![From left, Tania Díaz Márquez, Mayra Amezcua, David Díaz Márquez and Teresa Johnson, who recently were honored as recipients of the Johns Hopkins Diversity Leadership Council Diversity Recognition Awards.](/sites/default/files/2023-06/202306_DLC-Award-Winners-2023.jpg)
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Aug 26, 2022
Two From Johns Hopkins APL Receive Hopkins Diversity Recognition Awards
The two APL staff members who are among this year’s recipients of Johns Hopkins Diversity Recognition Awards have more in common than their new honors: Both are driven by their unique backgrounds and a passion for service.
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Aug 26, 2022
DART Team Confirms Orbit of Target Asteroid
Using some of the world’s most powerful telescopes, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team confirmed the orbit of Dimorphos around its parent asteroid, Didymos, and its expected location when the DART spacecraft impacts the moonlet next month.
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Aug 25, 2022
On the Rise: Three Johns Hopkins APL ‘Standouts’ Earn DARPA Early Career Honor
Three staff members at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, are among 163 early-career researchers selected as Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Risers for 2022.
![An illustration of what exoplanet WASP-39b could look like](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220825_image2_lg.jpeg)
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Aug 25, 2022
Webb Telescope Spots Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere for First Time
A new study using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and that involved researchers from Johns Hopkins APL reports the detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet from another planetary system. The discovery underscores Webb’s impressive capabilities and promises exciting results when researchers later peer at smaller rocky planets across the galaxy.
![Korine Ohiri (left) and Luke Osborn lead a project team aiming to embed multilayered tactile sensors to enhance robotic systems.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220822b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 22, 2022
2022 Discovery Awards Fund Johns Hopkins APL Projects in Robotics Sensors, Public Health and Food Systems
Four teams featuring APL investigators have earned Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards. Covering work in areas ranging from sustainable materials to social sciences to artificial intelligence, the research awards encourage cross-university collaborations that promise high-quality and impactful results.
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Aug 22, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL’s Egan Named Lab’s First Full-Time Sustainability Manager
Elizabeth Egan became the Lab’s first full-time sustainability manager in June. She’ll play a critical role in implementing the Johns Hopkins Sustainability Plan at APL, while setting a path for long-term stewardship and compliance on campus.
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Aug 12, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Recognized With Handshake Early Talent Award
APL has been named a 2022 recipient of Handshake’s Early Talent Awards, an honor that recognizes the Lab as one on a short list of employers for best-in-class talent engagement.
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Aug 12, 2022
Parker Solar Probe Thriving Four Years After Launch
Four years after launch, Parker Solar Probe is operating exceptionally well, despite flying through some of the most extreme environments in the solar system, and is sending back more than twice the planned amount of science data.
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Aug 10, 2022
Ukraine Crisis Latest Activation for Johns Hopkins APL’s Disaster Response Corps
Through the Disaster Response Corps, APL is bringing its world-class expertise in data analytics, remote sensing, systems engineering and other relevant disciplines to monitor damaged medical infrastructure in Ukraine.
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Aug 3, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Secures Spot on Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators List
For the fourth year in a row, Fast Company featured APL on its Best Workplaces for Innovators list.