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The Office of Naval Research will showcase unmanned autonomous vehicles May 21-25 at Fleet Week New York.

The Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) continues to pursue aggressive energy goals established by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, with the design of a system that controls electrical flow for lighting, a highly efficient platform that may spark a new era of power savings.

Some of the more pressing challenges facing the science and technology community may never be solved if more isn't done to develop the next generation of researchers, top Navy officials said Nov. 8 at the 2010 Office of Naval Research Partnership Conference.

A Nobel Prize-winning scientist—who helped isolate a new ultra-thin material called graphene that could revolutionize everything from circuits to industrial processes—spoke at the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on Oct. 17.

On November 27, the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) honored two engineers who patented a nondestructive method for detecting flaws and anomalies in composite materials. Rear Admiral William E. Landay, Chief of Naval Research, presented the 2006 Vice Admiral Harold G. Bowen Award to Dr. Colin P. Ratcliffe and Dr. Roger M. Crane for their “Nondestructive Method for Detecting Structural Anomalies in Composites,” also known as Structural Irregularity and Damage Evaluation Routine or SIDER (U.S. Patent 6,799,126).

The brain is a remarkable piece of work. At a given moment, from a blizzard of incoming data - visual, tactile, auditory, olfactory, taste, memory, etc. - it knows instantly how to classify what information it wants, and discard or store the rest. One sound in a roomful of noise. One object in...

ONR TechSolutions has developed a lightweight power system to lighten the load of Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams.

A few of the next generation’s brightest scientists recently had the opportunity to present their research and take part in a meeting of the NATO Science and Technology Board (STB). The STB hosted the event in Helsinki, Finland, Sep. 18-22, marking the first major NATO committee held in Finland since it joined the Alliance in April. The objective of the event was to engage with the next generation of scientists and introduce them to the NATO Science and Technology Organization (STO) by giving them the opportunity to present their research and to take part in a meeting of the STB.

For research that could provide warfighters with extremely accurate digital images, a mathematician sponsored by the Office of Naval Research won the prestigious Longuet-Higgins Prize.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is a supporter of small business and has goals to strengthen those ties in the coming years, officials said Oct. 24.