![Emotional Intelligence: APL's Mixed Reality Social Prosthesis](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Emotional_Intelligence_Mixed_Reality.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 25, 2018
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Develop Mixed Reality System to Assist in Recognizing Expression of Emotion
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have developed a mixed reality system that improves the ability to detect social signals and emotional displays in real time by amplifying subtle movements of the face and eyes.
![This illustration shows NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20181015_image2_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 15, 2018
Cassini’s ‘Grand Finale’ Yields Findings From Inside Saturn’s Rings
The Cassini spacecraft had explored Saturn and its many moons over the course of 13 years, but despite having exceeded its original length and objectives, the historic NASA mission had one more act before its 2017 curtain call.
![Procuring Interoperability](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Procuring_Interoperability.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 12, 2018
Johns Hopkins APL Experts Contribute to National Academy of Medicine Publication on Ways to Drive Interoperability in Health Care
While health care has made great strides in recent years with the proliferation of electronic health records (EHRs), interoperability among health care technologies remains very limited, says a new National Academy of Medicine (NAM) special publication, co-chaired by Johns Hopkins APL National Health Mission Area (NHMA) Executive Sezin Palmer, patient safety advocate Peter Pronovost and Michael M. E. Johns of Emory University’s schools of Medicine and Public Health.
![In this illustration, based on research into rat brain activity, measurements of brain activity can be translated into mapping instructions.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20181001_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 1, 2018
Do Robot Swarms Work Like Brains?
A new study by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (SOM) and Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) will combine research into navigational planning in brains with autonomous robotic swarms to drive advances in both fields.
![From left: Ryan Mennecke and Edward Holzinger aboard the USS Carl Vinson during Trident Warrior 2018](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180927_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 27, 2018
At Trident Warrior, Engineers Shine Light on New Wireless Technology
Engineers with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, traveled on the USS Carl Vinson this summer to demonstrate light fidelity (Li-Fi), a next-generation secure mobile networking technology for wireless communication between devices using light to transmit data and position.
![Defending America's Electric Grid](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Defending_Americas_Electrical_Grid.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 4, 2018
Crafting Emergency Orders to Defend America’s Electric Grid
Russia and other potential adversaries are seeking to implant increasingly sophisticated cyber weapons on our power grid. Now, the United States has an unprecedented opportunity to help deter adversaries from using those weapons, and to prevent catastrophic blackouts if deterrence fails.
![Artist’s impression of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180830_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 30, 2018
APL-Led Asteroid-Deflection Mission Passes Key Development Milestone
The first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defense has moved into the final design and assembly phase, following NASA’s approval on Aug. 16.
![Ultima in View](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180829_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 29, 2018
Ultima in View
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has made its first detection of its next flyby target, the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, more than four months ahead of its New Year’s 2019 close encounter.
![From left to right: Dennis Berridge (APL), Brad Wheaton (APL), Heather Kostak (Texas A&M), Greg McKiernan (Purdue University) and John Thome (University of Minnesota)](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180822_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 22, 2018
No Boundaries: Hypersonic BOLT Experiments
Brad Wheaton and a team in the Precision Strike Mission Area of the Force Projection Sector are tackling a challenge that is critical to hypersonics: accurately predicting the state of the boundary layer, or the thin layer of air near the surface of these incredibly fast-moving vehicles.
![From left, Tyler Kim, Juliet Yu, Vanessa Hallihan, Benjamin Zintak and Luke Lightner](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20180816_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 16, 2018
Midshipmen Gain Real-World Cyber Experience
As the U.S. Naval Academy awaits the opening of its Center for Cyber Security Studies — a $120-million, state-of-the-art training and education facility — several midshipmen are gaining real-world cyber experience as interns at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.