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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

APL — in cooperation with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the United States Missile Defense Agency — played a key role in live-fire intercept demonstrations of the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) and SM-3 guided missiles.

APL’s Olivier Barnouin and Terik Daly are joining the Science Working Team for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Martian Moons eXploration mission as NASA-supported participating scientists.

Johns Hopkins APL has developed a cost-effective cyber-physical security situational awareness capability for industrial control systems and tested it at a local water treatment plant. This solution combines network fingerprinting, host-based monitoring, digital twin technology, and advanced event correlation and alerting to provide an operator with a detailed understanding of their systems.

Taking inspiration from aquatic life, Johns Hopkins APL researchers are propelling the field of bioconjugation outside the lab and onto ship hulls.

Ed Reynolds, a program manager in APL’s Space Exploration Sector, has been named to the 2023 TIME 100 list of most influential people. Each year, Time selects artists, innovators, leaders, icons and pioneers from around the globe who are changing the world.