Press Release
Oct 26, 2017
All for One and One for All: Animal Health Surveillance and the One Health Initiative
From September 2016 to August 2017, a virus inadvertently transmitted from puppies in a chain of pet stores sent 39 people to hospitals across seven states.
Press Release
Oct 24, 2017
APL Laser Communications System Wins 2017 TechConnect Defense Innovation Award
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has been recognized with the 2017 TechConnect Defense Innovation Award at this year’s Defense Innovation Summit in Tampa, Florida, in recognition for its development of a high-bandwidth, free-space optical (FSO) communications system.
Press Release
Oct 24, 2017
APL Staff Members Come through in Force to Support Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Efforts
When category 5 Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, members of the Hispanic Awareness Club (HAC) at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) immediately jumped into action.
Press Release
Oct 19, 2017
From Comets Come Planets
Narrow dense rings of comets are coming together to form planets on the outskirts of at least three distant solar systems, astronomers have found in data from a pair of NASA telescopes.
Press Release
Oct 19, 2017
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Breaks Ground for Research and Development Facility
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, broke ground Oct. 16 on what will be its largest building, a blend of complex labs and office space that will primarily house APL’s Research and Exploratory Development Department.
Press Release
Oct 19, 2017
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Licenses Big-Data Analysis Tool to BullFrog AI
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, has licensed a powerful data-analysis software tool — designed to discover patterns and relationships in large-scale and complex data — to BullFrog AI, Inc.
Press Release
Oct 12, 2017
Public Health Officials Leverage APL-Developed Disease-Surveillance System to Manage Opioid Epidemic
Federal government and state public health officials are leveraging a disease surveillance system developed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to better track opioid-related deaths.
Press Release
Oct 11, 2017
APL Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity Expert Receives Women of Color Technology Award
Melissa Wong, a systems engineer and cybersecurity expert at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, has been awarded the 2017 Women of Color Award for her accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields.
Press Release
Oct 10, 2017
Breakthrough Cuttable, Flexible, Submersible and Ballistic-Tested Lithium-Ion Battery Offers New Paradigm of Safety and Performance
A team of scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has partnered with researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop a new type of flexible lithium-ion battery that can operate under extreme conditions, including cutting, submersion and ballistic impact. The team recently published their discovery in the journal Advanced Materials.
Press Release
Oct 9, 2017
New Research Allows Preservation of Therapeutics in Adverse Conditions
A recent study by biological engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, demonstrated a significant advancement in the preservation of particular types of medicines, known as protein expression systems, for field applications — enabling those medicines to be stored and reconstituted on site in adverse conditions.