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A novel method of using nanoplatforms to control diagnostic drug delivery and therapeutic compounds that allow nanoparticle structures to perform better (known as the Surface Modified Anti-cancer Responsive Theranostic method, or SMART) was announced as APL’s Invention of the Year during a ceremony May 2 on APL’s campus.

Emelia Probasco has been named APL’s chief communications officer. In that role, she will lead organization-wide communication efforts to support and drive APL’s strategic vision. She will also oversee the Lab’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs.

After years of studying asteroids, Carolyn Ernst now has one of the big space rocks named after her. The International Astronomical Union and Minor Planet Center have approved the name “Ernst” for the asteroid designated 11008, honoring the contributions of the Space Exploration Sector planetary scientist.

Tech-savvy creative teams from across the Baltimore-Washington region will gather at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, on April 29-30 at the Kossiakoff Center to take part in the International Space Apps Challenge.

New data from Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) experiments on NASA’s Cassini and Voyager spacecraft, combined with measurements from NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer, suggests that the heliosphere — the bubble of the sun’s magnetic influence that surrounds the inner solar system — may be much more compact and rounded than previously thought.

For the past decade, APL has led the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Revolutionizing Prosthetics (RP) Program, and in the process created the most advanced neurally controlled prosthetic limb in the world. Using this technology, patients whose bodies are paralyzed have been able to feed themselves, reached out to loved ones and even control a flight simulator.

APL has been honored once again for its strong support of engineering programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities by Career Communications Group, a national organization that promotes the achievements of minorities and women in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

Scientists have found that a form of chemical energy on which life can feed appears to exist in Saturn’s moon Enceladus — further enhancing the scientific interest of this and other “ocean worlds” in our solar system and beyond.

The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Baja racing team had a problem. The students were having a hard time making complex drive shafts, parts that connect the rear wheels to the engine, for the race car they were building for competitions.

Nearly two years have passed since the deadly outbreak of Ebola in Liberia began to taper off, but the root causes of the epidemic — dilapidated health facilities, shortages of staff and equipment, and fractured trust in the system — persist.