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Leaner, Meaner Aircraft Carriers
Building an Aircraft Carreir Hull is No Small Matter In shipbuilding, some things never change...When its first steel-hulled ships were being built in the late 19th century, the Navy was a tough customer. Not only was the shipbuilder required to conform to the 'tests of steel' prescribed by the...
January 01, 2002
Whatever Floats Your RoboBoat: Competition Engages Students in STEM
The competition—sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation—is an autonomous robotics challenge where teams put their autonomous surface vehicles through a marked navigation channel and a series of challenges. The goal is to boost student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics and to inspire them to follow a naval career in these fields.
June 26, 2012
ONR Parades Latest Technologies at Fleet Week New York City
The Office of Naval Research will display and demonstrate breakthrough technologies at Fleet Week New York City 2011, May 26-31.
May 12, 2011
Mine-Hunting Software Helping Doctors to Identify Rare Cells in Human Cancer
Medical researchers are demonstrating that Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded software developed for finding and recognizing undersea mines can help doctors identify and classify cancer-related cells.
October 06, 2011
PC Magazine Hails ONR-Funded Research as 'Invention That Will Change Everything'
The memristor, a once dormant electronic circuit theory developed with funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), may soon revolutionize PC computing.
November 22, 2008
Unmanned Vehicles Take the Man Out Of the Minefield
As festivals go, AUVFest 2007 was more than a little unusual.
June 21, 2007
Dr. Peter Worcester to Receive the Walter Munk Award
The Walter Munk Award for Distinguished Research in Oceanography Related to Sound and the Sea will be presented to Dr. Peter F. Worcester on February 24, 2006, at the 13th Ocean Sciences Meeting, a joint meeting of the American Geophysical Union, The Oceanography Society, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, and the Estuarine Research Federation, in Honolulu, HI
February 22, 2006
Sea Science: Navy Task Force Promotes Increased Knowledge of Ocean Environment
At the Oceans 2018 conference, the chief of naval research discussed Task Force Ocean, a program designed to reinvigorate the Navy’s commitment to ocean sciences.
October 29, 2018
Framework for Success: Naval Future Force S&T Expo
At the upcoming Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo, the chief of naval research will announce a new strategic direction for the Navy’s science and technology and research and development programs.
June 27, 2017
Losing its Cool: Will Ice Melt Heat Up Naval Operations in Arctic Ocean?
Scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research have traveled to the Arctic Ocean to study the changing environment, and provide new tools to help the U.S. Navy operate in a once-inaccessible area.
October 31, 2016