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Unraveling 'Knotty' Problems: ONR Helps Launch New Academic Center for National Security Innovation
Recognizing the modern need for bold answers to complex naval challenges, ONR has sponsored the creation of Stanford University’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation (GKC)—a new academic center dedicated to helping the U.S. government re-envision its approach to national security issues.
December 03, 2021
ONR Leverages Social Media to Promote Programs and Reach Diverse Audiences
Taking its science-minded message to the Web, ONR launched profiles on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube earlier this year. The digital media initiative is part of a multipronged approach to help ONR communicate more directly and quickly with partners across government, academia and private industry.
September 08, 2010
Radio, Active: ONR Celebrates Big Results from Tiny Transistor
Officials at the Office of Naval Research gathered Dec. 14 to celebrate the anniversary of the transistor.
January 01, 2012
Quantum computing: How early funding from U.S. Navy and Army supports groundbreaking technology
Quantum computers may be able to help create new pharmaceuticals, understand chemical reactions, solve certain problems that are otherwise intractable, create new materials and allow for highly disruptive applications in numerous sectors.
January 01, 2020
Need for Speed: Meet Dr. Richard Carlin, ONR's Naval Accelerator
A former department head at the Office of Naval Research, Dr. Richard Carlin, now serves in a new leadership role at ONR—as its Naval Accelerator.
July 12, 2019
ONR's ManTech Program Shrinks Costs While Building Future Force
The innovative, cost-cutting processes of the Office of Naval Research's ManTech program are featured in a recently released video.
February 23, 2012
ONR Scientist Generates 'Mud Power' for NPR Radio Audience
Dr. Linda Chrisey, a leading scientist at the Office of Naval Research, discussed how researchers are generating electricity from bacteria found in mud and wastewater during National Public Radio's recent "Science Friday" segment.
January 01, 2010
ONR funds basic science in support of counter-IED efforts
Basic research program aims to increase counter-IED predictive capabilities
November 14, 2005
ONR Hosts Training Simulator Demonstration
The latest upgrades to the Infantry Immersion Trainer will be demonstrated to Department of Defense officials at Camp Pendleton on Oct. 7, 2010.
October 06, 2010
Stirred, Not Shaken: Bond for Future Ships, iMacs Has ONR Roots
A state-of-the-art welding process refined for use in naval shipbuilding by the Office of Naval Research has crossed over to the world of computing.
January 01, 2012