![Extracting Water From Thin Air](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Extracting_Water_Thin_Air.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 30, 2020
Saving the Planet, One Drop at a Time
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory have identified highly absorbent materials that can extract drinkable water out of thin air — which could potentially lead to technologies that supply potable water in the driest areas on the planet.
![NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission completed its Key Decision Point-B review on Jan. 28, which allows the IMAP team to move forward with preliminary design work on the mission, spacecraft and instruments.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200128_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 28, 2020
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe Mission Enters Design Phase
A mission that will be designed, built and managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to study the interaction of the solar wind with the ancient cast-off winds of other stars, and the fundamental process of particle acceleration in space, has completed a critical NASA review and is now moving closer toward a scheduled launch in 2024.
![Dave Van Wie, right, answers a question during a hypersonics session at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech Forum on Jan. 7 in Orlando, Florida.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200127_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 27, 2020
APL Experts Talk Hypersonics at AIAA SciTech Forum
Is hypersonic flight the next big thing? Among strong Johns Hopkins APL representation at the forum, Dave Van Wie was part of a panel that explored the state and potential of hypersonics technologies, the accomplishments and lessons learned, new developments, and remaining challenges to achieving reliable and sustained hypersonic flight.
![From left, Heather James, Abraham Edens and Josh Allen](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200123_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 23, 2020
The Young Scientists and the Sea
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory participates in the Office of Naval Research Scientists to Sea program, a unique opportunity for Navy research partners to directly experience how sailors live and work aboard ships.
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Press Release
Jan 21, 2020
Former Defense Health Agency Director Raquel Bono Joins Johns Hopkins APL as a Senior Fellow
Vice Adm. Raquel C. Bono, who led the Defense Health Agency and Navy Medical Corps, has joined the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory as a Senior Fellow.
![Ralph Lorenz](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200115_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Jan 15, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Scientist Ralph Lorenz Wins Choice Award for Climate Science History Book
Johns Hopkins APL's Ralph Lorenz received an Atmospheric Science Librarians International Choice Award for his book on the history of planetary climate research.
![Parker Solar Probe](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200114_image1_lg.jpg)
Feature Story
Jan 14, 2020
Parker Solar Probe Team Hears First Whispers of the Solar Wind’s Birth
There’s a wind that emanates from the Sun, and it blows not like a soft whistle but like a hurricane’s scream.
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Press Release
Dec 17, 2019
APL Named to Technical Leadership Role for MDA’s Ground-based Midcourse Defense Program
As the new leader of the technical direction agent activity for the Missile Defense Agency's Ground-based Midcourse Defense program, Johns Hopkins APL will act as a key technical advisor for the government, providing technical expertise to conduct analyses, risk assessments and critical experiments in key areas.
![Burchfield works with a Met UAS in the Arctic.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20191205_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 5, 2019
40 Days of Ice: Burchfield Travels to Arctic for a Cold SODA
In August, Zachary Burchfield represented Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in the Office of Naval Research’s Stratified Ocean Dynamics of the Arctic (SODA) initiative.
![Five new discoveries from NASA's Parker Solar Probe](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_PSP_New_Discoveries.jpg)
Press Release
Dec 4, 2019
Parker Solar Probe Sheds New Light on the Sun
On August 2018, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launched to space, soon becoming the closest-ever spacecraft to the Sun. Four new papers in the journal Nature describe what scientists have learned from this unprecedented exploration of our star — and what they look forward to learning next.