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NRL Discovers Two-Dimensional Waveguides
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NRL Discovers Two-Dimensional Waveguides
By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
| Feb. 15, 2024
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in collaboration with Kansas State University, announce the discovery of slab waveguides based on the two-dimensional material hexagonal boron nitride. This milestone has been reported in the journal Advanced Materials.
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NRL Announces New Associate Director of Research for Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology
By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
| Feb. 12, 2024
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announces the appointment of Christoph Englert, Ph.D., as the next Associate Director of Research for Ocean and Atmospheric Science and Technology.
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NRL Researcher Named Fellow of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
| Feb. 6, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory research physicist Lynda E. Busse, Ph.D., was named a Fellow of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, for outstanding technical contributions to the development of novel infrared (IR) optical materials and photonics devices.
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NRL Joins Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ)
By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
| Feb. 2, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) meteorologists, in partnership with NASA, will join a team of international scientists to participate in the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality (ASIA-AQ) experiment beginning on February 2.
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NRL Student Opportunities Fuel Young Researchers’ Presentations at the 243rd American Astronomical Society Meeting
By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
| Jan. 12, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) interns present their research this week at the 243rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in New Orleans.
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NRL Leaders Receive Presidential Rank Awards for High-Impact Achievements
By Nicholas E. M. Pasquini, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
| Jan. 8, 2024
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Director of Research Dr. Bruce G. Danly, Senior Executive Service (SES), and Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering Senior Scientist (ST) for Biosurveillance Dr. David A. Stenger receive Presidential Rank Awards.
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NRL Researchers Receive Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement Award
By Nicholas E. M. Pasquini, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
| Jan. 4, 2024
The Hydrogen Small Unit Power (H-SUP) prototype offers a low signature solution for electric power production, up to 1.2 kW of continuous power, in a ruggedized package.
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NRL’s Debra Rolison Elected 2023 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
| Dec. 15, 2023
Debra Rolison, Ph.D., of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has been named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), for having demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating and facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and welfare of society.
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NRL Scientists Present Latest Research Findings at American Geophysical Fall Meeting
By Mary Hamisevicz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications
| Dec. 8, 2023
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientist, Sasa Gabersek, Ph.D., will present findings from the Air-Sea Interaction Affecting Fog Formation experiment over the Yellow Sea at this year’s American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California, December 11-15.
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Ghosts in the Plasma: Tracking the Footprints of Orbital Debris
By Saralyn Stewart, APS Division of Plasma Physics
| Nov. 30, 2023
Researchers at NRL are using plasma theory, simulations, and experiments to develop a new way of detecting optically invisible debris in Earth’s orbit.
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