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Did you know that U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists can reprogram cellular machinery to develop protein materials that nature has yet to discover?  True story. ARL researchers report on just this type of breakthrough in an article highlighted on the …
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When I first got the call that the chief scientist of the Air Force – Dr. Mark T. Maybury – was interested in speaking with me, I was equal parts excited and intimidated. After some grueling and extensive research (and …
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The Air Force currently plans to fly its second X-51A Waverider hypersonic flight test demonstrator as early as March 22, program officials said March 15. “We are proud of the first flight results, and at the same time we understand …
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It’s not written in stone that every Soldier will get an Android phone or an iPhone — but signs are pointing to it. During a DODLive Bloggers Roundtable Feb. 24, Lt. Gen. Michael Vane, director of the Army Capabilities Integration …
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Matthew Mientka works at the Defense Media Activity’s Emerging Media Directorate. A senior Navy official yesterday criticized a major “think tank” for its outlook on the development of alternative fuel technologies and markets. Tom Hicks, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy …
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Dr. John Ohab is a new technology strategist at the Department of Defense Public Web Program. Way back in 2009 – before Defense Fellows were redesigning Barbie, blood was being delivered to Soldiers from the sky, and researchers were developing …
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By Ian Graham Emerging Media, Defense Media Activity Video games have advanced by leaps and bounds in the past few years. What once was a big black box with a bad video version of ping-pong is now a sleek, motion-capturing, …
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By Christen N. McCluney Emerging Media, Defense Media Activity Navy researchers are supporting today’s warfighter with new advances in biomedical research and development. “Medical research and development activity provides the inspiration for discovery and further development of new ideas, new …
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