NATICK, Mass. (April 9, 2014) -- In just her second full week as acting director of the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, Dr. Laurel Allender was already hopping a work-related... Full Story ››
In this edition of the ARL Fellow's Corner, Dr. Stephen Lee, ARL senior researcher, discusses the science behind the military working dog. He briefly discusses the history of the domestic dog in supporting armies throughout the world and their current uses by the U.S. military today. Dr. Lee further discusses how researchers, treating the handler and Military...
Diamonds are more than "a girl's best friend," as the saying goes. U.S. government researchers have proposed with them for years in research projects and have had explosive results ... literally. Today, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory uses diamonds as part of a 10-year effort to investigate innovative approaches that enable revolutionary advances for...
Army researchers are forging new paths in material development to bring to Soldiers equipment and supplies tougher than steel, from materials that don't yet exist. As part of a 10-year program involving partners from universities and industry, Army Research Laboratory scientists are investigating novel approaches that will result in the development of new...
Dr. Gabriella Larkin has worked for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory for more than five years as a research psychologist. She began her career in the Translational Neuroscience Branch of ARL's Human Research and Engineering Directorate at Aberdeen Proving Ground and transferred to the weapons branch a year later. In October 2013, Larkin took a developmental...
Efficient energy production is a perennial challenge facing the Army. Recent work at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Adelphi Laboratory Center may provide a means to meet that challenge in the form of a thermionic engine. Calculations show this device can produce an output of one kilowatt at 20 percent or higher efficiency, and would be roughly the length...
Employees from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory supported Churchville Elementary School's Read Across America Day by reading stories to children in kindergarten through third grade on Feb. 28. In 1997, an organization known as the National Education Association, pushed for a special day to celebrate reading throughout the United States. This idea proved...
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Volume 3, Issue 1: Research@ARL
