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September 2025
NREL Expertise Contributes to Customizable Ready-To-Deploy Tool Package To Improve Fleet Efficiency
NREL, freight industry, academia, and technology partners develop promising solution to cost-effectively increase trucking efficiency.
Q&A With Alli Werner: Engineer Enlists Tiniest Engineers (Microbes) To Recycle Plastics, Mine for Metals, and More
In the latest Manufacturing Masterminds Q&A, biological engineer Alli Werner shares why she thinks high school students should not have to choose between sports and science, what a summer internship at an Alaskan glacier taught her about field work, and how her latest breakthroughs could help make it easier, cheaper, and less toxic to recover precious metals.
NREL Researchers Build World’s Fastest, Low-Cost, Ultraefficient Silicon Carbide Power Module
How will the world meet rising energy demands? NREL researchers have an answer in the form of the Ultra-Low Inductance Smart power module, nicknamed ULIS.
Cooler Buildings, Stronger Grid: A New Approach to Air Conditioning With Built-In Energy Storage
The Energy Storing Efficient Air Conditioner is a game-changing technology developed by NREL in collaboration with Blue Frontier Inc. that can lower a building’s electricity bills and help reduce demand on the grid.
Built for Brilliance: Zintl-Phase Quantum Dots Illuminate New Opportunities for Optoelectronics
NREL-synthesized BaCd₂P₂ quantum dots demonstrate promising performance with Earth-abundant materials.
A Walk Through the Evolution of Distribution Grid Tools at NREL and Beyond
Aadil Latif discusses the different eras of distribution modeling tools and exciting developments ahead.
NREL Publishes Strategies To Reduce Energy Costs in Commercial Buildings, Including Hospitals
Plug and process load reduction strategies are key to intelligent whole building systems operation.
August 2025
AI Could Snuff Out Wildfires One Power Line at a Time
NREL's computing capabilities could help prevent wildfires caused by fallen power lines.
International Institute Turns Spotlight on NREL's Marc Day
The Combustion Institute, which dates to 1954, designates fellows based on peer recognition for outstanding contributions to the field of combustion, whether in research or in applications.
Paving the Road for Cement and Concrete Technologies
NREL brings together specialists from across the country to discuss cement and concrete for its third annual critical technologies meeting.
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Last Updated Aug. 20, 2025