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NRL conducts first test of solar power satellite hardware in orbit
May 18, 2020 — NRL engineers launched PRAM, the Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module, aboard an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle to investigate use of solar energy captured in space... MORE

NRL researchers create electronic diodes beyond 5G performance
May 8, 2020 — NRL physicists develop new resonant tunneling diode (RTD) with performance beyond the anticipated speed of 5G... MORE

NRL-developed Ocean Prediction System Steers Ice-Bound Antarctic Vessel to Open Waters
April 22, 2020 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s Global Ocean Forecast System (GOFS) provided valuable environmental information on March 18 that helped a research icebreaking ship navigate out of Antarctic’s ice-laden waters... MORE

NRL Scientist Discovers Monstrous Black Hole Explosion
March 10, 2020 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers led a team that discovered the most energetic outburst from a supermassive black hole. ... MORE

Simona Giacintucci, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory radio astronomer

Researchers Shed Light on Perplexing Bay of Bengal Monsoon Oscillations
February 27, 2020 — Oceanographers and meteorologists with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory concluded an ambitious field research program in collaboration with the U.S. Office of Naval Research aimed at understanding the role of the Indian Ocean on monsoon intra-seasonal oscillations (MISO), June 26... MORE

NRL meteorologist tracks transcontinental dust storms’ magnitude and impact
February 25, 2020 — The amount of dust flying out of the Sahara Desert each year is seemingly unfathomable. Every year, 14 million metric tons of transcontinental dust travels across the Atlantic Ocean, said Arunas Kuciauskas, a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist who tracks and quantifies the Saharan Air Layer (SAL)... MORE

Navy gains a competitive edge with research into biological ocean swarms
February 21, 2020 — Tiny and frightening-looking creatures lurking throughout our world’s oceans can wreak havoc on Navy tactical decision-makers’ ability to sense the environment or plan and chart a navigation course... MORE

NRL’s remote sensing division analyzes ground characteristics in Australia
February 20, 2020 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory physical scientists, engineers, and principal investigator Andrei Abelev visited Australia in May 2019 to validate their techniques for terrain characterization... MORE

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