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One of the world’s foremost codebreaking mathematicians was recognized by the National Security Agency on May 8 when Richard “Dickie” George was inducted into the National Cryptologic Hall of Honor. George and three others joined the ranks of just 106 inductees in U.S. history honored for their extraordinary contributions to national security through cryptology.

To solve complex challenges, Joe Miragliotta brings together as many people and ideas as possible before developing a plan of action. With this approach, he earned 10 patents and Johns Hopkins APL’s Master Inventor designation, presented on April 25 at the annual APL Achievement Awards ceremony.

Can autonomous vessels navigate as well as humans? APL researchers are trying to answer that question with the development of standardized navigation and performance evaluation methods for the Department of Defense.

APL researchers are reenergizing the thermal battery market with technology that enables smaller, yet more powerful batteries to power missile systems.

In an unparalleled analytical effort, more than 1,000 undergraduate students helped physicists address an outstanding mystery about the Sun’s atmosphere and may have upended a popularly held theory in the process.

APL’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and PFAS filtration and destruction methodology have been selected as 2023 World Changing Ideas by Fast Company magazine. DART was named the winner in the experimental category, and the PFAS technology portfolio was selected as a finalist in the water category.

A new study documenting Webb’s recent observations of a rocky planet around 26 light-years away has caused a waterlogged mystery that’s left researchers uncertain whether they made a groundbreaking discovery or not.

The SURPASS program forged between Johns Hopkins APL and the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering seeks cutting-edge ideas that “go beyond the possible” — and the problem-solving proposals funded in the initiative’s first year indicate that researchers are up to the challenge.

It looks like a jellyfish, floats like a jellyfish and moves like a jellyfish — but in this instance it’s not a jellyfish, it’s a product of APL ingenuity. Laboratory researchers are drawing inspiration from one of nature’s best sailors to develop a versatile, low-cost sensor for ocean observations.