Press Release
Aug 15, 2024
Johns Hopkins APL and U.S. Coast Guard Expand National Defense, Maritime Security Partnership
APL and the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center in New London, Connecticut, have signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding to team up on addressing critical technology challenges in national defense and maritime security.
News
Aug 8, 2024
EZIE-Mag Provides Bridge Between Indigenous Teaching and Modern Science
The EZIE mission’s unique approach to outreach includes collaborating with Indigenous communities, highlighted by a three-day workshop held this past June in Arizona.
Press Release
Aug 7, 2024
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Drive Innovation in 2024 JHU Discovery Awards
Seven projects funded by the 2024 JHU Discovery Awards program leverage the expertise of APL scientists and engineers, including four APL-led initiatives covering challenges in areas such as climate adaptation and DNA-based 3D bioprinting.
Press Release
Aug 6, 2024
Johns Hopkins APL Employing AI to Discover Materials for National Security Needs
Using artificial intelligence and innovative materials science techniques, APL is leading an effort to rapidly discover revolutionary materials that allow critical operations in specific, extreme environments.
News
Aug 2, 2024
Twenty Years After Launch, MESSENGER’s Exploration Legacy Endures
Marking the 20th anniversary of MESSENGER’s launch, APL looks back on a trailblazing mission that showed the world a new way to conduct first-of-its-kind space exploration.
Press Release
Aug 1, 2024
Johns Hopkins APL Launches Space Science Postdoctoral Scholars Program
APL is launching a new program that will enable postdoctoral scholars to participate in the Laboratory’s cutting-edge space projects.
Press Release
Jul 30, 2024
DART Forward: Five Papers Shed New Light on Asteroids From World’s First Planetary Defense Test
In five new Nature Communications papers, the team behind NASA’s successful DART mission sheds new light on the structure and origins of the asteroid system encountered in 2022. Researchers from Johns Hopkins APL and several international partner institutions provide a detailed overview and interpretation of the geological findings at Didymos and Dimorphos.
Press Release
Jul 25, 2024
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Visits Johns Hopkins APL
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby visited APL on July 24 along with members of his staff.
News
Jul 25, 2024
Unveiling the Nation’s Bold Strategy to Advance Environmental DNA: Key Workshop Takeaways
Over 250 scientists, practitioners and policymakers recently gathered on Johns Hopkins APL’s campus for the Third National Workshop on Marine Environmental DNA to launch a new federal aquatic eDNA National Strategy, discuss state-of-the-art eDNA science, and identify implementation opportunities that will realize the full potential of eDNA as a tool to monitor aquatic ecosystems.
News
Jul 24, 2024
Carbon Oxides on Uranus’ Moon Ariel Hint at Hidden Ocean, Webb Telescope Reveals
A new Johns Hopkins APL-led study using NASA’s Webb telescope suggests carbon dioxide and similar molecules on Uranus’ moon Ariel may be emerging from inside the moon, raising questions about the moon’s geologic activity and potential as an ocean world.