An international team of scientists has blazed a new trail for studying how atoms respond to radiation, by tracking the energetic movement of electrons when a sample of liquid water… Read More
Bringing artificial intelligence to bear on issues relating to nuclear weapons might sound like the stuff of a scary sci-fi movie — but at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest… Read More
The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is shining a brighter spotlight on artificial intelligence by creating the Center for AI @PNNL, but don’t expect the lab’s researchers to… Read More
Zeno Power says it has successfully completed its first demonstration of a new type of radioisotope heat source that could be used to generate off-grid power in settings ranging from… Read More
California’s Silicon Valley may rule the roost for internet startups, and Kendall Square in the Boston area may set the pace for the biotech industry, but could the Pacific Northwest… Read More
— Ziad Ismail is now chief operating officer of Xembly, a Seattle startup that offers an artificial intelligence “chief of staff” designed to automate tedious tasks such as meeting notes,… Read More
Each year, more than 390 million metric tons of plastics are produced globally, yet close to half are single-use varieties that can be economically challenging to recycle. Now, recent research… Read More
An experiment that’s on its way to the International Space Station focuses on a subject that’s as common as dirt, but could be the key to growing crops in space.… Read More
— Shawn Bice returned to Microsoft to serve as corporate vice president of cloud security. Bice left a general manager position at Microsoft in 2016 to become vice president of… Read More
Nationally, fentanyl-related overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans age 18 to 45. The drug killed almost twice as many people in this age group compared to automobile… Read More
Dare we say it? Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has teamed up with IonQ to come up with a method for producing barium ions for quantum computing that could lead to… Read More
— Life Science Washington announced Marc Cummings as its new CEO and president. He was most recently the trade association’s VP of public policy and external affairs. Former CEO Leslie… Read More
Christina Lomasney, the co-founder and former CEO of high-tech metal startup Modumetal, has joined The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), a government-backed research center based in Eastern Washington. As director… Read More
— Mobile marketplace OfferUp announced Melinda Starbird as the company’s first chief people and diversity officer. Starbird previously was VP of people and employee experience at Auth0 and held senior… Read More
As the global climate talks in Scotland enter their second week, Bill Gates on Monday shared his customarily upbeat assessment of what he experienced while attending the early days of… Read More
Over the past several years, hackers have increasingly targeted the physical systems we rely on to run our society. Electrical utilities, food processing plants, and aluminum producers are only a… Read More
Carbon capture is a hot new area for innovation and investment, and Pacific Northwest researchers, companies, policymakers and individuals are stepping up to play leading roles. Nature is a whiz… Read More
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will begin designing and building a $75 million facility in Eastern Washington that will help develop massive batteries for grid energy storage. On Wednesday,… Read More
Lauren Charles recently took up string art as a hobby, motivated by her elementary-age daughter’s desire to hammer things. But the act of creating images by connecting many points together… Read More
— Expedia Group appointed Equifax President of Global Consumer Solutions Beverly Anderson as its newest board member. Prior to Equifax, Anderson was executive vice president of cards and retails services… Read More
Microsoft, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington are playing supporting roles in the White House’s $1 billion effort to advance research into artificial intelligence and quantum… Read More
If you’ve got the dough to buy an electric vehicle, Washington state and the rest of the Western U.S. should have the juice to keep it charged — at least… Read More
— Seattle’s Museum of Flight announced Dana Riley Black as its new vice president of education. The position includes overseeing the Boeing Academy for STEM Learning. Black is the former… Read More
Amazon veteran Greg Hart, a former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, is joining Compass as its new chief product officer. Hart spent 23 years at Amazon, most recently running the… Read More
Verizon says it’s bringing its 5G ultra wideband wireless network to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., and will collaborate with the lab on 5G applications that can benefit… Read More
Editor’s note: The GeekWire Awards are now virtual on July 23. Watch live below. The Pacific Northwest’s status as an innovation hub is well-documented: It is at the center of… Read More
As ribbons of smoke began curling out of the power outlets on their Joule Case battery stack, Alex Livingston and James Wagoner tried to keep their cool. The cameras were… Read More
Puget Sound — Washington’s inland sea — is a mysterious place. It’s the southern-most fjord in the lower 48 states. It’s fed by rivers that create shallow, mucky tideflats. In… Read More
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is joining forces with two other research powerhouses to pioneer a new $5.5 million research center created by the U.S. Department of Energy to focus on… Read More
— What do you do with a billion-dollar valuation? Seattle’s newest Unicorn, sales automation startup Outreach, is celebrating by staffing up its executive ranks with former Microsoft employees: Margaret Arakawa… Read More