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Map it
APL develops mini-mapper
Published May 2013
Portable device can create annotated maps of locations where GPS is not available / Gazette
Forecast: fever
APL develops early warning system for disease outbreaks
Published March 21, 2013
Scientists use new model to successfully predict dengue fever outbreaks weeks in advance / Applied Physics Laboratory
Voyager 1
Those old models? Wrong
Published Spring 2013
Thirty-five years into a four-year mission, Voyager is still making surprising discoveries / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Idea: Smashing asteroids
Published Spring 2013
If a large asteroid were headed toward Earth, how would we defend ourselves? APL's Andy Cheng has an idea / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Belt expansion
Published Feb 28, 2013
APL-built spacecraft discover previously undetected third radiation belt around Earth / Applied Physics Laboratory
APL to host seventh annual 'Girl Power' STEM event
Published Feb 22, 2013 Video
Expo introduces girls to science, technology, engineering, math careers
About space
Cosmic coincidence
Published Feb 15, 2013
Meteor that entered atmosphere over Russia likely unrelated to giant asteroid flyby, Johns Hopkins expert says
Close encounters
Published Feb 13, 2013
An asteroid flyby has scientists thinking about how to deal with a hypothetical future asteroid hurtling toward Earth
Mind control
Published Jan 2, 2013
Technology developed by at Applied Physics Laboratory connects robotic limb to human brain
Virtual marvel
Published Dec 17, 2012
Thought-controlled prosthetic developed at APL capable of nearly matching dexterity of flesh and bone / The Baltimore Sun