National & Homeland Security Archives - Idaho National Laboratory

Idaho technologies clinch five R&D 100 Awards

August 22, 2023 1:20 pm

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Five Idaho National Laboratory technologies earned five 2023 R&D 100 Awards – marking another triumphant year for the laboratory. The competition, now in its 61st year, celebrates technology innovations from across the public and private sectors. Winning an award is a prestigious distinction for inventors. Laboratories and companies from 12 countries submitted nominations in 2023, and

Intern develops technology to find EV charging vulnerabilities

July 18, 2023 7:08 am

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Idaho National Laboratory intern Jake Guidry has developed a cybersecurity research tool that could improve the security of electric vehicle charging. INL experts demonstrated the tool to colleagues from Sandia and Pacific Northwest national laboratories on June 7. The AcCCS tool provides access capabilities through CCS (combined charging system) communications protocol. AcCCS (pronounced access) is a combination of hardware

Idaho researchers develop tool to help restore electricity after natural disasters

May 9, 2023 12:01 pm

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast with wind speeds reaching 140 mph, eventually causing more than 1,800 deaths and $1.8 billion in damage. The hurricane also left roughly 3 million people in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia without electricity for up to three weeks. In February 2021, ice storms devastated communities throughout Texas,

First-of-a-kind technology: INL demonstrates mobile hot cell for radioactive source recovery

May 1, 2023 11:51 am

A crowd gathers around a black wooden box that resembles a short refrigerator, waiting for the motion of a pair of robotic arms sitting just outside the box. When the arms move, a wave of excited energy in the room at Idaho National Laboratory conveys how this simple action may alter the future of international radioactive source removal and disposal.

Making a smaller target for hackers: Technology keeps industrial control systems safer by limiting online access

April 17, 2023 11:03 am

You don’t have to be William Tell with a bow and arrow to know that a smaller target is harder to hit. In today’s world of cybersecurity, the fewer opportunities there are for hackers to make trouble, the less chance there is of it happening. OpDefender, an innovation developed at Idaho National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

More than 150 Idaho technologies licensed in 2022

April 3, 2023 10:41 am

Thousands of innovations and technologies have been discovered at Idaho National Laboratory since its establishment more than 70 years ago. The discoveries include everything from cybersecurity software that reduces risk of cyberattacks to inventions that improve the safety and efficiency of nuclear reactors. But to truly make impact, the technologies must make the jump from the benchtop to the marketplace.

Cybersecurity technologies to star in national lab showcase

February 8, 2023 7:17 pm

A series of free webinars will showcase 12 innovative cybersecurity technologies available for commercial licensing from 10 U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories.

Nuclear forensics team braves winds to learn fallout collection techniques

December 5, 2022 1:18 am

Although the likelihood of a terrorist nuclear attack is extremely low, a lot of work is required to prepare for such an unthinkable event. That’s why a response team assembled by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently trained in eastern Idaho’s desert on ways to collect and analyze simulated debris from a nuclear detonation.

INL technology hits the marketplace

November 16, 2022 2:48 pm

The marketplace debut of Idaho National Laboratory’s Colorimetric Detection of Actinides, or CoDeAc, isn’t the finish to the award-winning technology’s story. According to its inventors and now investors, it’s just the beginning of a new chapter.

New framework harnesses multiple cybersecurity tools to protect critical infrastructure

October 27, 2022 1:49 pm

INL collaborated to develop an inexpensive cybersecurity solution that could analyze network traffic and identify malicious code before a cyberattack damages critical infrastructure.

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