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(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) — The Idaho National Laboratory is seeking qualified electronics recycling organizations to participate in a study that examines strategies for collecting battery-containing electronic devices. The study compares electronics recycling in states with and without electronics recycling laws or regulations. The study is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation’s Transportation Technologies Office.

(IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) – The Idaho National Laboratory will lead a team of researchers and industry partners to create a new type of nuclear fuel from recycled nuclear materials. Researchers will then test the novel fuel in INL’s Advanced Test Reactor, the only facility in the country with the capabilities and available expertise to perform this work.

If a dangerous asteroid were headed toward Earth, one defense could be a nuclear detonation to blast one side with X-rays and nudge it off course. But new simulations suggest that for a lumpy, irregular asteroid, exactly where those X-rays hit could make a huge difference.

Researchers have revealed that a small mechanical squeeze can change magnetic behavior of an emerging in altermagnets.

ORNL’s newly installed Thermo Scientific Spectra Ultra is among the most advanced aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopes in the national laboratory system. The instrument combines atomic-scale imaging, high-speed spectroscopy and Super Intelligence (SI)-enabled workflows to accelerate materials research. The capability will support the applied science development of advanced materials that strengthen U.S. manufacturing, energy technologies and economic competitiveness.