![Joseph Miragliotta](/sites/default/files/2023-05/joseph-miragliotta.jpg)
News
May 11, 2023
Master Inventor Miragliotta Taps into the Power of Teamwork
To solve complex challenges, Joe Miragliotta brings together as many people and ideas as possible before developing a plan of action. With this approach, he earned 10 patents and Johns Hopkins APL’s Master Inventor designation, presented on April 25 at the annual APL Achievement Awards ceremony.
![Uncrewed surface vessel](/sites/default/files/2023-05/seahunter-navy.jpg)
Press Release
May 10, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Develops Performance Analysis Tool for Uncrewed Surface Vehicles
Can autonomous vessels navigate as well as humans? APL researchers are trying to answer that question with the development of standardized navigation and performance evaluation methods for the Department of Defense.
![Ignition and propagation of APL’s nickel-aluminum heat foils](/sites/default/files/2023-05/20230509b_image1.jpg)
Press Release
May 9, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL Team Makes Powerful Advances on a Better Thermal Battery
APL researchers are reenergizing the thermal battery market with technology that enables smaller, yet more powerful batteries to power missile systems.
![X2.0-class solar flare bursting off the lower right side of the Sun](/sites/default/files/2023-05/oct27x2flare-4k-NASA-SDO.jpg)
News
May 9, 2023
Researchers and ‘Small Army’ Upend Popular Idea About the Sun’s Superheated Atmosphere
In an unparalleled analytical effort, more than 1,000 undergraduate students helped physicists address an outstanding mystery about the Sun’s atmosphere and may have upended a popularly held theory in the process.
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News
May 3, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Used to Discover Novel Superconductor
By applying advanced machine-learning techniques in combination with materials science expertise, APL researchers have accelerated the timeline of targeted materials discovery and discovered a novel superconductor.
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Press Release
May 2, 2023
Fast Company Names Two Johns Hopkins APL Innovations as ‘World Changing Ideas’
APL’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and PFAS filtration and destruction methodology have been selected as 2023 World Changing Ideas by Fast Company magazine. DART was named the winner in the experimental category, and the PFAS technology portfolio was selected as a finalist in the water category.
![Artist's concept of the rocky exoplanet GJ 486b](/sites/default/files/2023-04/20230501_image1.jpg)
News
May 1, 2023
NASA’s Webb May Have Spotted Water Vapor Around a Rocky Exoplanet…or Maybe Not?
A new study documenting Webb’s recent observations of a rocky planet around 26 light-years away has caused a waterlogged mystery that’s left researchers uncertain whether they made a groundbreaking discovery or not.
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Press Release
Apr 27, 2023
First SURPASS Teams Set to Tackle Tough Societal Challenges
The SURPASS program forged between Johns Hopkins APL and the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering seeks cutting-edge ideas that “go beyond the possible” — and the problem-solving proposals funded in the initiative’s first year indicate that researchers are up to the challenge.
![Velella velella](/sites/default/files/2023-04/20230427b_image0.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 27, 2023
Inspired by Jellyfish, Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Float a Versatile Sensor Platform
It looks like a jellyfish, floats like a jellyfish and moves like a jellyfish — but in this instance it’s not a jellyfish, it’s a product of APL ingenuity. Laboratory researchers are drawing inspiration from one of nature’s best sailors to develop a versatile, low-cost sensor for ocean observations.
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Press Release
Apr 26, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL’s Out-of-Band Communications Technology Receives Boost From Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded APL funds through its Commercialization Accelerator Program to help the Laboratory accelerate the commercial transfer of a novel technology that provides secure access to networks interrupted by cyberattacks or outages.