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An national lab advancing scientific discovery, energy resiliency, and national security.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory draws on its distinguishing strengths in chemistry, Earth sciences, biology, and data science to advance scientific knowledge and address challenges in energy resiliency and national security. PNNL invites you to participate in the conversation on our social media channels. We believe in a social media community that fosters thoughtful and respectful engagement. Toward that end, the PNNL social media team moderates content and comments on our social media channels to remove content that is not aligned with that aim. While a comment may be posted initially, such comments may be removed or a user blocked for any of the following reasons:

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10/30/2026

We're proud to be researchers in STEM. 🎃

10/29/2026

No Halloween decor needed. We've got bats. 🦇

10/28/2026

Turning breakthrough battery science into scalable U.S. manufacturing 🔋🦾

PNNL is leading the Battery Manufacturing (“BattMan”) Accelerator in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the National Laboratory of the Rockies.

10/27/2026

We are proud to support the U.S. Department of Energy’s mission to accelerate innovations that power a reliable, secure energy system. ⚡ 🔒

10/27/2026

🎉 Congratulations to PNNL intern Akshath Sai Motkuri, who was recently selected as a Washington State Junior Academy of Science (WAJAS) fellow.

Motkuri is one of 11 high school students recognized by the Washington Academy of Sciences for their original scientific research. His project focused on an interdisciplinary, human-centered platform designed to advance research, development, and innovation in global health inequity. Motkuri is a junior at Richland High School.

As an intern last summer, Motkuri worked with PNNL mentors Carolyn and Nick Cramer on vision-based well plate placement verification for ARCADIA under the Center for Robotics and Autonomy.

10/22/2026

This week, we celebrated the start of construction for the Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability (M2PC), which will be the world’s largest and most fully autonomous biosciences laboratories, and the first that will be available to the broader scientific community.

The 30,800-square-foot research facility is an expansion of the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL, a U.S. Department of Energy national scientific user facility at PNNL. M2PC will serve as a flagship component of DOE’s Genesis Mission—designed to modernize and accelerate American science through autonomous, Super-Intelligence-driven laboratories.

10/21/2026

Court Corley, a distinguished PNNL scientist, has been selected to serve as interim technical director for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Genesis Mission.

He was appointed to the position in recognition of his contributions to the Genesis Mission and his leadership in Super Intelligence (SI) and computing.

During this six-month assignment, Corley will work with DOE, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the national laboratory system to support efforts to build the partnerships and platforms that will accelerate breakthroughs in discovery science, applied energy, and national security through SI.

10/20/2026

Today we broke ground on Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL’s Microbial Molecular Phenotyping Capability (M2PC), a 30,800-square-foot expansion of the user facility.

Through automation, M2PC will transform how researchers identify, grow, and optimize microbial investigations, decreasing experimental timeframes from years to months or weeks.

10/19/2026

👏 Congratulations to Eric Smith, a PNNL Laboratory Fellow and program manager, who was recently inducted into Oregon State University (OSU)’s Academy of Distinguished Engineers.

The award is presented by OSU’s College of Engineering to alumni who have made sustained, distinguished contributions to the engineering profession, field, the university, and society at large.

Since 2018, Smith has managed PNNL’s portfolio for the National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Defense Programs and stockpile-related scope in the NNSA Office of Environment, Safety, and Health. Smith’s work has had far-reaching impacts on national and international nuclear security, including leadership roles in tritium production and science for the stockpile and technical support for the packaging and transportation of nuclear materials.

10/16/2026

Staff from across PNNL volunteered more than 40 hours during this year’s Benton Franklin Fair & Rodeo.

🐘 👂 They manned a booth for elephant ears, trading their regular work roles for preparing, frying, sugaring, and selling the treats. Proceeds pay for scholarships for Tri-Cities students and support nonprofit organizations across the region.

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