Latest news from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on News en-us Copyright 2025 News 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/pnnl-scientist-elected-aaas-fellow/?sc=rsin /articles/pnnl-scientist-elected-aaas-fellow/?sc=rsin Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:00:43 EST Chemist Zheming Wang is the newest AAAS Fellow, joining the ranks of astronaut Mae Jemison, and Steven Chu, 1997 Nobel laureate in physics who served as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Energy. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/web-search-formulas-offer-a-first-step-for-protecting-critical-infrastructure/?sc=rsin /articles/web-search-formulas-offer-a-first-step-for-protecting-critical-infrastructure/?sc=rsin Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:23 EST Scientists are exploring how web search engine technology might also keep the lights on, the water running and the trains moving. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/mini-flow-battery-speeds-energy-storage-research/?sc=rsin /articles/mini-flow-battery-speeds-energy-storage-research/?sc=rsin Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:45:13 EST Mini flow cell battery provides the first step toward an AI-driven, robotic energy storage discovery laboratory. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/beyond-dna-how-environments-influence-biology-to-make-things-happen/?sc=rsin /articles/beyond-dna-how-environments-influence-biology-to-make-things-happen/?sc=rsin Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:05:27 EST This week at AAAS, PNNL scientists discuss phenomics and the factors that influence DNA instructions to bring about the world around us. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/geochemist-kevin-rosso-appointed-a-battelle-fellow/?sc=rsin /articles/geochemist-kevin-rosso-appointed-a-battelle-fellow/?sc=rsin Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:45:09 EST Geochemist Kevin Rosso earns the highest scientific and leadership honor bestowed by PNNL. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/identifying-the-elements-for-carbon-storage/?sc=rsin /articles/identifying-the-elements-for-carbon-storage/?sc=rsin Tue, 07 Jan 2025 22:50:59 EST Led by interns from multiple DOE programs, a newly expanded dataset allows researchers to use easy-to-obtain measurements to determine the elemental composition of a promising carbon storage mineral. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/microelectronics-science-research-centers-to-lead-charge-on-next-generation-designs-and-prototypes/?sc=rsin /articles/microelectronics-science-research-centers-to-lead-charge-on-next-generation-designs-and-prototypes/?sc=rsin Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:40:59 EST A new generation of microelectronics research begins at PNNL. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/metal-scrap-upcycled-into-high-value-alloys-with-solid-phase-manufacturing/?sc=rsin /articles/metal-scrap-upcycled-into-high-value-alloys-with-solid-phase-manufacturing/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Dec 2024 20:55:28 EST Solid phase manufacturing can create new custom metal alloys through an innovative process called solid phase alloying, researchers from PNNL report. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/faster-more-informed-environmental-permitting-with-ai-guided-support/?sc=rsin /articles/faster-more-informed-environmental-permitting-with-ai-guided-support/?sc=rsin Tue, 03 Dec 2024 18:10:46 EST Federal environmental permitting process to be fast-tracked with AI-powered tools and cloud-supported data analysis. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/delay-and-pay-tipping-point-costs-quadruple-after-waiting/?sc=rsin /articles/delay-and-pay-tipping-point-costs-quadruple-after-waiting/?sc=rsin Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:50:48 EST Tip the first tile in a line of dominoes and you'll set off a chain reaction, one tile falling after another. Cross a tipping point in the climate system and, similarly, you might spark a cascading set of consequences like hastened warming, rising sea levels and increasingly extreme weather. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/data-scientist-fixes-his-sights-on-speeding-up-drug-discovery/?sc=rsin /articles/data-scientist-fixes-his-sights-on-speeding-up-drug-discovery/?sc=rsin Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:30:58 EST Scientists are using artificial intelligence and powerful computing to sculpt new molecules in an effort to treat disease. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/how-clean-does-a-quantum-computing-test-facility-need-to-be-pnnl-scientists-show-the-way/?sc=rsin /articles/how-clean-does-a-quantum-computing-test-facility-need-to-be-pnnl-scientists-show-the-way/?sc=rsin Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:50:55 EST How to keep stray radiation from "shorting" superconducting qubits; a pair of studies shows where ionizing radiation is lurking and how to banish it. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/hydropower-digital-twins-solution-helps-with-operator-challenges/?sc=rsin /articles/hydropower-digital-twins-solution-helps-with-operator-challenges/?sc=rsin Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:35:32 EST A new digital twin platform can help hydropower dam operators by providing accurate and predictive models of physical turbines that improve facilities and enhance reliability. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/researchers-develop-high-tech-methods-to-stem-the-flow-of-fentanyl/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-develop-high-tech-methods-to-stem-the-flow-of-fentanyl/?sc=rsin Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:00:02 EST Scientists are developing ways to detect and identify not only new, previously unseen forms of fentanyl but also newer and more dangerous synthetic opioids known as nitazenes. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/hunting-for-dark-matter-axions/?sc=rsin /articles/hunting-for-dark-matter-axions/?sc=rsin Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:20:02 EST The search for dark matter includes expertise in radio frequency signal detection, quantum sensing, and high-energy physics at PNNL. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/collaboration-speeds-complex-chemical-modeling/?sc=rsin /articles/collaboration-speeds-complex-chemical-modeling/?sc=rsin Tue, 29 Oct 2024 16:20:22 EST 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 SandboxAQ and NVIDIA, has achieved unprecedented speed and performance in efforts to model complex metal-containing molecules. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/scientists-address-risks-to-supply-chain-in-a-connected-world/?sc=rsin /articles/scientists-address-risks-to-supply-chain-in-a-connected-world/?sc=rsin Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:35:05 EST Protecting critical systems such as the electrical grid and water treatment plants from cyber-based risks to the supply chain is the focus of a new conference at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/researchers-eye-topological-signatures-of-cyber-threats/?sc=rsin /articles/researchers-eye-topological-signatures-of-cyber-threats/?sc=rsin Mon, 28 Oct 2024 07:00:31 EST PNNL researchers are developing a new approach to explore the higher-dimensional shape of cyber systems to identify signatures of adversarial attacks. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/soils-from-six-continents-add-up-to-largest-database-of-viruses-beneath-our-feet/?sc=rsin /articles/soils-from-six-continents-add-up-to-largest-database-of-viruses-beneath-our-feet/?sc=rsin Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:00:19 EST 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. But what are all those viruses doing in the soil? More than 97 percent are considered "viral dark matter" that have no known function. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory /articles/cloud-computing-captures-chemistry-code/?sc=rsin /articles/cloud-computing-captures-chemistry-code/?sc=rsin Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:00:00 EST The speed and agility of cloud computing opens doors to completing advanced computational chemistry workflows in days instead of months. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory