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In December, APL hosted its annual Cislunar Security Conference, bringing together leaders in government, academia, industry and other organizations.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore are designing a retinal imaging platform in the form of wearable eyeglasses that has the potential to expand access to retinal imaging and generate enough data to train machine learning models for accelerated research and improved diagnostic capabilities.

Jason Kalirai, an astrophysicist and space mission area executive at APL, has been selected as a fellow by the American Astronomical Society.

As head of the Research and Exploratory Development Department, Merkle will accelerate innovation and collaborate with APL’s sectors and mission areas to tackle mission-critical challenges.

Johns Hopkins APL researchers are contributing to the development of a mobile cellular system that can be installed in a small uncrewed aerial vehicle to give warfighters and first responders communications connectivity in austere environments.

APL staff members filed a record 564 intellectual property disclosures in fiscal year 2024, reinforcing the Laboratory’s strategic value to sponsors and the nation and demonstrating an initial return on the Laboratory’s multimillion-dollar investments in transforming novel ideas into real and impactful solutions.

APL has contributed to a new study in The Lancet Public Health that found that public-private partnerships to develop, produce and distribute COVID-19 diagnostic tests saved approximately 1.4 million lives and prevented an estimated 7 million patient hospitalizations in the U.S. during the pandemic.

NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun has confirmed that it survived its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun’s surface on Dec. 24. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles (around 6.1 million kilometers) above the surface of the Sun, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour (692,000 kilometers per hour) — faster than any human-made object has ever moved.

NASA and SpaceX are now targeting as soon as September 2025 for the launch of the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft, which is currently undergoing integration and testing at APL. The new date provides additional time for instrument testing and spacecraft preparation prior to launch.

Angela Sarich been honored by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) with the organization’s Bronze Medal Award for her contributions to undersea warfare science and engineering.