for Computational Materials Science Award

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) was selected to receive funding for a computational materials science project under the Basic Energy Sciences program. The project, called “Navigating the …

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Published on September 4, 2024 - 20:03 GMT

Tackling One of the Most Extreme Environments on Earth: Nuclear Waste

The complicated chemistry of legacy nuclear waste presents a challenge in environmental management. The presence of radioactive ions induces chemical changes that range from faster than the blink of an eye to decades in the making. Since 2016, researchers …

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Published on September 3, 2024 - 20:47 GMT

Hydrogen Spillover Regulates Catalysis

The Science Single atom catalysts (SACs), where single catalytically active atoms are isolated on a support structure, have attracted significant attention for their potential high activity/selectivity and use as model systems. However, the interactions of …

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Published on September 3, 2024 - 19:22 GMT

DOE Vouchers Foster Collaboration between National Laboratories and Public Innovators

Floating solar arrays that use underwater motors to rotate and track the sun across the sky in bodies of water to produce more energy. That is the vision of a United States company, tapping into the research expertise of Pacific Northwest National …

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Published on September 3, 2024 - 17:20 GMT

Long-Duration Energy Storage Can’t Wait

The public wish list for battery makers is pretty straightforward. People want batteries that work for days without needing to be recharged, don’t leak or catch fire, and provide reliable energy storage for many years. Our currently available energy …

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