2009 News Releases

More information and visuals that are not available electronically may be obtained by contacting the NRL Public Affairs Office. New items are added as they are released.

Scientific & Technical Interest

1/6	NRL's J-PEX Completes Successful Flight
1/26	NRL's Rampant Lion ll Survey Builds on Success of Rampant Lion l
2/2	NRL Partners with Industry to Develop Compact Biosensor for Wide-Ranging Applications
2/17	NRL Researchers Control the Spin of Semiconductor Quantum Dot Shell States
3/5	NRL Astronomers Selected for NASA's Lunar Science Institute
3/12	A Forceful New Method to Sensitively Detect Proteins
3/30	NRL's Peter Wilhelm Marks 50 Years of Government Service
3/30	Surveillance Vehicles Take Flight Using Alternative Energy
4/13	NRL Researchers Explore Magnetic Properties of Iron-Based Superconductors
4/20	NRL Scientists Demonstrate Emerging MCM Technologies in MIW Exercise CLEAR HORIZON 08
4/28	STEREO Reveals the Anatomy of a Solar Storm in 3D
5/5	NRL's SoloHI Selected for European-led Solar Orbiter Mission
5/14	NRL Part of Multi-National Team that Launches Herschel Space Observatory
5/22	NRL Named On Top 20 List of JES Most Published Papers
5/28	Discovery of Non-blinking Semiconductor Nanocrystals Advances their Applications
7/15	NRL's ANDE-2 Launches Aboard STS-127
7/21	Jerome and Isabella Karle Retire from NRL Following Six Decades of Scientific Exploration
7/22	NRL Scientist Receives Patent for Rugged-Lightweight Spectrometer Assembly
8/3	NRL's Large Area Telescope Explores High-Energy Particles
8/4	Naval Research Laboratory voted a "Best Diversity Company 2009"
8/5	ANDE-2 Deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour
8/6	NRL's XFC UAS Achieves Flight Endurance Milestone
8/20	NRL Monterey and Stennis Researchers Study Tropical Cyclones
8/24	Scientists Make First Discovery Using Revolutionary Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array
8/28	NRL Successfully Completes First Major Development Milestone on the NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder Program
9/4	Lasers Generate Underwater Sound
9/10	Naval Research Lab Brings New Hyperspectral Atmospheric and Ocean Science to the International Space Station
9/19	Night Time Artificial Cloud Study Conducted
9/22	Fermi Large Area Telescope Reveals Pulsing Gamma-Ray Sources
9/28	NRL Begins Southeast Asia Study of Aerosols Linked to Global Warming
9/30	ORMatE Returns to NRL After Nearly Two Years in Earth Orbit
10/5	Dr. Joseph Huba Receives E.O. Hulburt Annual Science Award
10/14	Ion Tiger Fuel Cell Unmanned Air Vehicle Completes 23-Hour Flight
10/23	Navy Researchers Apply Science to Fire Fighting
11/3	NRL Sensor Provides Critical Space Weather Observations
11/9	NRL Rocket Experiment Lights up the East Coast
11/16	Book on Energetic Black-Hole Radiations by NRL Astrophysicist and Alabama University Partner
11/20	International Expedition Investigates Climate Change, Alternative Fuels in Arctic
11/23	NRL's Ion Tiger Sets 26-Hour Flight Endurance Record
12/1	TacSat-4 Spacecraft Complete and Awaiting Launch
12/2	NRL Sensor Observes First Light
12/3	STPSat-1 Successfully Completes Extended Mission
12/7	NRL's MISSE7 Launched Aboard STS-129
12/22	NRL Researchers and Universities Collaborate to Win Supercomputing Bandwidth Challenge

Featured Stories

1/14	NRL's John Karasek Receives Meritorious Civilian Service Award
2/9	IUPAC Recognizes NRL Researchers for Optical Chromatography Technique
2/19	Dr. Bhakta Rath Receives Honors of the Padma Bhushan Award
2/23	Dr. Michael Roland Named Fellow of IOM3
2/26	Mr. Dennis Therning Receives the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award
3/9	NRL's Dr. Neil Sheeley Receives 2009 George Ellery Hale Prize
3/16	Dr. Jay Boris Elected to National Academy of Engineering
3/19	Dr. Carter T. White Receives the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Senior Professional
3/23	Dr. Kazhikathra Kailasanath is named Fellow of the American Physical Society
4/6	Dr. Daria Bielecki Receives the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award
4/27	Dr. Frederick Petry Named 2008 Distinguished Scientist
5/11	Dr. George Spanos Receives Commanding Officer's EEO Award
6/2	Dr. John Mittleman Receives DON Superior Civilian Service Award
6/8	Dr. Elaine Oran Named SIAM Fellow
6/15	NRL Researchers Receive 16 Top Scientists and Engineers Awards
6/24	NRL's Dr. Dale Bibee Wins Prestigious FIRST Robotics Award
7/1	Mr. Edward Kennedy Receives the Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award
7/27	NRL Multidisciplinary Team Honored with 2009 FLC Award
9/1	Two NRL Researchers Named Service to America Medal Finalists
9/8	Dr. John Kulp Receives Young Investigator Award at the 21st American Peptide Society Symposium
9/15	NRL Scientist Receives 2009 SAIGE Meritorious Service Award
9/24	NRL Artificial Intelligence Teams Win Prestigious Video Awards
12/11	Dr. Gerald Cooperstein Elected IEEE Fellow
12/14	Dr. Baruch Levush Receives Prestigious Jewell James Ebers Award
12/14	Dr. Baruch Levush Receives Department of Navy Award for Outstanding Research and Development
12/23	Donald Gubser Named ASM International Fellow
12/31	Dr. Warren Schultz Receives Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award
12/31	Dr. Todd Holland Receives the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award