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NMC Project Work Featured in Welding Journal

The American Welding Society’s Welding Journal has published work done by the Navy Metalworking Center (NMC) to reduce a specific environmental hazard to welders.

January 22, 2009

Office of Naval Research Chair Established in Naval Academy's Aerospace Engineering Department

The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) has announced the establishment of the new Office of Naval Research (ONR) Vertical Takeoff and Landing and Rotary Wing (VTOL/RW) Chair in the Academy’s aerospace engineering department.

January 15, 2009

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) Joins Fleet with Technologies Developed by the Office of Naval Research

The nation’s 10th and final Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77), was commissioned on 10 January with a host of new technologies developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR

January 15, 2009

Navy Secretary Announces Ambitious Energy Goals

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced five energy goals at the Naval Energy Forum in Oct. 14-15, an event co-hosted by the Office of Naval Research and the Navy's Task Force Energy.

January 01, 2009

CNN "Vital Signs" to Feature Navy-Funded Enhanced Digital Imaging Technology

A breakthrough technology adapted for breast cancer detection based in part on research originally sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is set to air July 23 during a CNN International news segment on Vital Signs, a program hosted by Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

January 01, 2009

ONR Distinguished Scientist Transitions to Deputy Director Role at Applied Research Laboratory

After a three-year term leading the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Discovery and Invention (D&I) Directorate, distinguished researcher Patricia Gruber, Ph.D., is returning to Penn State University’s (PSU) Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) to serve as the Deputy Director.

December 17, 2008

New Admiral Takes Helm at ONR

RADM Nevin P. Carr, Jr. assumed the duties and responsibilities as the 22nd Chief of Naval Research (CNR) effective today.

December 15, 2008

ONR-Global Fosters Partnerships With Global Science & Technology Community at ExpoNaval

ONR Partnerships Global Community ExpoNaval

December 12, 2008

ONR Selects 12 to Share $1.2 Million Research Funding Recipients Awarded Seed Money for Specific Promising and Innovative S&T Ideas

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced the 12 winners of the 2008 Chief of Naval Research (CNR) Challenge.

December 03, 2008

PC Magazine Hails ONR-Funded Research as 'Invention That Will Change Everything'

The memristor, a once dormant electronic circuit theory developed with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), may soon revolutionize PC computing.

November 22, 2008