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Dr. Thomas Mehlhorn Appointed to New National Research Council Panel
May 16, 2011 — Dr. Thomas Mehlhorn, superintendent of the Plasma Physics Division at the Naval Research Laboratory, was recently appointed a member of a new National Research Council (NRC), Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS) panel on the Assessment of Inertial Confinement Fusion Targets (ICF)... MORE

Herschel Space Observatory Discovers the Clearing Out of Star-Forming Gas in Mergers of Gas-Rich Galaxies
May 9, 2011 — The European Space Agency (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory, home to the largest single mirror telescope in space, has detected massive amounts of molecular gas gusting at high velocities - in some cases in excess of 1000 kilometers per second - from the centers of a sample of merging galaxies... MORE

NRL Scientists Achieve High Temperature Milestone in Silicon Spintronics
May 4, 2011 — Researchers in the Materials Science and Technology Division of the Naval Research Laboratory have recently demonstrated electrical injection, detection and precession of spin accumulation in silicon, the cornerstone material of modern device technology, at temperatures up to 225 degrees Celsius... MORE

Patricia Phoebus Elected AMS Councilor
May 2, 2011 — Ms. Patricia Phoebus, associate superintendent of the Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL's) Marine Meteorology Division, has been elected councilor of the American Meteorological Society... MORE

NRL Researchers Take a Step Toward Valleytronics
April 28, 2011 — Valley-based electronics, also known as valleytronics, is one step closer to reality... MORE

Dr. Thomas Mehlhorn Elected to APS Executive Committee
April 25, 2011 — Dr. Thomas Mehlhorn, superintendent of the Plasma Physics Division at the Naval Research Laboratory, was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)... MORE

NRL Scientists Focus on Light Ions for Fast Ignition of Fusion Fuels
April 25, 2011 — Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division demonstrate significant progress in the efficiency and cost effectiveness of light ions in the fast ignition of fusion targets... MORE

Dr. Igor Vurgaftman Selected OSA Fellow
April 19, 2011 — Dr. Igor Vurgaftman , a research scientist of the Optical Sciences Division at the Naval Research Laboratory, has been selected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)... MORE

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