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Naval Research Lab Honored for Electromagnetic Excellence
February 19, 2026 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Spectrum Collaboration and Demonstration Team has been awarded the 2025 U.S. Navy - U.S. Marine Corps Electromagnetic Spectrum Team Excellence Award at WEST 2026 in San Diego, Calif., Feb. 9... MORE

Acting Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare Jennifer Edgin (left), U.S. Department of the Navy Acting Chief Information Officer M. Barry Tanner (middle left), U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Executive Officer Capt. Sarah Rice (middle right), and U.S. Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Information Headquarters Lt. Gen. Melvin (Jerry) Carter (right) stand for a photo after receiving the 2025 U.S. Navy - U.S. Marine Corps Electromagnetic Spectrum Workforce Excellence Awards Team Award at WEST 2026 in San Diego, Calif., Feb. 9, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Ruple)

Naval Research Laboratory Study Uses Neutron Scattering to Clarify Magnetic Behavior in Altermagnetic Material
February 18, 2026 — Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have identified the true source of a magnetic effect seen in the material ruthenium dioxide (RuO₂), helping resolve an active debate in the rapidly growing field of altermagnetism. The research was published by the American Chemical Society... MORE

Shelby Fields (left), Ph.D., U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) materials research engineer, and Steven Bennett, Ph.D., NRL materials scientist, pose beside a magnetron sputter system in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2026. Scientists at NRL use this magnetron sputter system to synthesize epitaxial thin films for new materials discovery. (U.S. Navy photo by Sarah Peterson)

VLITE Marks 11 Years of Listening to a Changing Radio Sky
February 12, 2026 — For 11 years, the VLA Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment, known as VLITE, has quietly recorded the low-frequency radio sky every time the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array (VLA) observes... MORE

The Very Large Array Low-band Ionosphere and Transient Experiment (VLITE) team, Namir Kassim, left, Emil Polisensky, Simona Giacintucci, Joe Helmboldt and Tracy Clarke, pose for a group photo at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, Feb. 10, 2026. VLITE is marking its 11th year of operation, recording the low-frequency radio sky across an entire solar cycle and providing Naval Research Laboratory scientists with long-term ionospheric data. (U.S. Navy photo by Sarah Peterson)

A Physicist’s Legacy: Serving Over Four Decades
February 10, 2026 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Associate Director of Research Dr. Gerald M. Borsuk, SES, retired in early January 2026 after more than four decades of distinguished federal service advancing the Navy’s science and technology program... MORE

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Associate Director of Research Dr. Gerald M. Borsuk, SES, retires after culminating more than four decades of distinguished federal and industry service advancing the Navy’s science and technology prowess. Borsuk has been with NRL for over 42 years, serving as NRL’s Associate Director of Research for Systems since 2006. (U.S. Navy photo)

Internships Connect Students Directly to Mission-Driven Science and Technology
February 9, 2026 — The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is offering students at every stage, from high school through graduate school, the opportunity to contribute to cutting edge research that supports national security and advances scientific discovery through its internship and fellowship programs... MORE

Jaxon Rhea, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) intern, reviews imaging data from a wave tank camera in Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2025. Rhea participated in NRL’s Pathways Internship Program where students from a wide variety of educational institutions can explore federal careers and work in agencies while attending school. (U.S. Navy photo by Sarah Peterson) RELEASED

From Baseball Pitcher to Navy Medicine’s Biochemistry Officer of the Year
February 6, 2026 — From the pitcher’s mound to the front lines of naval science, Lt. Cmdr. Elih M. Velazquez-Delgado’s unconventional path has culminated in one of Navy Medicine’s highest honors... MORE

From the pitcher’s mound to the front lines of naval science, Lt. Cmdr. Elih M. Velazquez-Delgado’s unconventional path has culminated in one of Navy Medicine’s highest honors. Velazquez-Delgado, a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory chemistry division military deputy and acting division head for military support, was named Navy Medicine’s 2025 Biochemistry Officer of the Year on Dec. 20, 2025, for exceptional leadership, administrative excellence, and transformative contributions to radiation and nuclear defense research. (U.S. Navy photo)

Breakthroughs in Testing Solid-Fuel Ramjets Advance Research
January 28, 2026 — Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing the next generation of solid-fuel ramjet (SFRJ) propulsion, addressing one of the field’s most persistent challenges: understanding and predicting what happens inside an operating combustor... MORE

Featured are composite fuel slabs at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Combustion Lab in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, Jan. 15, 2026. The fuel slabs contain a polymer binder, featuring carbon black (left) to increase its absorption of radiant energy and aluminum (right) to increase its energy density. Researchers and engineers at NRL use these fuel slabs with an optically-accessible solid-fuel slab burner to perform combustion experiments at conditions relevant to solid-fuel ramjet flight. (U.S. Navy photo by Jonathan Sunderman)

Naval Research Lab Space Station Study Reveals Key Challenges and Opportunities for Microbial Biomanufacturing in Space
January 26, 2026 — Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have completed a spaceflight biology investigation aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that reveals how microgravity fundamentally alters microbial metabolism, limiting the efficiency of biological manufacturing processes critical to future long-duration space missions. The findings were recently published in the journal npj Microgravity... MORE

Tiffany Hennessa (left), Ph.D., U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) research biologist, and Zheng Wang, Ph.D., NRL research biologist, pose for a photo to recognize the completion of their Melanized Microbes for Multiple Uses in Space experiment in Washington, D.C., Jan. 9, 2026. The experiment allowed NRL scientists to send samples aboard the International Space Station to investigate how microgravity affects microbial metabolism and biomaterial production. (U.S. Navy photo/illustration by Sarah)

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