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

Navy Researchers Look to Rotating Detonation Engines to Power the Future

The Navy could save approximately 300 to 400 million dollars a year With its strong dependence on gas-turbine engines for propulsion, the U.S. Navy is always looking for ways to improve the fuel consumption of these engines. At the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), scientists are studying the complex physics of Rotating Detonation Engines (RDEs) which offer the

Navy Researchers Look to Rotating Detonation Engines to Power the Future

U.S. Navy Produces Fuel from Seawater

The potential payoff is the ability to produce JP-5 fuel stock at sea Refueling U.S. Navy vessels, at sea and underway, is a costly endeavor in terms of logistics, time, fiscal constraints and threats to national security and sailors at sea. In Fiscal Year 2011, the U.S. Navy Military Sea Lift Command, the primary supplier

U.S. Navy Produces Fuel from Seawater

SAFFiR robot could be putting out fires on Navy ships

SAFFiR will be an autonomous bipedal humanoid robot If there’s one thing that you don’t want happening on board a ship, it’s a fire. People on board burning ships can’t simply run out onto the streets, as they hopefully could in the case of a structural fire, plus many people caught belowdecks don’t have windows

SAFFiR robot could be putting out fires on Navy ships

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Naval Research Laboratory To Launch First In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is set to launch the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) to demonstrate laser power beaming in space ...
NRL to Launch First In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is set to launch the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) to demonstrate laser power beaming in space as part ...
Pentagon Space Mission Aims to Test Laser Power Beaming in Space
This week, we look at the NRL's efforts to use laser power beaming with its Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL).
NRL to Launch First In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment
"SWELL is the next step into this new frontier." About the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory NRL is a scientific and engineering command dedicated to research that drives innovative advances for the ...
Naval Research Lab Launches First In-Space Laser Energy Experiment
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory launched the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link—or SWELL—late Tuesday to demonstrate laser power beaming in space as part of a scheduled Defense Department ...

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NRL to Launch First In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment
WASHINGTON, March 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is set to launch the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) to demonstrate laser power beaming in space as part ...
Pentagon Space Mission Aims to Test Laser Power Beaming in Space
This week, we look at the NRL's efforts to use laser power beaming with its Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL).
NRL to Launch First In-Space Laser Power Beaming Experiment
"SWELL is the next step into this new frontier." About the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory NRL is a scientific and engineering command dedicated to research that drives innovative advances for the ...
Dynamic NASA-built weather sensors enlisted to track tropical cyclones
For several months, images based on COWVR and TEMPEST data have been delivered to the center by the Monterey, California-based Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), which has been working with NASA to ...
Drug Discovery Facility
While a part of Discovery Park, the facility is located on the main campus in the University's Life and Health Sciences Park, providing state-of-the-art space for synergistic, innovative research and ...