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The Office of Naval Research and its director of innovation are featured in a new Smithsonian exhibit on leadership and innovation.

Chief of Naval Research Radm. Jay M. Cohen will present the Vice Admiral Harold G. Bowen Award for Patented Inventions to three Navy researchers in a ceremony at the Office of Naval Research on Thursday, April 7, 2005. The patent awarded to Peter S. McGraw, John L. Drake, and Thomas H. Hanes has helped the Navy find better ways to store plastic waste on board many of its ships.

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) launched its fall Distinguished Lecture Series on Sept. 21 at its headquarters with a presentation addressing the shortfall of engineers in the United States.

The Office of Naval Research is sponsoring research to develop environmentally friendly hull coatings to fight off barnacles and other biofouling on Navy ships.

A scientist sponsored by the Office of Naval Research has been named to the National Academy of Inventors for groundbreaking work in energy efficiency using Gallium Nitride (GaN).

On Sept. 23, the Office of Naval Research turned over R/V Neil Armstrong to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

The future of naval engineering was on display last week, as 13 teams of high school and college students did battle at the ninth annual RoboBoat Competition in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Six researchers funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) were honored with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), officials announced Aug. 10.

As the use of improvised explosive devices (IED) continues to grow globally, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is exploring physical and social sciences to counter the threat.

An exciting new scientific frontier—synthetic biology—took center stage as a celebrated scientist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently spoke at the headquarters of the Office of Naval Research.