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Johns Hopkins APL Named a Fast Company Most Innovative Company for 2026

Johns Hopkins APL has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026, ranking 13 in the Security category ...
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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes a Model Debut at National Air and Space Museum

A full-scale model of Parker Solar Probe, the history-making Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft that has flown closer to the ...
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Parks Named Sea Control Mission Area Executive at Johns Hopkins APL

Vernon Parks will lead a diverse portfolio of programs and initiatives focused on ensuring maritime domain situational ...
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Wienhold Honored for Materials Engineering Excellence

Paul Wienhold, a materials and process engineer, has received the 2025 Society for the Advancement of Material and Process ...
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Runtime Safety Assurance for AFWERX Autonomy Prime

AFWERX, a technology directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory and the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force, seeks to innovate at a pace that matches the rapid growth of autonomy ...
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Dragonfly Mission Begins Rotorcraft Integration, Testing Stage

Integration and testing — the activities involved in assembling the Dragonfly rotorcraft lander and testing it for the rigors ...
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Johns Hopkins Scientists Leverage AI to Discover Climate ‘Tipping Points’

Climate tipping points have become a source of growing concern, particularly among policymakers and scientists. They are critical thresholds that, once crossed, could “tip” a natural climate system ...
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Johns Hopkins Team Breaks Through Quantum Noise

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore have achieved a breakthrough in quantum noise characterization in ...
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Shape-Shifting Antenna Poised to Transform Communications

The shape of an antenna’s front end dictates many of its operating parameters. Once it’s manufactured, those characteristics are locked in. A shape-changing antenna would enable communications across ...
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Johns Hopkins APL’s Breakthrough Flexible, Cuttable Lithium-Ion Battery Now Won’t Catch Fire

Images taken during a test of APL’s latest lithium-ion battery technology exhibit its inflammable and self-extinguishing qualities. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL A team of researchers from the Johns ...
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Johns Hopkins APL, Microsoft Collaborate to Advance Robotics and Materials Discovery Using AI

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, and Microsoft, of Redmond, Washington, have agreed to collaborate to accelerate innovation in robotics and materials discovery ...