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Officials at the Office of Naval Research gathered Dec. 14 to celebrate the anniversary of the transistor.

ARLINGTON, Va.—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. Dr. James J. Duderstadt, president emeritus and professor of science and engineering at the...

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.

The Walter Munk Award for Distinguished Research in Oceanography Related to Sound and the Sea will be presented to Dr. Thomas Rossby on June 4, 2003, at The Oceanography Society - Oceanology International Americas Ocean Conference in New Orleans.

If you know where the mines are, you don't necessarily have to sweep them up—just don't drive over them. It comes down to knowing where you are and what's around you—what the military calls "having situational awareness."

Something strange is going on in a shallow, marshy area of Virginia's Elizabeth River, and the Office of Naval Research is onto it. Here is a site so polluted that when the riverbed there is disturbed, oil generally bubbles up and forms a slick on the water's surface. Yet, in this foul soup there is...

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.”

RoboNation is gearing up for a larger, more competitive, global event that is entering the field of student robotics competitions, U.S. Navy officials announced Aug. 14.

To maintain the technological superiority of the American warfighter, and build partnerships with small businesses, the Office of Naval Research last week attended the 27th annual Navy Gold Coast Small Business Procurement Event in San Diego.

As the services scramble to adapt to 21st century visions of "network-centric warfare" that call for vast growth in tactical information exchange, they'll be looking for innovative ways to multiply communications networking capabilities—while slashing costs. All the services are looking at...