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Jul 27, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Restores Cold Sensation in Amputees’ Phantom Limbs
APL researchers have developed one of the world’s smallest, most intense refrigeration devices. The adhesive bandage-like device mimics the body’s natural and rapid ability to sense temperature, and bioengineers at the Lab are now using it to help amputees perceive a sense of cold in their phantom limbs.
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Jul 26, 2023
Medics and Machines: Developing Robotic Technologies to Provide Assured Care in the Field
Johns Hopkins APL researchers are exploring how new capabilities in artificial intelligence, augmented reality and robotics might support collaborative intervention by teams of medics, AI-based virtual assistants and autonomous robots.
Press Release
Jul 25, 2023
Strategy-Driven Innovation: Johns Hopkins APL Authors Examine Lab’s Integrated Systems Approach
A comprehensive examination of APL’s integrated approach to strategy is featured in the current issue of the ”IEEE Engineering Management Review,” published by IEEE.
Press Release
Jul 24, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Earn 2023 Johns Hopkins Discovery Grants
Five teams featuring APL investigators have earned 2023 Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards. The researchers were among 115 individuals from teams selected to receive awards of up to $100,000 per team.
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Jul 19, 2023
Breakthrough Metasurface Materials Tech Unleashes Enhanced Control for Advanced Telecommunications and Beyond
Johns Hopkins APL researchers have developed a revolutionary metasurface materials technology that enables precise control over electromagnetic signals, offering potential for improved communications in crowded environments and promising advancements in telecommunications and low-power sensing applications.
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Jul 17, 2023
GUSTO Balloon Observatory Mission Ships Out in Preparation for Antarctic Launch
On July 3, the integrated gondola and payload for NASA’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) shipped from Johns Hopkins APL on a long route to Antarctica.
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Jul 11, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Particle Instruments Aboard Europe’s Jupiter Mission Successfully Hum to Life
Just months after a successful launch from French Guiana, the two particle-detecting instruments APL built on behalf of NASA for Europe’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission have already displayed their sophisticated capabilities.
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Jul 11, 2023
A Rotorcraft Designed for the Dunes of Titan
NASA’s Dragonfly mission - designed, built and managed by Johns Hopkins APL - will explore Titan’s environment to sample materials and determine surface composition in different geologic settings.
Press Release
Jul 11, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Earns Fifth Straight Selection to Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators List
For the fifth year in a row, APL has been named by Fast Company as one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2023, placing 17th among a list of the top 100 innovative companies from around the world.
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Jun 30, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Take Steps to Rapidly Characterize Emerging Biothreats
Responding to a human infection with highly pathogenic bird flu, a collaboration between APL and the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge rapidly turned patient samples into data, informing community response in near real time. APL leads similar efforts around the world to sequence and characterize pathogens as they emerge, with the goal of preventing new pandemics.