![Breaking the powerful carbon-fluorine bonds that bind PFAS molecules is the key to eliminating them from water. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Andrew Rhine](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211013_image2_med.jpeg)
Press Release
Oct 13, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Devises Clean, Cost-Effective Method to Eliminate PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Water
Scientists at APL have devised a unique way to destroy these ubiquitous and toxic environmental chemicals for good. The method is inexpensive, does not generate undesirable byproducts and is practical and scalable for a variety of governmental, civilian and commercial applications.
![Moon](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211011_image1_med.jpg)
News
Oct 11, 2021
New Moon-Based Study Again Shows Spacecraft Could Answer Neutron Lifetime Mystery
Just a year after a team from Johns Hopkins APL and Durham University showed for the first time that spacecraft could help end a decades-long stalemate on how long a neutron can last outside an atom’s nucleus, the team has done it again. In a new study using lunar data, the team made a tenfold improvement on their last estimate, drawing closer to answering a question that will improve our understanding of the early universe.
![ART team engineers lift and inspect the LICIACube CubeSat after it arrived at Johns Hopkins APL in August.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20211001_image1_med.jpg)
News
Oct 1, 2021
DART Gets Its CubeSat Companion, Its Last Major Piece
Shortly after it arrived at Johns Hopkins APL, the Italian Space Agency’s first-ever deep-space miniaturized satellite, called LICIACube, was installed on DART. The CubeSat will snap images of DART as it performs its final maneuver: a deliberate crash into an asteroid.
![Peter Thielen, a molecular biologist in Johns Hopkins APL’s Research and Exploratory Development Department, works to sequence SARS-CoV-2 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in early March 2020. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210930_image1_med.jpeg)
Press Release
Sep 30, 2021
With Basestack, Johns Hopkins APL Enables Crucial Genomics Work Around the World
Genomics work has historically been the province of small, highly specialized laboratories with access to top-of-the-line hardware, infrastructure support and technical expertise. Now, a software platform developed largely by APL is making advanced genomics tools accessible and user-friendly for scientists and public health workers around the world.
![At the 36th Space Symposium, Lt. Col. Joe Mroszczyk (left) and Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) Command Sgt. Maj. Finis Dodson demonstrate an APL-developed augmented-reality, 3D-visualization capability that serves as the foundation for the Joint All-Domain Operational Tool Suite (JADOTS) prototype system.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210924_image1_med.jpeg)
Press Release
Sep 24, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL’s Augmented Reality Toolbox Helps Army Improve Situational Awareness
APL has been working with the U.S. Army to develop an experimental prototype for the Multi-Domain Task Force for situational awareness, targeting and intelligence preparation of the operational environment at the security level of the unit.
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News
Sep 20, 2021
Sensing the Planet: Johns Hopkins APL Working to Provide Data for Mitigating Climate Change
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, are applying expertise in sensing and modeling to predict Earth system changes, providing data to support decisions on the national security aspects of mitigating effects of climate change.
![Danielle Hilliard (left) and Morgan Trexler](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210920b_image1_cover.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 20, 2021
Hilliard, Trexler Earn Recognition From Society of Women Engineers
Two engineers at Johns Hopkins APL have been honored by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) for their significant technical and outreach contributions.
![Johns Hopkins APL’s first publication related to Climate TRACE earned the award for Best Paper in the EarthVision Workshop track at the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2021 Conference. From left: Derek Rollend, Ryan Mukherjee and Gordon Christie. Not pictured: Marisa Hughes, Anshu Saksena, Sally Matson and Armin Hadzic. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210917_image1_med.jpeg)
Press Release
Sep 17, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Scientists Contribute Award-Winning Breakthrough to AI-Driven Climate Initiative
APL scientists have made significant progress toward creating the first worldwide, near-real-time inventory of road transportation emissions, contributing a major piece to a larger effort to monitor greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale, known as Climate TRACE.
![George Ho](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210915_image1_sq.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 15, 2021
NOAA Selects Johns Hopkins APL’s George Ho for Space Weather Advisory Group
George Ho, a space and planetary physicist at APL, was tapped by NOAA to serve on its new Space Weather Advisory Group. The board will counsel the federal government on mitigating and responding to the deleterious effects of space weather on the nation’s space assets and humanity.
![The Lab’s newest field office in Colorado Springs will be shared by staff members in APL’s Space Exploration and Air and Missile Defense sectors. Credit: Rick Gallina Photography](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20210910_image1_med.jpeg)
Press Release
Sep 10, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL Opens Field Office in Bustling Aerospace Hub
Located in the state with the nation's second-largest aerospace industry, APL's newest field office in Colorado Springs, Colorado, opened its doors this summer. The office lies near Schriever Air Force Base and Peterson Air Force Base and is co-located with other government, industry and academic organizations.