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May 2026
How High-Performance Computing and AI Accelerated Applied Energy Research in 2025
Explore the Fiscal Year 2025 Advanced Computing Annual Report highlights.
NLR Battery Innovation Awarded NASA’s Invention of the Year
To shoot for the moon, lab researchers must first learn how to fail on Earth.
JUSTIFI Tool Could Unlock Value in Energy Productivity Projects
Free software will help industry understand the full value of energy projects.
New DOE Funding Opportunity To Strengthen Microgrids in Remote and Industrial Regions
NLR is launching a new funding opportunity through the Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C‑MAP), with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity.
Scientists Discover Way To Leverage High-Energy Sunlight for Fuel Production
The semiconductor-catalyst combo captures energy to drive chemical reactions.
Super-Resolution Microscopy Provides Real-Time Picture of Bacteria Degrading Biomass With Enzyme Complexes
NLR researchers and collaborators paired microscopy and machine learning to create a super-resolution picture of C. thermocellum as the bacteria used cellulosomes to degrade biomass in real time.
Beyond Small Talk: Can Chatbots Tackle Big Energy Problems?
The adaptive computing software team at NLR is building tools to enable large language models to solve complex research questions across energy applications.
Energy Industry, Startups Convene at 2026 Industry Growth Forum
The 2026 Industry Growth Forum in Denver brought together startups, investors, and researchers to accelerate energy technologies at a time of rising global demand.
New ‘Atlas’ Will Catalog Proteins That Bind to Rare Earth Elements
NLR researchers are creating the first-ever Microbial Rare Earth Element Atlas to catalog naturally occurring proteins that can bind to rare earth elements.
NLR Partners With Colorado School of Mines and University of Utah To Scale Up US Critical Minerals Capacity
NLR signed memorandums of understanding with the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Utah that will help strengthen America’s energy and material supply chains through critical minerals innovation, commercialization, and workforce development.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025