![AI in healthcare](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200415b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 15, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL to Host Virtual Event Exploring ‘Operationalizing’ Artificial Intelligence in Health
This event will bring together partners in the community — federal government, Department of Defense, academia and industry — to explore the role of AI in real-world health care settings.
![DART, NASA’s first planetary defense mission, will demonstrate asteroid deflection using a kinetic impactor technique.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200413_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 13, 2020
NASA’s First Planetary Defense Mission Readies for Integration and Testing at APL
The Johns Hopkins APL team leading NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was recently given the green light to begin the mission’s next critical phase.
![Earth Magnetosphere](/sites/default/files/2023-01/EarthMagnetosphere2.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 8, 2020
New Science Center Will Transform Understanding, Prediction of Space Weather
An APL-led mission to explore electric currents in Earth’s atmosphere that link the aurora to our planet’s magnetosphere has been selected by NASA to move forward to a scheduled launch in 2024.
![Face-shield headpieces 3D-printed at APL's maker space](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200408b_image3_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 8, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Maker Community Crafting Face Shields for Medical Workers
As the world became aware of the shortage of personal protective equipment needed by health care workers on the front lines of the battle against COVID-19, it’s no surprise that many engineers and scientists from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory mobilized immediately.
![John Slotwinski](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200407_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 7, 2020
John Slotwinski Named ASTM International Fellow, Earns Award of Merit
John Slotwinski, a senior national security analyst at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, was given the Award of Merit and title of Fellow by ASTM International.
![Ralph Lorenz, a planetary scientist and aerospace engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, has published hundreds of papers and worked on several planetary missions, including the APL-led NASA mission Dragonfly to Saturn’s moon Titan.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200403_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 3, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Scientist Ralph Lorenz wins Alvin Seiff Memorial Award
Leaders of the International Planetary Probe Workshop awarded Ralph D. Lorenz the Alvin Seiff Memorial Award for his outstanding contributions to planetary science and commitment to mentoring the next generation of solar system explorers.
![George Coles](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200330_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 30, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Scientist Developing Device to Reduce Blindness in Poor and Rural Areas
George Coles, a medical-device researcher at Johns Hopkins APL, is part of a team that has developed a handheld device that allows surgeons to quickly and inexpensively perform sight-saving cataract surgery.
![A myESSENCE dashboard example using simulated data](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200325_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 25, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL-Developed Health Surveillance Tool Augments Nation’s COVID-19 Response
As the world grapples with COVID-19, and the United States works to ramp up testing and mitigation capabilities, a public health electronic surveillance tool developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is helping to fill gaps by tracking the virus’ spread symptomatically.
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Press Release
Mar 23, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Experts Explain Why Social Distancing Is Critical to Flattening the Coronavirus Curve
In an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, two phrases have been thrust into the worldwide lexicon: social distancing and flattening the curve. As the U.S. contends with the exponential growth of the virus, and testing and treatments race to catch up, public health experts are shouting these proactive measures from the rooftops.
![Peter Thielen, front, works with Tom Mehoke on immediate sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, the virus that causes COVID-19, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital molecular diagnostics laboratory.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20200323b_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Mar 23, 2020
Johns Hopkins APL Biologists Sequencing Genome of the Virus Causing COVID-19
Inside the molecular diagnostics laboratory at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, while health care workers and hospital staff work tirelessly to process patient tests to detect the virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, two biologists from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory are working alongside them.