SPOCK: Understanding our world and beyond with spectroscopy
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 currently requires human eyes.
Making Building Construction Smarter
A new collaboration aims to improve the management of complex construction projects by generating a digital twin of an actual one.
New technology shows promise in detecting, blocking grid cyberattacks
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.
Nuclear Technology Devotes Entire Issue to MOOSE
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 advanced nuclear fuels.
Advanced Test Reactor begins major overhaul to replace core components
The Advanced Test Reactor is getting an overhaul that will shut it down for nine months, an outage that occurs about every 10 years.
Industrial cybersecurity program at ISU hits stride in new, growing field
With help from INL, the ISU industrial cybersecurity program offers technical certificates to bachelor’s degrees in cybersecurity
Idaho researchers recycle carbon emissions with electrochemical cell
Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a method of recycling carbon dioxide using an electrochemical cell.
Groundbreaking, world-trekking chemist Bernice Paige cut a wide swath in INL’s early days
Although it’s hard to calculate the total brainpower of INL over its history, it’s impossible to imagine it without Bernice Paige.
National laboratory, municipal power utility test energy storage tech for small hydropower generation
INL has turned to its own backyard to test how small hydropower plants can serve as reliable sources of startup power during outages.
Making the Most of a Momentous Day: Area schools use INL-generated materials to learn about science and space
Idaho STEM students joined thousands of others who tuned in as the NASA Rover Perseverance made a flawless landing on the surface of Mars.
Got a question?
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is eager to share its history with anyone who might be interested with its interactive 20 questions webpage.
Electric Vehicle Charging: First of a Kind National Lab Project Will Simulate Fast Charging Station Microgrids
Research by INL could help the nation accommodate more electric vehicles, while lessening the impact of charging on the electrical grid.
Idaho researchers help industry make high-performance parts inexpensive and durable
Idaho National Laboratory has developed world-class capabilities to help industry create advanced materials at an expeditied rate.
INL engineer gives new life to vintage snowcat
For the last ten years, INL engineer David Stites has spent countless days and nights restoring a vintage snowcat to its former glory.
United we stand: Building collaborations to fight COVID-19 pandemic
When the COVID-19 virus took hold in March 2020, researchers from national laboratories began connecting to respond to the pandemic.
Potato wastewater could feed bacteria used to recycle high-tech devices
New research suggests that potato wastewater could act as a source for a special bacterium that could be used to recycle high tech devices.
A step closer to clean hydrogen
Clean hydrogen research will play a vital role to help decarbonize the steel, agriculture, petroleum refining industries.
Tour EBR-I with technology – in English or Spanish
Visitors now can virtually tour the world’s first nuclear power plant, Experimental Breeder Reactor-I (EBR-I), any time of year from wherever they are – in English or Spanish – using TravelStorys.
Prepare and protect: INL research supports COVID 19 response
Well before it became a known, INL researchers helped lay the groundwork for understanding many of the response strategies for COVID.
Still more to discover: Researchers use the best tools to learn even more about nuclear fuel
A team of Idaho National Laboratory researchers recently studied uranium dioxide, UO2, at the microscopic level, confirming things previously unknown about the element.