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Navy Enlists Microbes To Cut Costs

Microbes have been exploited for thousands of years to help us make bread and alcohol, and more recently, to make antibiotics and clean up toxic spills.

December 22, 2003

NOAA and U.S. Navy Uncover Secrets of Lost Civil War Submarine USS Alligator

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) have joined forces to uncover the secrets of a technological marvel of the Civil War era akin to the USS Monitor and the CSS Hunley: the USS Alligator.

December 15, 2003

ONR Young Investigator Wins MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Award

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has awarded a 2003 Fellows Award to Dr. Deborah Shiu-lan Jin of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and an ONR

November 24, 2003

Navy Learns A Few Lessons

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October 30, 2003

Abrupt Wing Stall

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September 29, 2003

What Lies Beneath

Office of Naval Research is to examine this mystery from air, land, sea, and

September 29, 2003

Isabel's Secrets

Hurricane Isabel blasted through the Caribbean and southeastern United States, leaving behind a trail of destruction, but also a trail of information.

September 23, 2003

ONR To Unveil the "Matchbox" Clock

How accurate is your kitchen clock? Probably good enough to get you to work on time, but perhaps not good enough for extremely precise ship and aircraft navigation, ground to outer space communications, or missile guidance.

September 03, 2003

Oregon State University's Holman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Kuperman Named to CNO Oceanography Post

The Office of Naval Research has announced that Dr. Robert A. Holman of Oregon State University and Dr. William A. Kuperman of Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been appointed jointly to a four-year term as the FY 2004 Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Research Chair in Oceanographic...

August 26, 2003

Navy and Marines Enlist Industry, Academia and Government for Technologies Enabling Naval Power 21

The Office of Naval Research is inviting leaders in innovation, from the commercial, academic and government sectors, to partner in the technology enablement of Naval Power 21.

July 31, 2003