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Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Developing New Heatsink Using Additive Manufacturing

Combining phase-change materials with additive manufacturing, APL engineers are developing a capability to help manage heat ...
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Johns Hopkins APL-Developed Target-Tracking Tech Drives Critical Defense Systems

For more than 15 years, an APL-designed capability for tracking multiple moving targets has been powering critical sea, land, ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Harnesses Snake Heat-Sensing Proteins for Next-Generation Sensors

APL researchers are developing biologically driven thermal sensors that could operate without conventional electrical power.
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NASA’s Dragonfly Clears Key Tests as Titan Rotorcraft Takes Shape

NASA’s Dragonfly is starting to look less like a collection of spacecraft parts and more like the rotorcraft that will fly across the surface of Titan, Saturn’s hazy moon. The mission reached a major ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Battlefield Care Innovation Named a Fast Company ‘World Changing Idea’

An augmented-reality-enabled medical guidance system developed at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been recognized by Fast Company as a “World Changing Idea” ...
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Dragonfly Mission Begins Rotorcraft Integration, Testing Stage

In the clean room at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, Emory Toomey (left) and Hunter Reeling integrate the engineering model of Dragonfly’s Integrated Electronics ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Pioneering Digital Calibration to Create ‘Born-Qualified’ Parts

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, is developing a comprehensive suite of capabilities to ensure that additively manufactured parts can perform predictably in ...
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NASA and Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate First-of-Its-Kind Space Communications

NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, have successfully tested wideband technology that allows spacecraft to ...
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NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL-Developed CINEMA Mission to Study Space Weather

NASA has selected Dartmouth College and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to begin developing a mission that will shed more light on the growing impacts of space ...
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Johns Hopkins APL and Intuitive Machines Advance the Nation’s Cislunar Communications and Navigation

As countries around the world shift their attention to the Moon and the space surrounding it, the United States is making it a priority to establish a long-term lunar presence, recognizing that ...
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Johns Hopkins Team Breaks Through Quantum Noise

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have achieved a breakthrough in quantum noise characterization in ...
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Generative Wargaming

Wargaming has long been a vital method for understanding human decision-making in complex, uncertain environments by harnessing the power of experiential learning. While traditional wargames offer ...