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Cyber Boost: New Operating System Will Improve Navy Computing Power

With support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Dr. Binoy Ravindran, an engineering professor at Virginia Tech, has designed a system that could revolutionize how military and commercial computing systems perform.
June 20, 2017

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

Stop that 'Dam' Noise: ONR and Nation's Engineers Tackle Noise at Hydroelectric Plants

ONR is joining the Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to explore noise controls at the nation's hydroelectric power plants.
March 26, 2012

Good Fellows: 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows Announced

Ten scientists and engineers were recently announced as members of the 2019 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows (VBFF)—the Department of Defense's most prestigious single-investigator award.
May 22, 2019

Ideas in Flight: ONR TechSolutions Delivers New Realistic Flight Simulator

A new innovation in aviation training, featuring a simulator sponsored by the Office of Naval Research TechSolutions program, delivers a better way to prepare future Navy pilots.
August 15, 2024

Turing in Style: ONR Scientist Receives Highest Award

The Association for Computing Machinery named ONR-sponsored scientist Dr. Judea Pearl as its 2011 A.M. Turing Award winner -- the highest award in the field.
March 22, 2012

Navy, Small Business Converge at Opportunity Forum

Top naval leaders met with representatives from some of the nation’s most cutting-edge small businesses this week at the Navy Opportunity Forum in Crystal City, Va., with the goal of discovering new technologies and capabilities for America’s Sailors and Marines.
January 01, 2014

Loco for Microscopic Sea Life

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.”
August 31, 2005

ONR-Sponsored Scientist Receives Nobel Prize in Physics

An ONR-sponsored scientist, Dr. David Wineland, won the Nobel Prize in physics on Oct. 9, 2012.
October 15, 2012

Small Businesses Look to Fill Navy's Technology Gaps

More than 700 attendees joined the Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) team April 10-13, 2011.
April 15, 2011