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Web feature enabling the data-driven future of microscopy

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

An international research team led by PNNL has published a vision for electron microscopy infused with the latest advances in data science and artificial intelligence. Writing a commentary in Nature Materials, the team proposes a highly integrated, autonomous, and data-driven microscopy architecture to address challenges in energy storage, quantum information science, and materials design.

Forewarning federal facilities about their cyber risk

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A new set of software tools, developed at PNNL, can help evaluate cybersecurity maturity at buildings and facilities, and flag potential risks.

Safeguarding the nation's supercomputers

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PNNL researchers and university collaborators have developed a system to ferret out questionable use of high-performance computing (HPC) systems.

The internet of things brings a web of promises and perils to the smart grid, experts say

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PNNL researchers established an Internet of Things Common Operating Environment (IoTCOE) laboratory to explore the risks associated with IoT connectivity to the internet, the energy grid and other critical infrastructures.

What a crystal reveals about nuclear materials processing

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PNNL researchers devised a new method to probe the atomic structure of plutonium-containing microcrystals using laboratory-based equipment.

Who will get the prize for better hurricane monitoring?

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The Ocean Observing Prize seeks competitors for an incentive prize program to help inventors advance new concepts for marine energy technologies that can power ocean observing systems. This phase focuses on observing platforms that host instruments that can provide better data regarding hurricane formation.

'Better' copper means higher-efficiency electric motors

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Researchers at PNNL have increased the conductivity of composite copper wire by 5%. That small percentage can make a big difference in motor efficiency. The laboratory teamed with General Motors to test out the souped-up copper wire for use in vehicle motor components, as part of a cost-shared research project.

Opening the black box of neural networks

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PNNL researchers used machine learning to explore the largest water clusters database, identifying - with the most accurate neural network - important information about hydrogen bonds and the structural patterns of this life-essential molecule.

Offshore wind research buoys float into California's waters

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PNNL has deployed (10/8/20) two research buoys in waters off the West Coast for the first time in deep water, supporting a U.S. Department of Energy and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management effort to gather measurements that support offshore wind locations and technologies.

Dust dampens albedo effect, spurs snowmelt in the heights of the Himalayas

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dust blowing onto high mountains in the western Himalayas is a bigger factor than previously thought in hastening the melting of snow there, researchers show in a study published Oct. 5 in Nature Climate Change. That's because dust - lots of it in the Himalayas - absorbs sunlight, heating the snow that surrounds it.

Journal: Nature Climate Change
Funder: NASA

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