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News and Feature Stories
The following news stories take an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how NLR is leading energy systems innovation and integration.
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August 2026
NLR-NRRI Partnership Advances Industry-Scale Innovation and Process Demonstration
A new initiative to demonstrate, at scale, the technologies that will secure supply chains for critical minerals and materials and power the next generation of U.S. industry and manufacturing.
Q&A With Steve Hammond: AI Data Center Challenges and NLR Solutions
In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, Steve Hammond explains some of the big AI data center challenges and why NLR is the laboratory to solve them.
NLR and North American Electric Reliability Corporation Launch Partnership To Advance North American Grid Reliability
The two organizations will advance grid modeling and analysis to identify new opportunities to keep electricity reliable and secure.
Unearthing the Future: Inside NLR’s Summer Educational Programs
Whether studying organic semiconductors or critical minerals, these summer students are discovering world-changing science and their own potential.
Peer-Learning Cohorts Welcome 27 Participants To Share Lessons on Utility Grid Planning, Data Centers
Energy to Communities (E2C) launches two six-month peer-learning cohorts on navigating local data center development and leveraging data for modern utility grid planning.
Move Local Energy Goals Forward: Apply to the Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project
Coastal, remote, and island communities across the United States can overcome energy reliability hurdles as participants in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project (ETIPP).
Early-Career Spotlight: Patrick Emami Works Toward ‘Humans in the Loop’ With AI
Patrick Emami, an NLR computer science researcher, is working to create artificial-intelligence-driven systems that allow humans and AI to act as research collaborators.
Computing Facilities Can Save Big and Keep Cool by Looking Underground
A new national laboratory study finds that underground thermal energy storage can keep servers cool year round.
News Release: R&D 100 Awards Honor 4 NLR Innovations
R&D World magazine today presented NLR with four of its annual R&D 100 Awards for research innovations.
Going Chiral: How Chiral Copper Selectively Catalyzes Production of Valuable Carbon Products
Experimental results show that chirality-induced spin selectivity can control electrochemical reaction products to generate useful chemicals.
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Last Updated April 21, 2026