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Plankton Power

For hundreds of millions of years, plankton - those tiny drifting sea creatures found throughout the ocean - have been raining unceasingly on the sea floor as individuals die. There they've been deposited as organic (reduced carbon) matter in the sediment. This organic matter is a rich and...
August 01, 2001

Crawler Reconnaissance

It can follow a search instruction plan, classify, and map underwater mines in turbulent ocean surf zones. It travels about 6 feet per second on land, and about 2 feet per second in the water.
July 08, 2003

Shedding the Fat: ONR Explores Ways to Trim Software Bloat, Improve Security

ONR is supporting research on trimming software bloat to ensure the Navy’s cloud and other computing efforts run more securely and efficiently.
July 12, 2016

More Power to You: Marines Boost Energy, Lighten Load

In an effort to move toward increased energy independence in the field, Marines used a wearable solar-powered system to extend the battery life of crucial electronic devices during a recent field exercise, officials announced Oct. 30.
January 01, 2013

A Cyber Moment: ONR Reservist Wins Federal 100 Award

On March 26, Lt. Cmdr. Tom McAndrew became the first ONR Reservist to win a Federal 100 Award.
March 27, 2015

Advisory: Trieste Pioneer to Receive Major Navy Award

The Department of the Navy will present the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award to retired Navy Capt. Dr. Don Walsh in a ceremony at the U.S. Navy Museum, Washington Navy Yard on April 15.
March 23, 2010

USS Freedom (LCS 1) Commissioned Ship's Capabilities Enhanced by ONR Cutting-Edge S&T

The USS Freedom, the Navy’s first littoral combat ship (LCS 1), was commissioned earlier this month at Veterans Park in Milwaukee.
November 14, 2008

Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program

Funding Opportunity: Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) Program
August 24, 2022

Promoting Ph.D.s: Advancing National Defense, Doctoral Style

The 2022 Department of Defense (DoD) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellows Conference — hosted in Boston, Massachusetts, July 24-28 — proved the U.S. Department of Defense is on the right course for developing its next generation of scientific researchers.
September 01, 2022

Laser Focus: ONR Global and the Competition for High-Intensity Lasers

ONR Global recently sponsored the travel of a Nobel Laureate to a conference about the development of high-intensity lasers in the U.S. and Europe.
June 03, 2019