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Six scientists from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, are among the researchers across the Johns Hopkins enterprise to receive funding in the fourth round of the JHU Discovery Awards program.

APL has been named one of IDG’s Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT. The Laboratory was ranked number 16 among large organizations on the list.

For the last three decades, the Submarine Technology Symposium (STS) has served as a platform for collaboration and an open forum for addressing key technology challenges affecting submarines and undersea systems.

Staff members from the Air and Missile Defense Sector (AMDS) at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have collected more than 15,000 books for children living below the poverty line in the local area.

On April 30, 2015, the MESSENGER spacecraft — its science mission complete and its fuel exhausted — slammed into the surface of Mercury, forever becoming part of the planet it orbited and examined for more than four years.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, a performer role in the Ground Truth Program to test whether state-of-the-art social science modeling methods can uncover hidden “ground truth” in simulated but complex social systems.

A breakthrough flexible, cuttable, submersible and bulletproof lithium-ion battery was announced as the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory’s Invention of the Year at the annual APL Achievement Awards ceremony on April 24 on APL’s campus in Laurel, Maryland.

The National Security Analysis Department at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, recently released a report outlining the timeline and impact of North Korea’s 2014 cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has named Paul L. Oostburg Sanz as general counsel.

No matter where you land in the debate over school safety, many experts agree that no single solution is best for all schools. But according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University, schools and systems can take a similarly sound approach to deciding what safety improvements to make and how to make them.