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That bar code on your cereal box holds information read by a laser scanner. It's not much information, but it's enough to let the supermarket take your money, keep track of inventory, follow trends in customer preference, and restock its shelves. Scanners and bar codes speed up checkout, but they've...

Shooting down enemy air threats—whether they're ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, or aircraft—is a tactical problem that leaves little room for error. The targets move fast and must be verifiably, catastrophically, destroyed. An incoming missile hit and broken into pieces by an air defense...

Scientist John Reintjes is what you might call a 'build a better mousetrap' type-of-guy. About ten years ago, he watched as Navy ships took regular oil samples from their lubricating systems and sent them ashore to be analyzed. Fine debris and particulate matter suspended in a ship's oil reservoirs...

What: Speak with developers of the latest Navy/Marine Corps technologies and see live demonstrations. Take a virtual tour of a battle zone and learn to weld pipes in a virtual shipyard using ONR´s virtual reality training systems. When: Thursday, May 24, and Friday, May 25—By appointment Where: USS...

Despite all of the elbow room the open ocean offers miniscule life forms such as phytoplankton, bacteria, and viruses, these creatures sometimes converge into patches called “thin layers.”

Structured to pique students´ career interests in science, engineering, technology, and mathematics, the 47th Three Rivers Science and Engineering Fair was hosted, Feb. 19, at the Naval Support Activity Panama City (NSA PC).

In an effort to increase the range and detection of various unmanned surface vessels (USVs), the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored SCOUT initiative recently conducted a unique demonstration event off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

To enhance the decision-making capabilities of Marines, the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines recently held a weeklong exercise called Spartan Emerging Technology and Innovation Week at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Science and technology enthusiasts were treated to a day of educational fun at the Navy League STEM Expo at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

See winners from the ONR-cosponsored 52nd National Junior Science & Humanities Symposium, April 23-27, 2014.