The Science When environmental air becomes trapped in a cloud, a process known as entrainment can affect cloud radiative properties, precipitation formation, and ultimately the entire climate system. However, understanding how clouds mix with surrounding …
A team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) recently coordinated a series of international workshops in Bulgaria and Romania. The events aimed at enhancing chemical research security and fostering collaboration among scientists and academic …
The Science Soils have the potential to mitigate the effects of climate change. Mitigation strategies often rely on soil’s ability to store and stabilize large amounts of carbon for millennia. In fact, soils contain more than twice the carbon present in …
The Science When different materials meet to form an interface, they can exhibit unique behaviors not seen in each material alone. These behaviors result from the complex interactions found at the interface. One important phenomenon is the directional …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) are collaborating on a pilot project to evaluate risks to petroleum fuel infrastructure, distribution, and supply chains and compounding effects from transportation …
From posters, to presentations and participation, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) was well represented at the NAWEA / WindTech 2024 Conference in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Thirteen PNNL experts attended the conference, sponsored by the North …
Sergei Kalinin, a joint appointee with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and Ji-Guang (Jason) Zhang, a Lab Fellow at PNNL, have been named 2024 National Academy of …
RICHLAND, Wash.—In the near future, rubber tires on cars, trucks, airplanes and more could be made from plant matter, waste and recycled tires. The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is teaming up with Bridgestone, one of the …
In August 2024, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) inaugurated the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL): a new, 93,000-square foot facility that will advance the future of energy storage across the entire research pipeline, from fundamental research to …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Metal scrap can be directly transformed and upgraded into high-performance, high-value alloys without the need for conventional melting processes, according to a new study from researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest …
The Science Particle aggregation is a common occurrence in a variety of natural and anthropogenic settings, including legacy waste storage and processing. Just as varied are the factors that can affect aggregation mechanisms, including pH, electrolyte …
WASHINGTON, DC—On a power grid partly supported by wind turbines, solar panels and hydropower turbines, weather and climate patterns can significantly affect how much power is produced. And as more wind and solar are added to the grid, utilities will need …
Let it snow, but there’s a catch. Imagine the common phenomenon of lake-effect snow, where proximity to a body of water amplifies localized snowfall. Now, replace the lake with an industrial factory. A recent paper published in Science sheds light on how …
The Science The notion of photonic reagents, shaped light fields that work in concert with molecular degrees of freedom to control chemical reactivity, has captivated the imagination of scientists. Polaritonic chemistry represents an exciting …
WASHINGTON—Snow cover in the Sierra Nevada is expected to shrink overall as the climate warms, but avalanche frequency could remain the same or even increase at high elevations. That’s bad news for bighorn sheep that live there, according to new research …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Senior Data Scientist Chris Vernon has been appointed to the editorial board of Scientific Data, the peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Nature. “It is an honor to have this opportunity to contribute …
NASA’s Space Biology Program has awarded $2.5M in funding over 5 years to establish a new Washington state space life sciences consortium led by the University of Washington that will partner with researchers at Washington State University (WSU) and the …
More than 160 academic researchers, industry leaders, and policy experts from around the world gathered at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL’s) Richland campus for the 9th annual International Conference on Sodium Batteries (ICNaB), held …
The Science Key to crystallization, understanding nucleation is essential to creating effective synthetic routes to materials and materials. While classical nucleation theory is accurate for some systems, many processes of interest involve complexity not …
The Science Developing approaches to separating critical materials that require few specialty chemicals and are energy efficient is essential to meeting the growing needs for these elements. Researchers in the Non-Equilibrium Transport Driven Separations ( …
