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Applied physics laboratory
Undergraduate research
APL researchers, Hopkins undergrads team up for brain mapping project
Published Dec 5, 2017 Video
CIRCUIT summer internship program trains students in neuroanatomy for project to improve machine learning
Cartoon illustration depicts a pink lumpy asteroid with its fist clenched, being fired at by a dual-winged spacecraft
Space evaders
DARTing asteroids
Published Winter 2017
If an asteroid 1 kilometer in size hit Earth, it would release as much energy as the world's combined nuclear arsenal / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Red planet seen from rocky surface of moon
Seeing red
APL to build 'glasses' for Mars moon mission
Published Nov 17, 2017
2024 launch planned for mission being developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Fully charged
Scientists develop more durable lithium-ion battery
Published Nov 9, 2017
Applied Physics Lab researchers help create breakthrough cuttable, flexible, submersible battery / Applied Physics Laboratory
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Planetary science
From comets come planets
Published Oct 20, 2017
Planetary scientist at the Applied Physics Lab finds evidence of planetary formation in other solar systems
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RISE@APL
Giving 'RISE' to budding lab engineers
Published Oct 19, 2017
Internship program gives undergrads the experience of working in the lab at the Applied Physics Laboratory
In case of emergency, just add water
Published Oct 9, 2017
Therapeutics in powder form could change how medicines are stored, transported in adverse conditions / Applied Physics Laboratory
Robert Work
Former deputy defense secretary joins APL
Published Oct 4, 2017
Robert Work, who brings expertise in artificial intelligence and human–machine collaboration, named senior fellow
Artist's rendering of the Cassini spacecraft as it orbits Saturn
Cassini plummets into Saturn's atmosphere
Published Sept 15, 2017 Video
Spacecraft, with instrument designed and built in part at Applied Physics Lab, revolutionized our understanding of ringed planet
Image depicts a photo of Jupiter, striated with red and gray storm clouds and the iconic Red Dot, topped with an electric blue swirl of color on the north pole representing an aurora
Polar energy
Jupiter auroras present powerful mystery
Published Sept 7, 2017
APL-built instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft observes significant particle energy that behaves in surprising ways