Summer is for science! PNNL’s interns are diving into science and technology and getting a front-row view of the research and development of a national laboratory.

Algae can collect and concentrate rare earth metals from seawater—an alternative to imported sources mined from the ground.

PNNL is making waves in pursuit of a blue economy. Researchers are advancing science and technology to expand—and protect—the gifts of the sea.

COMPASS points to understanding nature’s transition zones—areas that can be dry land at times and under water at others.

Researchers delivering new solutions to speed development and deployment of advanced reactor concepts.

Understanding the Earth as a complex, dynamic system includes investigating what happens on, above and below its surface.

Alaska's remote location and vast wilderness contribute both to its beauty and its challenges.

Nuclear power figures prominently in our country's energy portfolio and is essential to our economic and environmental security.

Discovery in action. These words describe what we do at PNNL. For more than 50 years, we have advanced the frontiers of science and engineering in the service of our nation and the the world.

School's out, which means a new group of interns is settling into summer research assignments with mentors at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland.

Led by Battelle in collaboration with the Bonneville Power Administration, the Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project is the largest field test of smart grid systems to date.