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As 2016 kicks into gear, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is kicking off a series of events throughout the year to celebrate 70 years of developing cutting-edge science and technology (S&T) for U.S. naval forces.

On Jan. 13, Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Mat Winter gave the keynote address at the Surface Navy Association's 28th Annual National Symposium, held in Crystal City, Virginia.

On Oct. 8-20, the U.S. Navy, led by the Office of Naval Research, will participate in the first-ever Unmanned Warrior joint exercise hosted by the British Royal Navy.

Thanks in part to support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), there's an app that may screen for autism by reading kids' facial expressions for emotional cues.

To determine the cause of extreme fatigue in Navy divers, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring work examining the most critical weapon in a diver’s arsenal—oxygen itself.

New virtual-reality capabilities emerging at the Battlespace Exploitation of Mixed Reality—or BEMR—Lab, in San Diego, California, will make dramatic impacts across the Navy and Marine Corps.

Ketone esters—oral supplements useful in epilepsy treatment—are being studied to fight seizures caused by hyperbaric oxygen toxicity, a life-threatening byproduct of breathing too much oxygen that impacts deep-water divers.

The Office of Naval Research displayed a range of training technologies at the 2015 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference—also called I/ITSEC.

ARLINGTON, Va.—In the somber wake of recent attacks in Paris, three World War II allies honored decades of defense-critical scientific collaboration—and re-affirmed their partnership for years to come. On Nov. 17, at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, the U.S. Office of Naval Research, the British...

In fiscal year 2015, the Department of the Navy received 393 patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the largest number the Navy has received since fiscal year 1977.