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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Oct-2025 21:11 ET (29-Oct-2025 01:11 GMT/UTC)

25-Jul-2023

Designing detectors for DUNE

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL scientists design a highly sensitive neutrino detector for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

Journal: Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

19-Jul-2023

Burning calories for energy in the calorimetry lab

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Research in the Energy Sciences Center explores how heat changes in chemical reactions, paving the way for more efficient fuels and processes.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

11-Jul-2023

Adding snow to estimates of spring flooding

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

By adding rain, snow, and rain-on-snow precipitation data to a background model, a new scheme pinpoints local flood risks in order to improve the design of small-scale hydrological infrastructure.

Funder: U.S. Department of Defense

23-May-2023

Math primes high-performance computing for the age of AI

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

To overcome high-performance computing bottlenecks, a research team at PNNL proposed using graph theory, a mathematical field that explores relationships and connections between a number, or cluster, of points in a space.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

23-May-2023

New AI model aims to plug key gap in cybersecurity readiness

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers have knitted together three large databases of information to help cybersecurity experts detect and prevent attacks.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy
Meeting: IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security

18-May-2023

Drones fly low and slow for radiation detection

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers explore the feasibility of using low-flying drones to survey sites for low levels of radiation.

Funder: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

2-May-2023

Sustaining US nuclear power plants could be key to decarbonization

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

As the world races to discover solutions for reaching net zero carbon emissions, a PNNL analysis quantifies the economic value of the existing nuclear power fleet and its carbon-free energy contributions.

Journal: Nuclear Technology
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

24-Apr-2023

PNNL scientist inspires next generation at the National Science Bowl

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Physicist Emily Mace will share her science journey and an interactive presentation about her current research with middle school and high school students from across the country at the National Science Bowl.

4-Apr-2023

The flightpath from a groundbreaking catalyst to jets that soar on renewable fuel from waste

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL-developed catalytic process and catalyst to upgrade ethanol to sustainable aviation fuel wins American Chemical Society award.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

29-Mar-2023

BIGTUNA bioimaging tool helps researchers see small

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new nano-optical bioimaging technology in development at PNNL enables researchers to watch climate-bellwether microbes exchange metabolites and other essential signals.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy