The creative side of the work scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and other labs do is currently on display in the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science’s Basic Energy Science 2025 Art of Science Image Contest.

The contest aims to educate, inspire and entertain audiences, sharing the science, innovation and people of DOE’s Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs), Energy Innovation Hubs and Computational Materials and Chemical Sciences Projects.

The Ion Dynamics in Radioactive Environments and Materials (IDREAM) EFRC, led by PNNL and including researchers from other laboratories, submitted one of the art pieces. 

The entry is entitled, “The Stars Align: Revealing the Earliest Radiation-Driven Reactions in Complex Ion Networks.”

“The way we approach science at IDREAM centers on the power of teaming,” said Carolyn Pearce, IDREAM director and chemist at PNNL, in a news release. “That’s what our image represents – the collaborative effort required to study complicated processes that can occur as fast as tiny fractions of a second or as slow as decades.”

The public is invited to view the artwork and vote for up to three favorite entries to receive the People’s Choice Award through Aug. 5. 

Go to: energyfrontier.us/art-of-science-image-contest. 

Winners will be announced Aug. 6.