Featured Stories
2013
NASA's BRRISON Heads West to Prepare to Meet Comet ISON
Ready and ABLE to Protect Soldiers' Hearing
"Team Cameron" Builds a Bridge from The Arc to APL
APL Staffer Selected for NASA Astronaut Training
Eye PATCH: Visualizing the Future of Injury Treatment
Seeing Doubles: APL Develops Body Models for Airport Security Tests
NASA Calls on APL to "Catch" a Comet
APL Uses Energy Innovations and Optimizations to Boost Efficiency
APL Volunteers Prep Kids for College
APL Backpack-Sized Mini-mapper Captures Intel in Tight Spots
Learning Comes FIRST in Robotics Competitions Held at APL
APL Recognizes Top Authors and Researchers
APL-Led Modular Prosthetic Limb Featured on CBS News’ 60 Minutes
2012
Generation Next: APL Steers Ideas from Workshop to Submarines in Two Years
APL Staffer Helps Wounded Veterans Dive into Rehabilitation
Predicting Virus Mutations Project Seeks to Transform Vaccine and Drug Development
APL Cuts Energy Costs Through Conservation
Up and Running: Just Hours After Launch, RBSP Takes First Science Steps
Hopkins Team to Boost Patient Safety in ICUs
Smithsonian Lands McCloskey Collection
Testing Fiber Optics to Protect Pipelines
One Cool Assignment: APL Engineer Heads North for Arctic Buoy Tests
Detecting Disasters: Social-Media Scanning Tool Could Lead to Quicker Crisis Response
Restoring Capabilities: First Wounded Warrior Demonstrates APL's Revolutionary Prosthetic Arm
Lab Setting Standards for 'SMART' Helmets
Using Gaming to Explore Threats in the Horn of Africa
APL-Built Chamber Puts Biosensors Through Real-World Tests
From Vision to Reality: Research Investment Makes a Quantum Leap
APL Quick Response Created New Tool to Assess Nuclear Crisis
APL to Host Maryland FIRST LEGO League Tech Challenge Championship
2011
APL Shapes Future Explosive Detection Systems
APL Leads Team to Leverage Advances in Genomics
TacSat-4 Mission Tests New Spacecraft "Bus" Standards
Human Surrogate Head Model Testing Reveals Brain's Response to Blast
Mapping the Mind to Build Smarter Machines
Prescribing New Health Care Efficiencies
Building a Better Evacuation Plan
A Moment, a Loss, a Shift in Reality: A Decade After 9/11, APL Continues to Respond
From Transit 4A to New Horizons: Fifty Years of Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft
CRISM Team Members Receive Major NASA Awards
APL Volunteer Teachers Capture Young Imaginations
Model Airplane History-Maker and APL Retiree Maynard Hill Dies at Age 85
Top APL Inventions Clear Arteries, Camouflage Communications
Sailing Alien Seas: NASA Picks APL-Managed Titan Mission for Discovery Program Development
APL Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Creating a Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability for the Nation
Special Innovations for Special Operations
APL Instrument Sheds Light on the Moon's Darkest Mysteries
2010
APL Engineers Help Prepare High School Students for College Application Process
Innovative New Solar Charger Provides Energy on the Go
APL Tapped for Solar Probe Instrument
Strengthening the Nation's Defenses Against Cyber Attacks
Interactive Game Captures the Complexity of Modern Conflict
Next-Generation Advanced Materials: APL Science and Technology Anticipating Future Operational Needs
Crash and Learn: APL Torso Model Used in Helicopter Safety Tests
Self-Healing Paint May Keep Vehicles on the Road Longer
Wind-Speed Software on New Tack
Cooler: Innovating to Collaborate
Robotics Competition at APL Gives Kids a Taste of Technical Problem-Solving
Dynamic Chamber Puts Chemical Weapons Sensors to the Test
Mentoring at APL: A Genuine Growth Experience
Demonstrating Technologies to Protect Critical Networks and Information
2009
Detection by a Nose: APL Researchers Look to Copy Canine "Sniffer"
MERC Team Uses Bacteria to Tackle an Energy Challenge
APL Part of International Team Expanding Space Weather Radar Network
Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009: Advances in Prosthetic Arm Technology
APL, Homeland Security Department Developing Next Public Alert System
Staff Moving into Healthier Zone
APL Team Plays Critical Role in Destroying Errant Satellite
APL's Composites Lab: An Engineer's Dream Team
APL Staff Honored to Serve Veterans on Capital Visit
2008
Military Simulation Software Is No Ordinary Game
APL Helps County Prepare Pandemic Plans
APL Missions "Covered" in Top Journals
Robo Sally Set for Battle: Next-Generation Bomb Hunter Extends from Arm Project
Mission Complete: Midcourse Space Experiment Mission Ends
Riding on Light Waves: Air and Missile Defense Team Enhances Optical Communications Technique
Allied Aegis Success: APL Technical Lead for Japan's First Ballistic Missile Flight Test
2007
Dual Ballistic Missile Targets Intercepted: APL's Technical Role Integral to Flight Test
Safeguarding Critical Infrastructure: APL Develops Aerial Technology for Homeland Security
New Research Effort in Blast-Induced Neurotrauma
A "Flare" for Saving Lives: Automated Signaling Device Could Indicate Boats in Distress
University Recognizes Three APL Staffers for Diversity Efforts
Virtual Reality Gaming Is Serious Business at APL
Subs with "Conventional Class": APL Team Tests New Undersea Weapons Platform
Howard County Schools Yield High Performance, Low Cost
Howard Ranks Among Best Digital Counties
Cross-Enterprise Initiatives: APL Addressing Critical Challenges that Span Defense Missions
Second SSUSI Instrument Flies on Defense Meteorological Satellite
2006
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense: Target Tracking
MESSENGER: Mission to the Innermost Planet
APL Welcomed Record Number of Summer Interns in 2006
APL Meteorite Hunters Travel to Antarctica
APL-Developed Disaster Aid Network Showcased in Mass Casualty Exercise
A New Perspective: Incoming Air and Missile Defense Staff Tour Naval Facilities
Armed with Ideas: APL Leads Prosthesis Development Team
2006 Hurricane Season Generates Interest in APL Images
MSX Satellite Celebrates a Decade in Space
Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care
NASA's First Pluto Mission Sets Sights on Solar System's Unexplored Frontier
2005
APL Scientist, Team Spot New Moons Around Pluto
Patents, Pizza, and Technology Transfer
U.S. Surgeon General Carmona Visits APL
Space Technology Benefits Medical Community
APL Staff Feel, Respond to Hurricane Katrina Devastation
Tactical Tomahawk: The Next Generation of Precision Strike