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Microchip Gives Blind Chance of Sight
A computer chip implanted near the eye's retina is well on its way to offering some restored vision to people blinded by eye diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa and age-related degeneration of the eye. The implant works for eye diseases where healthy retinal neurons remain intact after they lose...
January 01, 2002
Top Officials Meet at ONR as Arctic Changes Quicken
The Navy’s chief of naval research, Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, met this week with leaders from U.S. and Canadian government agencies to address research efforts in the Arctic, in response to dramatic and accelerating changes in summer sea ice coverage.
January 01, 2012
ONR History
Established on August 1, 1946, and authorized under Public Law 588, the Office of Naval Research has been a pioneer in the public support of science and technology research that benefits both the naval services as well as the nation, for more than 75 years and counting.
March 18, 2022
Memo to Editors: Navy Christens the Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator
Arlington, Va.—The Office of Naval Research announces the christening of the Advanced Electric Ship Demonstrator (AESD) on August 24, 2005.
August 23, 2005
ONR's Digital Tutors Give Naval Recruits, High School Students an Academic Edge
The Office of Naval Research is helping students with computer-based applications similar to programs originally designed for Navy recruits.
April 18, 2011
ONR Announces New Director of Research
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) announced today the appointment of a scholar with more than 37 years of experience in research and higher education as its director of research.
October 01, 2009
7 Nations Deepen Science and Technology Cooperation To Preserve Safe, Stable and Secure Polar Regions
The International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar Research Memorandum of Understanding (ICE-PPR MOU) entered into effect on November 27, 2020.
January 01, 2020
The Genius of International Science Collaboration
For the last 50 years, the Office of Naval Research has been in the business of guiding the most "imaginative research" * found across the country. Technologies taken for granted today – the cell phone, the Global Positioning System, the laser, the national bone marrow donor program, for example –...
November 01, 2002
Small Businesses Look to Fill Navy's Technology Gaps
More than 700 attendees joined the Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) team April 10-13, 2011.
April 15, 2011
Welcome Aboard, Capt. Plew! NavalX has a New Director
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) held a change-of-office ceremony for NavalX, a partner organization within the command.
September 16, 2022