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Dec 7, 2022New Advances in Neural Interfaces Research at Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins APL and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have reported research progress on multiple neural interface technologies for functional restoration, rehabilitation and augmentation for people affected by spinal cord injury, upper limb loss and blindness. -
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Dec 7, 2022Intern on Johns Hopkins APL’s Dragonfly Mission Shoots for the Moon
Will Suero Amparo, an intern in APL’s Space Exploration Sector, aspires to become an astronaut. Now, working on the Dragonfly space exploration mission through the Dragonfly Student & Early Career Investigator Program, he is one step closer to that dream. -
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Dec 5, 2022Johns Hopkins APL Is Setting the Path to Prevent Traffic Jams in Space
Today, traffic in cislunar space might look like a quiet country road. It may never grow to resemble rush hour in Times Square, but experts believe the region will get much busier, prompting a need for additional situational awareness capabilities to prevent space traffic jams. -
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Dec 2, 2022Johns Hopkins APL to Build Science Instrument for First Canadian Lunar Rover
APL scientists and engineers will develop an infrared imaging instrument for Canada’s first lunar rover. Called LAFORGE, the instrument will be the first to fly to the lunar surface with the capability of measuring the low temperatures found in some shadowed regions. -
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Nov 30, 2022DART Mission Earns Popular Science’s "Best of What’s New" for Pioneering Planetary Defense Capability
The editors of Popular Science magazine have named NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) one of the top technology innovations of 2022. Designed, built and managed by Johns Hopkins APL, DART changed the orbit of a celestial body for the first time in human history, demonstrating the capability to defend the Earth from a potential future impact. -
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Nov 28, 2022Johns Hopkins APL’s Dutta Reelected IEEE Communications Society Member-at-Large
Ashutosh Dutta, a senior wireless research scientist and chief 5G strategist in APL’s Asymmetric Operations Sector, has been reelected to serve as a member-at-large to the board of governors for the IEEE Communications Society, and recently received two prestigious IEEE honors. -
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Nov 23, 2022NASA’s Webb Telescope Reveals an Exoplanet Atmosphere in ‘Once Impossible’ Detail
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is dazzling scientists yet again, this time not with stunning images of the cosmos but instead with the first comprehensive list of molecular ingredients in the atmosphere of a planet roughly 700 light-years away. -
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Nov 14, 2022Johns Hopkins APL Shapes a Vision for Promoting Security in Cislunar Space
APL has released a Cislunar Security National Technical Vision with recommendations for policy and technology development to enable safety and stability in the cislunar region. -
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Nov 10, 2022Moon Maneuvers: Johns Hopkins APL Envisions Strategy and Technology Needed for Lunar and Cislunar Space
As space becomes increasingly easy to access through the proliferation of commercial launch vehicles, cislunar space and the lunar surface are poised to become the world’s next great frontier. Two APL teams are exploring the strategy, policy and technology needed to promote peaceful, collaborative use of this region in the years to come. -
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Nov 9, 2022Johns Hopkins APL Uses AI, Satellite Images to Track Greenhouse Emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the transportation sector accounts for approximately 27% of all greenhouse gas emissions annually in the United States, and emissions from road transportation — driven by carbon-creating internal combustion vehicles — account for a large majority of that.