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An INEEL-led research suggests that imperfections preferentially form on twin grain boundaries-areas where the atoms of one crystal grain lie in mirror image position to the atoms of a neighboring crystal grain. What's new about this research is that researchers believe such boundaries play a far greater role in material strength than previously thought. Further, researchers argue that other than determining at what stress level a material begins to deform, grain size has little effect on the ultimate strength a material can attain through deformation processing.

Scientists and engineers at the INEEL and the University of Arkansas have developed two technologies that may ultimately enable safer and more economical oil and gas deep-ocean exploration.

Who dreams up James Bond's toys? 007 and his gadgets may be a creation of Ian Fleming and Hollywood but those imaginative fellows do exist. A few of them work in INEEL's National Security Division. And there is a government organization that sponsors some of their projects - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The DOE honored a team of chemists at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory for battery technology that demonstrates the DOE's commitment to improve the quality of life for consumers. The Bright Light and Energy@23 award-winning solid polymer electrolyte promises safer, more versatile and longer-lasting rechargeable batteries.

The DOE honored the INEEL's Rapid Solidification Process (RSP) Tooling with an Energy@23 award for technology that demonstrates the DOE's commitment to save taxpayers money. This is the second technology award for RSP Tooling, a quick, spray-deposition method for creating dies for mass production of everything from toys to car parts.

Researchers successfully identified regional groundwater flow paths in the Eastern Snake River Plain aquifer by analyzing radiogenic isotope ratios. Changes in the ratios of naturally occurring isotopes strontium-87 and strontium-86 are indicative of fast and slow aquifer flow zones.

Amalgamated Research, Inc. in Twin Falls, Idaho, will receive $1.9 million over the next three years from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a federal effort to stimulate the nation's biobased products industry.

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and four Russian biological institutes announced plans to work with Diversa Corporation to establish a Russian Ecological Biotrade Center to explore that country's biodiversity potential for developing important new commercial products.

A grant from the Air Force Office of Science Research will help improve the design of jet engine turbine blades. The researchers plan to study disturbances in flow around a quartz model that simulates a turbine blade’s surface. But instead of relying on a supercomputer or wind tunnel to study flow, they will use baby oil and lasers.

Companies considering energy conservation measures must balance each measure's price tag with the expected energy savings. INEEL energy engineers reveal that a more comprehensive analysis of a company's energy costs could increase the value of the project, allowing the company to carry out conservation plans that might otherwise appear too expensive.