Idaho organizations’ partnership recycles critical minerals from old electronics
Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho State University, and partners recycle valuable minerals from e-waste to support energy and national security supply chains.
INL partnership advances drone innovation for national security
The Idaho National Laboratory partners with West Virginia University and Summit Point Training Facility to develop advanced drone and counter-drone technologies for national security.
How Idaho mining supports US national security and economy
Idaho's mining industry is vital for U.S. national security and economic growth, offering critical minerals and job support amid supply chain challenges.
INL University Days connects talent to workforce
INL University Days 2025 brought together experts, students and partners nationwide to explore nuclear cybersecurity, STEM workforce development and hands-on innovation.
Energy and defense materials supply focus of ISU, INL partnership
Idaho State University and Idaho National Lab launch a new innovation center to advance critical materials research and energy technologies.
Cyber escape rooms: Inside INL’s pioneering training to protect industrial control systems
In addition to classroom training and a red team/blue team exercise in an actual control systems environment, participants test their mettle in cyber escape rooms, racing the clock to solve puzzles.
AI speeding up intel work, including release of JFK files
AI can run human resource programs, for instance, or scan sensitive documents ahead of potential declassification, Gabbard said.
Challenges to high-performance computing threaten US innovation
They can simulate how a new drug interacts with the human body, or how a hurricane might move across the ocean. They’re also used in fields such as automotive design, energy production and space exploration.
Agreement between Idaho and DOE to support nuclear energy
In the 1995 agreement, the amount of spent nuclear fuel entering INL was limited to 55 metric tons and required the DOE to report on the amount received each year.
Idaho Lab and school partnership to focus on low-carbon energy
The agreement is known as a Strategic Understanding for Premier Education and Research, or SUPER, and expands on more than 75 years of collaboration between the two entities.

















