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Office of Naval Research Engages International Partners at OCEANS 2011
ONR Global joined the international scientific community at the OCEANS 11 IEEE Santander Conference from June 6-9, 2011 in Spain.
June 09, 2011
Office of Naval Research Sponsors Ocean Science Competition to Spur Interest in STEM Careers
Co-sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the 14th annual National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) will bring together students from 25 high schools from across the country to compete April 28-May 1 at Texas A&M University.
April 25, 2011
ONR Global Shapes the Department of the Navy's Science & Technology Collaboration Worldwide
ONR Global acts as a technology broker, bridging operational Sailor and Marines with the Naval Research Enterprise.
July 22, 2011
ONR Award Ceremony Recognizes Achievements and Service of Four Navy Employees
The Office of Naval Research recognized four outstanding naval employees July 19, 2011.
July 19, 2011
ONR Puts Spotlight on Importance of Sea-based Aviation Science and Technology
The Office of Naval Research announced May 2 that it is giving prominence to Sea-based Aviation by making it a National Naval Responsibility.
May 02, 2011
A Surfeit of Eels
For centuries, schoolchildren have recited the tale of the demise of England's King Henry I, a cruel medieval monarch (blinded one kinsman, imprisoned another for 28 years) who died in a wretched state (so we're told) after dining on "…a surfeit of eels of which he was inordinately fond" thus...
June 01, 2001
Battling the Barnacle (and other ship-fouling critters)
By Gail Cleere, Office of Naval Research For as long as we’ve been building boats and putting them in the water, we’ve been battling those pesky little ocean critters that want to attach themselves to our boats for a free ride. The ubiquitous, determined barnacle — not to mention tubeworms, oysters...
January 01, 2001
Boneless, Brainy, and Ancient
How to make a robotic arm that is able to flex in an infinite number of ways and order it to do so without disorder and confusion? Get yourself an octopus and study it. That is exactly what researchers funded by the Office of Naval Research are doing. Octopuses are boneless, brainy, and ancient...
November 01, 2001
Brainy Cameras
In about half a second, the human brain (specifically the superior colliculus) will analyze its current environment, and then decide whether or not one thing or another is worth taking any notice of. Exactly how the brain does this is still somewhat a mystery, but we do know that the more sensory...
September 01, 2001
Detecting Alzheimer's
What do pilots, divers and pharmaceutical trial participants have in common with people being screened for Alzheimer's disease or other ailments affecting the brain such as strokes? The answer is NeuroGraph™, a portable device that provides an almost instantaneous reading of brain activity and can...
August 01, 2001