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A small satellite concept designed to detect and map water on the surface of the Moon has been selected as one of three finalists for NASA’s latest round of research and design development. Rachel Klima, a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has been named as deputy principal investigator for this concept, called Lunar Trailblazer.

For the second consecutive year, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has been named one of IDG’s Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT.

Jessica Stewart brings to the post deep analytic expertise and strong leadership skills, honed over two decades of working directly with sponsors to develop solutions to technical, operational and strategic challenges.

Despite the common wisdom that more is always better, when it comes to finding reliable health information in the digital age, that adage has mostly led to a crowded, unregulated and confusing place.

Anne Brennan, principal deputy general counsel of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, is the 2019 recipient of the D.C. Bar’s Beatrice Rosenberg Award, presented each year to a bar member whose career reflects the highest order of public service.

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory and Johns Hopkins Medicine have launched the Precision Medicine Analytics Platform (PMAP), a new data analytics tool that will facilitate big-data research across the JHU enterprise and enable clinicians to make discoveries and improve their patient care.

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is helping to solve one of the Defense Department’s most significant challenges: the test and evaluation of autonomous unmanned aerial systems

John Forte has been named mission area executive for Homeland Protection at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, where he will direct efforts to create disruptive capabilities that safeguard and secure the homeland against asymmetric threats.

A coherent, optical system that allows for noninvasive, real-time imaging of neural tissue and other biological systems was announced as the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory’s Invention of the Year at the annual APL Achievement Awards ceremony on April 30 at APL’s campus in Laurel, Maryland.

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have developed a new device for controlling and measuring qubits inside the cooler environment; the new device can be manipulated at lower frequency, without the need for microwave lines, thus reducing cost and complexity.