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Bringing transformative potential to agriculture with a natural technology for ‘dimming’ genes
This unassuming material is capable of capturing or releasing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in response to moisture swings.
Pulling carbon dioxide out of the air using moisture
A more efficient way to capture fresh water from the air
Staving off coral reef collapse via a new technique
Producing energy from evaporating tap or seawater with new nanoscale devices
Setting the stage for regenerative therapy by turning skin cells into limb cells

Office of Naval Research (ONR)

July 26, 2019

The Office of Naval Research (ONR), headquartered in Arlington, Virginia (Ballston), is the office within the United States Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps through schools, universities, government laboratories, nonprofit and for-profit organizations.

New Navy omniphobic ship hull coating will significantly reduce fuel and energy costs

It can repel water, oil, alcohol and even peanut butter. And it might save the U.S. Navy millions of dollars in ship fuel costs, reduce the amount of energy that vessels consume and improve operational efficiency. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is sponsoring work by Dr. Anish Tuteja, an associate professor of materials science

New Navy omniphobic ship hull coating will significantly reduce fuel and energy costs

Synthetic Biology: New bacteria produce ultra-miniature nanowires for next generation electronics

Scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have genetically modified a common soil bacteria to create electrical wires that not only conduct electricity, but are thousands of times thinner than a human hair. As electronic devices increasingly touch all facets of people’s lives, there is growing appetite for technology that is smaller, faster

Synthetic Biology: New bacteria produce ultra-miniature nanowires for next generation electronics

Sol-gel Capacitor Dielectric Offers Record-high Energy Storage

Using a hybrid silica sol-gel material and self-assembled monolayers of a common fatty acid, researchers have developed a new capacitor dielectric material that provides an electrical energy storage capacity rivaling certain batteries, with both a high energy density and high power density. If the material can be scaled up from laboratory samples, devices made from

Sol-gel Capacitor Dielectric Offers Record-high Energy Storage

Team Develops Faster, Higher Quality 3-D Camera

Inspired by the Microsoft Kinect, the camera can be used in more environments and produces better images When Microsoft released the Kinect for Xbox in November 2010, it transformed the video game industry. The most inexpensive 3-D camera to date, the Kinect bypassed the need for joysticks and controllers by sensing the user’s gestures, leading

Team Develops Faster, Higher Quality 3-D Camera

Yellow submarine: Navy hopes new drone revolutionizes how war is fought

The banana-hued, boxcar-sized drone was on display at the Navy’s Sea-Air-Space conference this week in National Harbor, Md. It can stay underwater for 30 days – and launch weapons. Military officials are hoping that the Navy’s new yellow submarine – the latest high-tech advance in underwater drones – is going to revolutionize the way the

Yellow submarine: Navy hopes new drone revolutionizes how war is fought

Navy researchers developing swarms of cooperating air drones for overwhelming land and sea attacks

U.S. Navy researchers have demonstrated swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed to overwhelm an adversary autonomously as the UAVs fly together like flocks of birds. UAV experts at the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va., announced Wednesday they have conducted recent technology demonstrations of swarming drones as part of the Low-Cost UAV Swarming

Navy researchers developing swarms of cooperating air drones for overwhelming land and sea attacks

Robot surrogates to train Marines

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) this week launched a study that could lead to breakthroughs in creating the next-generation of avatars, robots and other human surrogates for military training. The study is being carried out at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where a human surrogate will greet and interact with people passing through the

Robot surrogates to train Marines

ONR Makes Virtual Training Anywhere, Anytime, a Reality

Marines tested an augmented reality system from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) last week that could revolutionize the way they prepare for battle, allowing them to transform any location into a dynamic training ground. The Nov. 6 demonstration, held outdoors at Lejeune Field at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, was an opportunity for

ONR Makes Virtual Training Anywhere, Anytime, a Reality

Navy puts autonomous ‘swarmboats’ into action

The Navy sees a lot of advantages in having “swarmboats.” Developed by the Office of Naval Research, the Control Architecture for Robotic Agent Command and Sensing, or CARACaS, system can, for the cost of several thousand dollars, turn just about any boat into an unmanned vessel, according to Rear Adm. Matthew L. Klunder, chief of

Navy puts autonomous ‘swarmboats’ into action

‘Squid skin’ metamaterials project yields vivid color display

The quest to create artificial “squid skin” — camouflaging metamaterials that can “see” colors and automatically blend into the background — is one step closer to reality, thanks to a breakthrough color-display technology unveiled this week by Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP). The new full-color display technology uses aluminum nanoparticles to create the vivid

‘Squid skin’ metamaterials project yields vivid color display

Jam Session: New Technology Helps Sailors on the Digital Frontier

During the world’s largest international maritime exercise last month, Sailors demonstrated a new system that could transform the future of electronic warfare and defense of ships at sea, officials announced August 5, 2014. Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Electronic Warfare Battle Management (EWBM) for Surface Defense will help Sailors and Marines coordinate

Jam Session: New Technology Helps Sailors on the Digital Frontier

Nature’s strongest glue comes unstuck

Over a 150 years since it was first described by Darwin, scientists are finally uncovering the secrets behind the super strength of barnacle glue. Still far better than anything we have been able to develop synthetically, barnacle glue – or cement – sticks to any surface, under any conditions. But exactly how this superglue of

Nature’s strongest glue comes unstuck

Pew Pew Pew! US Military Developing Laser Weapons to Down Enemy Drones

Sci-fi authors and gamers have long imagined this day, and now it has come: The U.S. military is developing a laser weapon to shoot enemy drones out of the sky. The Navy has already developed such a weapon that it plans to deploy on a ship later this summer. The Office of Naval Research (ONR),

Pew Pew Pew! US Military Developing Laser Weapons to Down Enemy Drones

Teaching Robots Right from Wrong

Researchers launch multi-year project to develop robots that can make moral decisions Researchers from Tufts University, Brown University, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are teaming with the U.S. Navy to explore technology that would pave the way for developing robots capable of making moral decisions. In a project funded by the Office of Naval Research and

Teaching Robots Right from Wrong

US Navy tests robotic fire-fighters

Fire-fighting robots designed to withstand intense heat are to be tested by the US Navy this summer. The Shipboard Autonomous Fire-fighting Robot (SAFFiR) has been built by engineers at Virginia Tech and other US universities. The robots are expected to perform a variety of tasks – balancing, turning valves, picking up and dragging a fire

US Navy tests robotic fire-fighters

Self-Healing Paint Could Halt Rust on Vehicles

A new additive could help military vehicles, including the Marine Corps variant of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), heal like human skin and avoid costly maintenance as a result of corrosion. Developed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in partnership with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), polyfibroblast allows scratches forming in vehicle paint

Self-Healing Paint Could Halt Rust on Vehicles

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