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Researchers Engineer Cold-Tolerant Proteins to Give U.S. an Arctic Edge

Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL, inspired by biomolecules found in cold-tolerant organisms, are developing novel materials ...
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Johns Hopkins APL’s Adams Honored for Innovative National Security Work

Sarah Adams, program manager for Alternative Computing Paradigms, was honored by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) for her contributions to advancing science and technology ...
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MDA, Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate Low-Cost Approach to Missile Defense Testing

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and APL have successfully demonstrated a new, lower-cost approach to national missile ...
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‘We Had to Get This Right’: How Johns Hopkins Built the Coronavirus Tracking Global Dashboard: An Oral History

Rumblings of a mysterious new virus impacting the region of Wuhan, China, began making the news rounds in the U.S. starting in early 2020. At the time, the virus seemed like a distant worry — too far ...
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Johns Hopkins Scientists Leverage AI to Discover Climate ‘Tipping Points’

Climate tipping points have become a source of growing concern, particularly among policymakers and scientists. They are critical thresholds that, once crossed, could “tip” a natural climate system ...
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The Van Allen Probes Transformed Everything We Know About Earth’s Radiation Belts. What’s Next?

Nine years ago this week, NASA’s Van Allen Probes launched on a mission to fly through and study Earth’s ring current and radiation belts — rings of charged particles trapped in Earth’s magnetic field ...
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A New Path to Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interface

Controlling a computer with your mind was once pure science fiction, but it’s now plausible thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. Today’s BCI systems have achieved extraordinary ...
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NASA’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 ...
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Dragonfly Team Debuts Johns Hopkins APL’s Newest Environmental Test Chamber

The Titan Chamber — the largest environmental simulator ever deployed on the campus of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland — is open for business. The team ...
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Johns Hopkins APL Publishes Report on Nation’s First Space Weather Simulation Exercise

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, recently released the results of the nation’s first end-to-end Space Weather Tabletop Exercise (TTX), held in May 2024. The ...
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Breakthrough Process Creates Next Generation of Powered Wearable Fibers

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have established new, scalable methods of developing battery- and solar-powered fibers, making it theoretically ...