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ONR-Funded Technology Improves Humanitarian Aid Initiative at Exercise Cobra Gold
Sailors and Marines may soon have the power of mobile data storage and mapping, following the testing of an information-collection system at Exercise Cobra Gold 2011 being held Feb. 6-18 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
February 18, 2011
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
Radio Waves Peer Into Luggage to Find Contraband
Explosives or narcotics concealed in luggage, mailboxes or on a person can't hide from low frequency radio wave pulses which swiftly and safely detect the presence of the offending substance. Based on technology developed by researchers at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C.,with...
January 01, 2001
FY24 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
FY24 Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology
October 02, 2023
Gut Feeling: ONR Research Examines Link Between Gut Bacteria, PTSD
Two ONR-sponsored researchers are studying whether bacteria in the gut can be used to cure or prevent neurological conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety or depression.
April 25, 2016
Blood Work: ONR-Sponsored Technology Simulates How Legs Bleed
ONR-sponsored researchers at the University of California Los Angeles have designed the first detailed computer simulation model of an injured human leg, complete with spurting blood.
February 01, 2016
The Streak Continues: U.S. Navy Earns Top Rank Again for Patent Portfolio
For six years and running, the U.S. Department of the Navy outpaces other government for the size and quality of its collection of patents.
February 11, 2015
Turing in Style: ONR Scientist Receives Highest Award
The Association for Computing Machinery named ONR-sponsored scientist Dr. Judea Pearl as its 2011 A.M. Turing Award winner -- the highest award in the field.
March 22, 2012
Countdown Begins for Launch of Navy Communications Satellite
The Navy began counting down the final days to a Sept. 27 launch of its new joint tactical satellite, which will bring on-the-go communications to the battlefield.
September 12, 2011
Fast Fluency: Can We Identify Quick Language Learners?
New ONR-sponsored findings by scientists at the University of Washington demonstrate that a five-minute measurement of resting-state brain activity predicted how quickly adults picked up a second language.
June 30, 2016