News Releases
Down to the Wire: ONR Researchers and New Bacteria
Scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have genetically modified a common soil bacteria to create electrical wires that not only conduct electricity, but are thousands of times thinner than a human hair.
Battle of the RoboSubs: Young Engineers Compete for Underwater Supremacy
After months of planning, it all came to down to this one moment—the 19th annual international RoboSub Competition, held in San Diego, California, July 25-30.
Awesome Autonomy: The Future Force and RoboBoats
The future of naval engineering was on display last week, as 13 teams of high school and college students did battle at the ninth annual RoboBoat Competition in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Ocean Explorer: ONR Welcomes New Research Ship to Navy's Ranks
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently welcomed the U.S. Navy’s newest research vessel—R/V Sally Ride—for oceanographic research.
Shedding the Fat: ONR Explores Ways to Trim Software Bloat, Improve Security
ONR is supporting research on trimming software bloat to ensure the Navy’s cloud and other computing efforts run more securely and efficiently.
Fast Fluency: Can We Identify Quick Language Learners?
New ONR-sponsored findings by scientists at the University of Washington demonstrate that a five-minute measurement of resting-state brain activity predicted how quickly adults picked up a second language.
Story Time: ONR Researchers Create 'Human User Manual' for Robots
Researchers at Georgia Tech have created an artificial intelligence software program to teach robots to read stories, learn acceptable behavior and understand successful ways to conduct themselves in diverse social situations.
Powerful Pitches: Sailors Share Ideas to Improve Navy during S&T Challenge
At Athena DC 1.0, a challenge styled in the fashion of the “Shark Tank” TV show, five Sailors pitched their ideas for improving the Navy to a panel of experts and an audience of representatives from academia, industry, the military and government agencies. The event, hosted by the Athena Project...
Profitable Partnerships: Chief of Naval Research Stresses Global Collaboration at Panel
Cyber and electronic warfare, shrinking defense budgets, and critical international science and technology partnerships were some of the key concerns for seven military leaders from around the world who met at the Sea-Air-Space Exposition.
A Global Edge: Chief of Naval Research to Moderate International Naval S&T Panel
Military leaders from across the globe will meet in a public forum to discuss the critical importance of science and technology (S&T) for naval forces—and to analyze where future international S&T collaborations might take place.