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NRL Researchers Named LUCI Fellows
By By Mary E. Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Nov. 26, 2024
Seven U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers were named Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative (LUCI) fellows for the class of 2025 in a Defense Department (DoD) announcement Nov. 18.
Navy’s Airborne Scientific Development Squadron Welcomes New Commander
By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Nov. 18, 2024
Cmdr. J. Aaron Roberts relinquished command of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1, the Warlocks, to Cmdr. Luis A. Levine, the new Commanding Officer (CO), during a change of command and retirement ceremony Nov. 14 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland.
NRL Completes Development of Robotics Capable of Servicing Satellites, Enabling Resilience for the U.S. Space Infrastructure
By Nicholas E. M. Pasquini | Nov. 14, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST) in partnership with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) successfully completed development of spaceflight qualified robotics suite capable of servicing satellites in orbit Oct. 8.
NRL Introduces a New Paradigm for Control of Quantum Emitters
By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Oct. 31, 2024
A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) multi-disciplinary team developed a new paradigm for the control of quantum emitters, providing a new method for modulating and encoding quantum photonic information on a single photon light stream.
NRL Scientist Receives Winifred Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Award
By By Mary E. Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Oct. 23, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Physical Scientist, Treva Brown, Ph.D., received the prestigious Winifred Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Award presented at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) Awards Ceremony on Oct. 3 in Orlando, Florida.
NRL's CCOR-1 Instrument Captures Its First Images of the Sun's Atmosphere
By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Oct. 22, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Compact Coronagraph (CCOR) instrument has successfully collected its first images of coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
NRL Coronagraph Captures Unique Images of a Dusty Comet
By U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Oct. 18, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) imaging instruments on three sun-orbiting observatories have captured sequences of comet C/2023 A3, known as Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, as it passed between the Earth and the Sun during the beginning of October 2024.
NRL’s Paradigm-Changing Instrument Takes the World by iSTORM
By Mary E. Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Oct. 2, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) instrument, the in-Situ Thunderstorm Observer for Radiation Mechanisms (iSTORM), provides paradigm-changing observations of ionizing radiation from tropical thunderstorms aboard a NASA ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft, recently published in Nature.
NRL Materials Scientist Edward Gorzkowski Named American Ceramic Society Fellow
By Mary E. Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Corporate Communications | Sept. 30, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researcher Edward Gorzkowski, Ph.D., to be recognized as Fellow to the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) for outstanding contributions to the ceramic sciences by conspicuous achievement in the ceramic industry during the upcoming American Ceramics Society Awards Banquet held in Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 7, 2024.
VXS-1 Squadron Continues the Mission, Tracking Potential Tropical Cyclone
By Mary E. Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications | Sept. 26, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS) 1 takes to the skies to deploy observational buoys in front of Hurricane Helene’s projected path on Tuesday, Sept. 24 providing real-time forecasts to the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) team for timely prediction and operational readiness.



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