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![Close image of stacked dark brown lumber](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/img_7893.jpg?itok=c1LmbbLw)
Chemical-free heat treatment makes Minnesota's low value softwoods durable for expanded markets.
![colorful map with stars to show ethanol plants and border of corn expansion](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/final_fig_6_2.jpg?itok=8uPqTnQb)
Study shows conversion of grassland to corn production in relation to expanding ethanol refineries.
![Close up of two hands scooping two handfuls of brown material shaped into balls](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/img_1338.jpg?itok=idg2pSp8)
NRRI continues research to develop a clean burning, renewable solid fuel to replace fossil coal in steam locomotives.
![Man in white lab coat using chemistry apparatus in a lab.](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/img_7095.jpg?itok=Lhf3gaMb)
NRRI helps rural Minnesota business with complex chemistry for product to remove toxic pollutants from industrial water systems.
![A small pile of a dozen pieces of iron nuggets of varying sizes.](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/ironnuggets1.jpg?itok=zPTzl0D2)
NRRI's Mining Innovation Initiative received $2.6M from the state legislature. What are we doing with it?
![Two lengths of wood, one dark brown, one almost black, are posed on a white bucket.](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/hot-woodsipe-3.jpg?itok=nCg5tABw)
Overcoming a hurdle in wood treatment leads to higher value products from wood resources.
![Thick stands of cattails line a river that cannot be seen through the green vegetation](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/dscf1268.jpg?itok=WKE9mOBK)
NRRI proposes a solution to removing an invasive plant in Africa that could provide much needed jobs and a cooking fuel source.
![Man sits in office holding award plaque](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/img_1394.jpg?itok=iefU7k95)
A career dedicated to avian science leads to ornithology award for NRRI Scientist Jerry Niemi.
![Image of annual report with taconite pellets on cover.](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/annual_report_2016-jpg-crop.jpg?itok=25vyxkHi)
NRRI published its first annual report for fiscal year 2016 (July 2015 - June 2016). Available in print (by request) or online.
![A dozen men in construction attire pose in front of a partially constructed structure.](/sites/nrri.umn.edu/files/styles/article_lists/public/umd_news/img_1302_0.jpg?itok=cniK79zf)
NRRI helps find markets for used construction materials while a social enterprise creates jobs, teaches skills in the northland.
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