Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)

The United States Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps and conducts a wide range of basic scientific research, applied research, technological development and prototyping.

A developing hypersonic propulsion system could reach speeds up to Mach 16

Getting solar power from space to be tested by a new solar power satellite

Squeezing quantum dots could accelerate the development of quantum information technologies and brain-inspired computing

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) developed a new technique that could enable future advancements in quantum technology. The technique squeezes quantum dots, tiny particles made of thousands of atoms, to emit single photons (individual particles of light) with precisely the same color and with positions that can be less than a millionth

Squeezing quantum dots could accelerate the development of quantum information technologies and brain-inspired computing

Machine learning could significantly accelerate drug discovery

Drug discovery could be significantly accelerated thanks to a new high precision machine-learning model, developed by an international collaboration of researchers, including the University of Warwick. The algorithm – partly devised by Dr James Kermode from Warwick’s School of Engineering – can accurately predict the interactions between a protein and a drug molecule based on a handful

Machine learning could significantly accelerate drug discovery

Soaring with solar for UAVs

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Vehicle Research Section and Photovoltaic Section are building on the proven concept of autonomous cooperative soaring of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Their research investigates the presence of solar photovoltaics (PV) to the cooperative autonomous soaring techniques, which enables long endurance flights of unmanned sailplanes that use the

Soaring with solar for UAVs

Nickel-zinc (Ni-Zn) batteries provides an energy content and rechargeability that rival lithium-ion batteries

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Chemistry Division have developed a safer alternative to fire-prone lithium-ion batteries, which were recently banned for some applications on Navy ships and other military platforms. Joseph Parker, Jeffrey Long, and Debra Rolison from NRL’s Advanced Electrochemical Materials group are leading an effort to create an entire family

Nickel-zinc (Ni-Zn) batteries provides an energy content and rechargeability that rival lithium-ion batteries

2D materials unlock an entire new field of research full of surprises

A new study by an international team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota highlights how manipulation of 2D materials could make our modern day devices faster, smaller, and better. The findings are now online and will be published in Nature Materials, a leading scientific journal of materials science and engineering research. Two-dimensional materials

2D materials unlock an entire new field of research full of surprises

Making a Solar Energy Conversion Breakthrough Above the Theoretical Maximum

Designers of solar cells may soon be setting their sights higher, as a discovery by a team of researchers has revealed a class of materials that could be better at converting sunlight into energy than those currently being used in solar arrays. Their research shows how a material can be used to extract power from

Making a Solar Energy Conversion Breakthrough Above the Theoretical Maximum

Nano Breakthrough For Navy Lab; Tiny Sensors To Detect Explosives, Bio Weapons, Rotten Food

All those technologies may be possible thanks to a breakthrough at the Navy’s premier research lab Imagine: tiny sensors built into military combat gear to detect chemical or biological weapons; unseen sensors peppered throughout a submarine to detect radiation leaks or chemical contamination of the crew’s precious air; a cellphone — think Star Trek tricorder, flip it

Nano Breakthrough For Navy Lab; Tiny Sensors To Detect Explosives, Bio Weapons, Rotten Food

An unlikely competitor for diamond as the best thermal conductor

Boron arsenide may be of potential interest for cooling applications An unlikely material, cubic boron arsenide, could deliver an extraordinarily high thermal conductivity – on par with the industry standard set by costly diamond – researchers report in the current issue of the journal Physical Review Letters. The discovery that the chemical compound of boron and

An unlikely competitor for diamond as the best thermal conductor

NRL Shatters Endurance Record for Small Electric UAV

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory flew their fuel cell powered Ion Tiger UAV for 48 hours and 1 minute on April 16-18 by using liquid hydrogen fuel in a new, NRL-developed, cryogenic fuel storage tank and delivery system. This flight shatters their previous record of 26 hours and 2 minutes set in 2009

NRL Shatters Endurance Record for Small Electric UAV

Triple-junction solar cell design could break 50 percent conversion barrier

The current world record for triple-junction solar cell efficiency is 44 percent U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboration with the Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, Ill., have proposed a novel triple-junction solar cell with the potential to break the 50 percent conversion efficiency barrier,

Triple-junction solar cell design could break 50 percent conversion barrier

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US can’t afford to dawdle on investing in space-based solar power
The premise is simple. Traditional terrestrial solar power is a suboptimal source of energy because it is inhibited by the Earth’s atmosphere and unavailable at nighttime. By contrast, by placing ...
Indian lab teams up with France’s Naval Group on submarine tech
As part of the agreement made on Monday between Naval Materials Research Laboratory and Naval Group, the latter will certify the AIP design. The AIP system, which the lab has already developed ...
Motiv Awarded SpaceWERX Orbital Prime Contract
Motiv has been awarded a Phase 1 STTR under the SpaceWERX Orbital Prime ProgramPASADENA, Calif., Jan. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Motiv Space Systems announces it has been selected by the U.S. Space ...
Naval ISR Market Research Report 2023-2027
Jan 24, 2023 (The Expresswire) -- The “Naval ISR market” research study provides a detailed examination of the market based on revenue, size, and volume. This report presented by Absolute ...
New Quantum Capabilities For Naval Warfare Centers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and all 14 Naval Warfare Centers signed a memorandum of understanding Dec. 2 with the Air Force Research ...

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Explorer I put Army in space 65 years ago
Late on the night of Jan. 31, 1958, it was party time in downtown Huntsville. Thousands of local residents gathered on the square around the county courthouse amid the din ...
Drug Discovery News and Research
The January 2023 issue of SLAS Discovery contains a collection of four full-length articles and one technical brief covering cancer research, high-throughput screening (HTS) assay development and ...
Indian lab teams up with France’s Naval Group on submarine tech
As part of the agreement made on Monday between Naval Materials Research Laboratory and Naval Group, the latter will certify the AIP design. The AIP system, which the lab has already developed ...
Naval ISR Market Research Report 2023-2027
Jan 24, 2023 (The Expresswire) -- The “Naval ISR market” research study provides a detailed examination of the market based on revenue, size, and volume. This report presented by Absolute ...
New Quantum Capabilities For Naval Warfare Centers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and all 14 Naval Warfare Centers signed a memorandum of understanding Dec. 2 with the Air Force Research ...