Episode Details

This week, we’re highlighting NLR advancements in grid management, materials science, and critical materials recovery. You'll hear about: 

• A new open-source tool helping utilities use smart energy management to meet growing electricity demand while reducing the need for grid upgrades 
• Brain-inspired materials that can "remember" light, opening the door to more efficient machine vision and neuromorphic computing 
• An NLR postdoc’s award-winning pitch at the recent National Lab Research SLAM about using microbes to recover critical metals from spent batteries. 

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This podcast is hosted by Jackson Fletcher, Kerrin Jeromin, Taylor Mankle, and Nataleah Small and written and produced by Hannah Halusker, Allison Montroy, and Kaitlyn Stottler. Editors are Joe DelNero, Brittany Falch, and Taylor Mankle. Graphics by Brittnee Gayet. Music by Ted Vaca and Chuck Kurnik, Jim Riley, and Mark Sanseverino of Drift BC. Peaks to Power is created by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, Colorado. Email us at podcast@nlr.gov. Follow NLR on X, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads, and Facebook.