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Press Release
May 16, 2013
Johns Hopkins APL Plays Key Role in Test of Second-Generation Aegis BMD Missile Defense System
Today, engineers from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., contributed to the successful test of a system critical to the U.S. effort to protect against growing regional ballistic missile threats.
![Global Topographic Map of Titan](/sites/default/files/2023-02/Global_Topographic_Map_of_Titan_lg.jpg)
Press Release
May 15, 2013
Scientists Shape First Global Topographic Map of Saturn’s Moon Titan
Scientists have created the first global topographic map of Saturn’s moon Titan, giving researchers a valuable tool for learning more about one of the most Earthlike and interesting worlds in the solar system.
![Pictured left to right: APL Director Ralph Semmel, Paul Biermann, Courtney Samuels (Office of U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski), APL Assistant Director for Science and Technology Jerry Krill](/sites/default/files/2023-02/20130513_image1.jpg)
Press Release
May 13, 2013
APL Recognizes Top Inventions, Researchers and Papers
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) recognized its top inventions, publications and researchers from 2012 in its first spring Technical Achievement Awards ceremony, held May 1 in the Kossiakoff Center on APL’s Laurel, Md., campus.
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Media Advisory
Apr 24, 2013
Media Advisory: Technical Achievement Awards Event
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is holding its first combined Technical Achievement Awards event, with displays and demonstrations of more than a dozen new technologies, a nod to the Laboratory’s 70-year legacy, and robots galore.
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Press Release
Apr 8, 2013
Workshop to Explore Scientific Potential of Suborbital Spacecraft
While commercial firms design suborbital reusable launch vehicles that could carry tourists to outer space, scientists wonder if these same vehicles could blaze new trails into Earth’s upper atmosphere as dedicated research platforms.
![College students compete in Mid-Atlantic CCDC](/sites/default/files/2023-02/130405_lg.jpg)
Press Release
Apr 5, 2013
APL Hosts Cybersecurity Competition Pitting College Defenders Against Professional Hackers
College cyber defenders will spend two days protecting a fictitious nation’s electronic voting system against expert computer hackers at the 2013 National CyberWatch Center Mid-Atlantic Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), to be held at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., April 10–13.
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Press Release
Mar 27, 2013
Backpack Mapping System Captures Intelligence in Tough-to-Get-to Places
Engineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., have developed a portable device that can be used to automatically create annotated maps in tight spaces where GPS is not readily available — such as in underground areas and on ships.
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Press Release
Mar 20, 2013
APL Novel Method Accurately Predicts Disease Outbreaks
A team of scientists from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has developed a novel method to accurately predict dengue fever outbreaks several weeks before they occur.
![The newly selected JENI camera employs a special technique to obtain images of the plasma and gas that is believed to originate from icy Europa and active Io as shown in this simulation](/sites/default/files/2023-02/JUICE_lg.png)
Press Release
Mar 8, 2013
APL Particle Camera and Spectrometer Selected to Reveal the Jupiter System in a New Light
NASA has selected The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., to build an innovative particle camera and instrument for flight aboard the JUpiter ICy moon Explorer (JUICE), a European Space Agency mission to be launched in 2022 to study the Jupiter system and three of its largest moons in unprecedented detail.
![A new radiation belt and storage ring has been discovered above Earth; It is shown here using actual data as the middle arc of orange and red of the three arcs seen on each side of the Earth.](/sites/default/files/2023-02/VanAllenProbesnewbeltLRG.jpg)
Press Release
Feb 28, 2013
Van Allen Probes Reveal a New Radiation Belt Around Earth
NASA’s Van Allen Probes mission has discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around Earth, revealing the existence of unexpected structures and processes within these hazardous regions of space.