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Two ONR-supported scientists awarded the prestigious 2012 Kavli Prize for nanoscience and neuroscience.

ONR-sponsored researchers found a new way to precisely measure the vortices created by birds’ wings during flight, shedding greater light on how these creatures produce enough lift to fly.

The results are in for the recent Naval Horizons student essay contest. The contest organizer, the Department of the Navy's (DoN) Naval STEM Coordination Office (NSCO), which is located at the Office of Naval Research, is excited about the growth of the contest since its premiere. In the 2022 contest, over 710 students were awarded a $200 cash prize.

The Navy Trademark Licensing Office transferred more than $1 million—for the first time—to the Navy’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation program, a quality-of-life program for Sailors and their families.

The DoN HBCU/MI Program recently hosted its Distinguished Fellows Symposium at the Office of Naval Research. The DoN HBCU/MI Distinguished Fellows Program provides HBCU/MI professors with faculty release time for three years, enabling them to focus exclusively on naval-relevant research.

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

The DoN Technology Transfer Program Office, located at the Office of Naval Research, recently hosted an event geared toward strengthening partnerships among government, industry and academia.

A collaborative effort between the Office of Naval Research Global TechSolutions program and the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division has resulted in a new technology called Flight Deck Crew Refresher Training Expansion Packs (TEPs) that will deliver cutting-edge training to Sailors and Marines.

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.

The U.S. Navy is developing the RHIMES system, a cyber protection system designed to make its shipboard mechanical and electrical control systems resilient to cyber attacks.