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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's shadow figment technology foils cyberattacks

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have created a cybersecurity technology called Shadow Figment that is designed to lure hackers into an artificial world, then stop them from doing damage by feeding them illusory tidbits of success. The aim is to sequester bad actors by captivating them with an attractive--but imaginary--world. The technology is aimed at protecting physical targets--infrastructure such as buildings, the electric grid, water and sewage systems, and pipelines.

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scientists earn early career awards

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

The DOE Early Career Research Program supports exceptional researchers during the crucial early years of their careers and helps advance scientific discovery in fundamental sciences.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

Graduate fellow explores artificial intelligence, nuclear nonproliferation

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

National Nuclear Security Administration Graduate Fellow Marc Wonders has spent the past year working with researchers exploring artificial intelligence in the national security mission space.

Small modular reactors competitive in Washington's clean energy future

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new report finds small modular reactors could provide competitively priced electricity in Washington state's future electricity market.

Funder: Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy

Modernizing hydropower with digital twins

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

The Digital Twins for Hydropower framework will help the industry to affordably modernize its aging hydropower fleet.

Compound commonly found in candles lights the way to grid-scale energy storage

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A compound used widely in candles offers promise for a much more modern energy challenge--storing massive amounts of energy to be fed into the electric grid as the need arises. In a paper in Science, researchers show that low-cost organic compounds hold promise for storing energy that would kick in when the grid goes offline due to severe weather, and for storing renewable energy.

Journal: Science
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity

PNNL invention reduces risk of battery explosions

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Business Announcement

A simple sensor system developed at PNNL can prevent dangerous battery fires.

Funder: DOE's Office of Electricity

Recycling gives new purpose to spent nuclear fuel

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PNNL researchers developed an innovative capability to rapidly separate, monitor, and tightly control specific uranium and plutonium ratios in real-time--an important achievement in efficiently controlling the resulting product and safeguarding nuclear material.

Harvesting light like nature does

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new class of bio-inspired two-dimensional (2D) hybrid nanomaterials mimic the ability of photosynthetic plants and bacteria.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: US Department of Energy Basic Energy Sciences, University of Washington, Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales, Energy Frontier Research Centers

From curb to doorstep: Driving efficiencies for delivering goods

DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

In a collaboration between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington's Urban Freight Lab, a prototype webapp has been developed that combines smart sensors and machine learning to predict parking space availability. The prototype is ready for initial testing to help commercial delivery drivers find open spaces without expending fuel and losing time and patience.

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