The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have signed a five-year collaborative agreement to advance research on hydropower generation, marine renewable energy and underwater technology …
In the wee hours this Sunday, May 20, a rocket will thunder off from a NASA launch pad in Virginia, carrying a handful of seeds, part of a science experiment in which a scientist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is …
In a first-of-its-kind demonstration, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have vitrified low-activity waste from underground storage tanks at Hanford, immobilizing the radioactive and chemical materials …
A collaboration between Oregon Health & Science University and the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been chosen as a national center for a Nobel Prize-winning method of imaging that is revolutionizing structural …
Scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are key contributors to a massive international experiment that will search for the majority of matter — origin unknown — in the universe. Physicists and chemists at the Department of Energy national …
Hurricanes that intensify rapidly — a characteristic of almost all powerful hurricanes — do so more strongly and quickly now than they did 30 years ago, according to a study published recently in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American …
The U.S. Department of Energy today unveiled a powerful, new earth system model that uses the world's fastest computers so that scientists can better understand how earth system processes interact today and how they may evolve in the future. The …
Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed and successfully tested a novel process — called Friction Stir Dovetailing — that joins thick plates of aluminum to steel. The new process will be used to make lighter-weight military …
RICHLAND, Wash. — James "Jim" Ang has joined the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as chief scientist for computing. Ang will also serve as the lab’s point of contact for DOE’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research …
Embracing the 'power of partnerships,' the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University today announced the formation of the WSU-PNNL Institutes — a collection of three joint institutes that will …
Tracie Cowen has been selected as chief financial officer at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Cowen also will serve as associate laboratory director for Business Services. She will assume her new responsibilities on …
When it comes to the special sauce of batteries, researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have discovered it's all about the salt concentration. By getting the right amount of salt, right where they want it, …
Scientists the world over seek to understand more about the nature of the universe by searching for a theorized form of radioactive decay called neutrino-less double beta decay. Its existence could help answer basic questions about the universe, such as …
A mix of factors is contributing to an increasing mortality rate of trees in the moist tropics, where trees in some areas are dying at about twice the rate that they were 35 years ago, according to a far-reaching study examining tree health in the tropical …
Energy storage allows power operators across the nation to balance electricity supply and demand instantaneously, affording ratepayers a more resilient power supply. Now the focus on energy storage is global. In January, energy storage experts at the …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and OHSU today announced a joint collaboration to improve patient care by focusing research on highly complex sets of biomedical data, and the tools to interpret them. The OHSU-PNNL Precision Medicine Innovation Co- …
New solutions for cybersecurity, energy and medical research are in the hands of companies who can use them to create new products and services, thanks to efforts to transfer them from the lab to industry. The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest …
Many innovations of 21st century life, from touch screens and electric cars to fiber-optics and implantable devices, grew out of research on new materials. This impact of materials science on today's world has prompted two of the leading research …
From space propulsion to lighting to surgical anesthesia, the applications and needs for xenon gas are growing. And the good news is that researchers are advancing the science to more easily remove xenon from waste streams and collect the low amounts of it …
Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study in the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Science. The research focuses on the power of minute airborne particles known as aerosols, which can …
