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NRL researcher receives ASME Lifetime Achievement Award
September 7, 2022 — John Michopoulos, Ph.D., U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Computational Multiphysics Systems Laboratory head, received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Lifetime Achievement Award... MORE

NASA’s JWST Takes Its First-Ever Direct Image of Distant World
September 2, 2022 — Jordan Stone, Ph.D., an astrophysicist in NRL’s Remote Sensing Division is part of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s early release science team for direct observations of exoplanets that released the observations of a super-Jupiter exoplanet, HIP 65426 b, using JWST near-infrared camera and mid-infrared instrument... MORE

NRL fungal experiment launches as Artemis I payload
August 26, 2022 — An experiment prepared by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will launch as part of NASA’s scheduled Artemis I mission to orbit the moon. The experiment will use samples of fungi to investigate effects of the deep space radiation environment outside of Earth’s protective magnetosphere... MORE

Artemis Mission - Fungi to Test Radiation in Space

NRL Launches Quantum Navy YouTube Series
August 1, 2022 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), with the help of Defense Media Activity, is launching a three-part series highlighting the importance of quantum research for the 21st century U.S. Navy... MORE

SIRI-2 to Qualify Technologies for Radiation Detection in Space
July 13, 2022 — U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists launched the second Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2) instrument in December 2021 onboard Space Test Program (STP) Sat-6. SIRI-2, a gamma-ray spectrometer, will demonstrate the performance of europium-doped strontium iodide gamma ray detection technology with sufficient active area for Department of Defense (DoD) operational needs... MORE

Strontium Iodide Radiation Instrument (SIRI-2)

NRL, Aerospace Industry Hosts 18th Annual CanSat Student Challenge
July 13, 2022 — After countless hours of preparation, flight testing, and launching, 23 student teams from universities and colleges around the world participated in the CanSat Aerospace Competition at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, June 11-12, 2022... MORE

NRL Celebrates 99 Years of Innovation; Looks Ahead to Second Century of Discovery
July 1, 2022 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Centennial celebration culminates with the 100th anniversary of its founding on July 2, 2023... MORE

NRL Announces the Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium (DC-QNet)
June 27, 2022 — To advance quantum network capabilities and leadership, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) announces work with five other U.S. Government agencies to establish the Washington Metropolitan Quantum Network Research Consortium (DC-Qnet) to create, demonstrate and operate a quantum network as a regional testbed May 18... MORE

Jonathan Kwolek, a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory research physicist, shows an atom interferometer to Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin Selby Sept. 14, 2020, at Naval Research Labratory (NRL) facilities in Washington, D.C.

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