Press Release
Feb 20, 2019
Johns Hopkins APL Begins CAT CubeSat Experiment Following Launch from International Space Station
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has successfully established communications with two CubeSats, part of a flight demonstration mission led by APL called the CubeSat Assessment and Test, or CAT, which were launched from the International Space Station.
Press Release
Feb 5, 2019
APL Physicist Appointed to Defense Science Board Quantum Technologies Task Force
Joan Hoffmann, a physicist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has been appointed to the Defense Science Board Task Force on Applications of Quantum Technologies.
Press Release
Feb 4, 2019
Johns Hopkins APL Names Kirk Shawhan as Precision Strike Mission Area Executive
Kirk Shawhan will combine his detailed knowledge of air and missile defense systems and operational experience in electronic warfare to build on the mission area’s recognized accomplishments in the precision strike domain.
Press Release
Jan 30, 2019
Bridging the Health Divide from Research to Operations: Johns Hopkins APL Hosts Inaugural National Health Symposium
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will host “Bridging the Health Divide: From Research to Operations,” an inaugural National Health Symposium, held in partnership with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) on March 5–6, 2019
Press Release
Jan 9, 2019
Katherine Morse Receives Prestigious NATO Award
Katherine L. Morse, a computer scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has been awarded the NATO Science and Technology Organization’s Scientific Achievement Award, the highest honor presented in NATO to science and technology working groups.
Press Release
Jan 8, 2019
Study: Digital Health Companies Have Minimal Impact on Disease Burden, Health Care Costs
Leading digital health companies have not yet demonstrated substantial impact on disease burden or cost in the U.S. health care system, according to a new study published in the January issue of Health Affairs.
Press Release
Jan 8, 2019
David Van Wie to Lead APL’s Air and Missile Defense Sector
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory has tapped David Van Wie to head its Air and Missile Defense Sector, where he will oversee all work related to an APL mission that traces its roots to the Laboratory’s founding project: the radio proximity fuze.
Press Release
Jan 2, 2019
NASA’s New Horizons Mission Reveals Entirely New Kind of World
Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever explored — the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule.
Press Release
Jan 1, 2019
New Horizons Successfully Explores Ultima Thule
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Ultima Thule in the early hours of New Year’s Day, ushering in the era of exploration from the enigmatic Kuiper Belt, a region of primordial objects that holds keys to understanding the origins of the solar system.
Press Release
Dec 17, 2018
Johns Hopkins APL and Medicine Scientists Develop Tool to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that nearly 1 million healthcare associated infections (HAIs) occur annually, and many of the approximately 100,000 associated deaths occur in patients with compromised immune systems. While there are signs of a downward trend in this infection rate as hospitals adopt new protocols, these infections continue to represent a significant — and preventable — burden.