![Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory have demonstrated a significant advancement in the preservation of certain kinds of therapeutics for field applications](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20171009_image2_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 9, 2017
New Research Allows Preservation of Therapeutics in Adverse Conditions
A recent study by biological engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, demonstrated a significant advancement in the preservation of particular types of medicines, known as protein expression systems, for field applications — enabling those medicines to be stored and reconstituted on site in adverse conditions.
![Isaac Bankman (left) and Capt. Kevin Quarderer](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20171005_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 5, 2017
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Engineer Receives Navy Meritorious Public Service Award
Isaac Bankman, an electrical engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, has received the U.S. Navy Meritorious Public Service Award, the third-highest civilian award the Navy can bestow.
![Robert O. Work](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20171003_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Oct 3, 2017
Former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work Joins Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab as a Senior Fellow
Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert O. Work has joined the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, as a senior fellow.
![Tom Krimigis and the Low Energy Charged Particle detector](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170929_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 29, 2017
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab’s Tom Krimigis Earns Top Honor from International Academy of Astronautics
The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has presented its premier honor — the von Karman Award — to Tom Krimigis, eminent space scientist and head emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.
![Mars](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170928_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 28, 2017
Fresh Look at Older Mars Data Yields Equatorial Surprise
Scientists taking a new look at older data from NASA’s longest-operating Mars orbiter have discovered evidence of significant hydration near the Martian equator — a mysterious signature in a region of the Red Planet where planetary scientists figure ice shouldn’t exist.
![High-Speed, Autonomous Swarming Unmanned Surface Vessels](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_High_Speed_Autonomous_Swarm.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 26, 2017
Autonomous Swarming Boats Make Great Waves at Navy and Marine Corps Exercise
Last spring, a team from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, had the opportunity to demonstrate Lab-developed autonomous surface patrol capabilities for the Navy and Marine Corps during the Ship-to-Shore Maneuver Exploration and Experimentation (S2ME2) Advanced Naval Technological Exercise 2017 (ANTX).
![Saturn’s magnetosphere is seen for the first time in this MIMI image from June 2004](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170915_image1_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 15, 2017
After a Mission of Amazing Science, APL Bids Farewell to Cassini
This morning, after two decades in space, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft ended an incredible journey of exploration.
![Malware detection (Credit: Bigstock)](/sites/default/files/2022-12/IMG_Projects_Detecting-Malware_Bigstock.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 7, 2017
Lab Licenses New Malware Detection Tool
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, has licensed a real-time malware analysis program to Deterministic Security, LLC, an Oregon-based spin-off created to introduce the APL-developed software to the commercial market.
![This image, created with data from Juno’s Ultraviolet Spectrograph, marks the path of Juno’s readings of Jupiter’s auroras](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20170906b_image2_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 6, 2017
Jupiter’s Auroras Present a Powerful Mystery
Scientists on NASA’s Juno mission have observed massive amounts of energy swirling over Jupiter’s polar regions that contribute to the giant planet’s powerful auroras — only not in ways the researchers expected.
![Flying Fish](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Cover-Flying-Fish.jpg)
Press Release
Sep 6, 2017
Water and Air: Flying Fish UAAV Can Go Anywhere
About two and a half years ago, Joe Moore, Eddie Tunstel and Robert Osiander — robotics researchers in the Research and Exploratory Development Department of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory — had an idea: create a fixed-wing, unmanned vehicle that could autonomously operate underwater and then propel itself fast enough to make the transition into the air, becoming an autonomous flying aerial vehicle.