INL News Archive

Science

Research Driving Discovery & Technical Innovation

Explore scientific research and technological advancements from Idaho National Laboratory across a wide range of disciplines. Coverage includes materials science, advanced manufacturing, computational modeling, energy systems and other areas supporting national priorities and scientific progress.

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Andrea Jokisaari, a computational scientist at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), works to unlock the mysteries of how fuel and materials change over time in nuclear power plants, information crucial for...
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Diversity MBA, a national leadership organization that integrates diversity and inclusion with talent management, ranked Idaho National Laboratory #13 in the nation for Best Places to Work for Women &...
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The Idaho National Laboratory Human Factors and Reliability directorate is helping create and improve the standardized language for various aspects of nuclear engineering....
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A machine learning technique developed by Idaho National Laboratory (INL) researchers makes it easier to spot possible battery troubles earlier than ever before....
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (NRL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sacit M. Cetiner as the director of...
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The Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) just unveiled Milestones in Advanced Nuclear, an interactive website that provides the latest news in the U.S. nuclear power industry....
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Technology developed by Idaho National Laboratory can be used to support smaller, regional hydropower plants that normally wouldn’t have the capability to black start and operate as an islanded grid....
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INL participates in the Hiring Our Heroes Program, which provides service members with professional training and experience in the civilian workforce....
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The INL physics and high-performance computing team has developed software code known as SPOCK (which stands for SPectral Observation Convolutional neural networK), which helps computers perform the spectroscopy analysis that...
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A new collaboration aims to improve the management of complex construction projects by generating a digital twin of an actual one....
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Researchers from Idaho National Laboratory and New Mexico-based Visgence Inc. have designed and demonstrated a technology that can block cyberattacks from impacting the nation’s electric power grid....
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The May 2021 issue of Nuclear Technology is devoted to MOOSE, the computational framework developed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) that eases sophisticated analysis of everything from cutting-edge plastics to...
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The Advanced Test Reactor is getting an overhaul that will shut it down for nine months, an outage that occurs about every 10 years....
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With help from INL, the ISU industrial cybersecurity program offers technical certificates to bachelor’s degrees in cybersecurity...
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Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a method of recycling carbon dioxide using an electrochemical cell....
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Although it's hard to calculate the total brainpower of INL over its history, it's impossible to imagine it without Bernice Paige....
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INL has turned to its own backyard to test how small hydropower plants can serve as reliable sources of startup power during outages....
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Idaho STEM students joined thousands of others who tuned in as the NASA Rover Perseverance made a flawless landing on the surface of Mars....
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Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is eager to share its history with anyone who might be interested with its interactive 20 questions webpage....
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Research by INL could help the nation accommodate more electric vehicles, while lessening the impact of charging on the electrical grid....
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Idaho National Laboratory has developed world-class capabilities to help industry create advanced materials at an expeditied rate....
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For the last ten years, INL engineer David Stites has spent countless days and nights restoring a vintage snowcat to its former glory....
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When the COVID-19 virus took hold in March 2020, researchers from national laboratories began connecting to respond to the pandemic....
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New research suggests that potato wastewater could act as a source for a special bacterium that could be used to recycle high tech devices....