April 18, 2018
ADELPHI, MD. (April 18, 2018) - Army scientists, with a team of researchers from the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, have created a water-based zinc battery that is simultaneously powerful, rechargeable and intrinsically safe. The high-impact journal Nature Materials published a peer-reviewed paper based on this...
April 17, 2018
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD. (April 17, 2018) - Engineers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland have developed a technique that causes a composite material to become stiffer and stronger on-demand when exposed to ultraviolet light. This on-demand control of composite behavior could enable a variety of new capabilities for future...
April 17, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. (April 17, 2018) – A team of researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Energy and Power Division participated in the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Summit March 13-15 at the Gaylord Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The annual summit brought together subject matter experts from...
April 16, 2018
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (April 16, 2018) - U.S. Army-funded researchers at the University of California in Los Angles have found a proverbial smoking gun signature of the long sought-after Majorana particle, and the find, they say, could block intruders on sensitive communication networks. The Majorana particles, which were predicted more than 80 years...
April 16, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. (April 16, 2018) - Army researchers have developed an artificial intelligence and machine learning technique that produces a visible face image from a thermal image of a person's face captured in low-light or nighttime conditions. This development could lead to enhanced real-time biometrics and post-mission forensic analysis for covert nighttime...
April 13, 2018
BURLINGTON, Mass. (April 10, 2018) -- Universities and industry in the Northeast region joined ranks with the U.S. Army in a science and technology endeavor that officials hope will make tomorrow's Soldiers stronger and safer. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory, with its main laboratories in Maryland, has recently established regional presences in California,...
April 12, 2018
LEMONT, Ill. (April 12, 2018) -- The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Propulsion made an historic first with its experiment in a gas turbine combustor using X-rays. The data will help advance gas turbine engine designs for higher power density and efficiency, scientists said. "This is the strongest X-ray source in the world,"...
April 12, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. (April 12, 2018) -- In a joint research effort, scientists from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have further opened the door to the possibility of a low-cost, safe and higher voltage replacement for lithium-ion batteries. In today's world, our lives revolve around small digital devices that are readily available whenever we need them, no matter...
April 12, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. (April 12, 2018) -- To overcome the material rigidity and actuation limitations in current robotic systems, a joint U.S. Army Research Laboratory and University of Minnesota research project sought inspiration from invertebrates. The U.S. Army uses robots that are structurally rigid, making them impractical when performing military operations...
April 05, 2018
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 5, 2018) -- The U.S. Army Research Laboratory and its new partners in academia and industry hope to solve the most difficult challenges in unmanned aviation. ARL officials unveiled the Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Propulsion, or CUP, April 2, 2018, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Vehicle Technology Directorate...
April 02, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. (April 2, 2018) -- Department of Defense Laboratories are on a quest to assemble the first fiber optics testbed and small-scale network aimed at quantum network experiments. Quantum networks promise unsurpassable capabilities in network and communication security, such as new secret-sharing and encryption protocols, authentication and digital...
March 27, 2018
ADELPHI, Md. (March 27, 2018) -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics recently elected two Army researchers to leadership roles. Dr. Sidra Silton of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory was elected as chair of the Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee and will take over leadership in May 2019 after a transition year as chair-elect. AIAA is...
