Critical Materials Innovation Hub News

Idaho National Laboratory: It's in the water

CMI researchers at Idaho National Laboratory show that lithium from geothermal brine could help meet growing demand for raw material and make geothermal power more cost efficient

This composite image from Idaho National Laboratory shows geothermal water and batteries, representing CMI research at INL that lithium from geothermal brine could help meet growing demand for raw material and make geothermal power more cost efficient.

Idaho Falls Magazine: It's in the water

CMI researchers at Idaho National Laboratory show that lithium from geothermal brine could help meet growing demand for raw material and make geothermal power more cost efficient

CMI research at Idaho National Laboratory represented in this composite image from Idaho National Laboratory showing geothermal water and batteries

A well-known iron-based magnet is also a potential quantum information material

Scientists pursuing better performance in an iron-based magnet also discovered wide-gap semiconducting behavior and a quantum state useful for quantum information processing—all in a single low-cost material.

Game-changing rare-earth elements separation technology licensed to Marshallton

CMI Team member Marshallton Research Laboratories has licensed a new technology for rare earths separation that was developed by CMI researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory.

Santa Jansone-Popova, left, and Ilja Popovs quantify rare-earth element concentrations in liquid samples using a spectroscopy instrument. Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Two CMI technologies named 2021 R and D 100 Award winners

Two technologies developed by the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) won 2021 R&D 100 Awards in the Mechanical Devices/Materials category. R&D World announced the top 100 scientific innovations of the year, as selected by independent panel of more than 50 judges representing R&D leaders in a variety of fields.

Two CMI technologies named 2021 R&D 100 Award winners

Two CMI technologies named 2021 R&D100 Award winners

Two technologies developed by the Critical Materials Institute won 2021 R&D 100 Awards

INL innovator wins Idaho Innovation award

Prabhat Tripathy named Idaho Innovator of Year

Prabhat Tripathy, Idaho National Laboratory

Idaho National Laboratory wins four R&D 100 Awards

Idaho National Laboratory wins four R&D 100 Awards, including one developed by CMI researchers at INL for RE-Metal

CMI research developed at Idaho National Laboratory won a 2021 R&D 100 Award

Tough magnet tech scores an R&D100 award for Critical Materials Institute at Ames Laboratory

A tougher, less brittle samarium-cobalt magnet produced by researchers at the Critical Materials Institute has won a 2021 R&D 100 award.