Tag Archives: Naval Research Lab

Pararescue jumpers and combat rescue officers with the 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing conduct mass casualty training with the BATMAN system at FS Gabreski ANG, Aug. 25, 2015. The BATMAN system applies an airmen-centric design approach to all its research and development efforts to maximize the airmen's mission effectiveness and efficiency. New York Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher S Muncy

DoD Research Labs 101: Who They Are, What They Do

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Katie Lange

Electromagnetic railguns, exoskeletons, cockroach-sized robotics – these are all things the DoD’s research labs are working on to protect our fighting force.
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Posted in Defense Discussions, DoD News, Education, Force of the Future, Inside the DoD, Rotator | Tagged Air Force Research Lab, Army Research Lab, Batman, CAMEL, electromagnetic railgun, FERRET, Force of the Future, iHAS, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, Naval Research Lab, robotics, science, vigilant spirit | Leave a comment

AwS Saturday: Top Tech: Self-Decontaminating Materials

Posted on March 1, 2014 by bniegel

The Naval Research Laboratory developed a new self-decontaminating coating, capable of destroying pesticides, chemical agents and certain bacteria on contact.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Armed with Science, Armed with Science Saturday, Articles, bacteria, chemical agents, clothing, destroying pesticides, disposable wipes, filters, homeland defense, hydrolyzed methyl parathion, Jessica L. Tozer, microscopic matter linger, Naval Research Lab, Naval Research Laboratory, NRL, organophosphorous hydrolase, polyelectrolyte binder, self-decontaminating coating, self-decontamination, Technology Licensing, Top Tech, Top Technology | Leave a comment

Searching for the Sounds of Life

Posted on January 11, 2014 by bniegel

This story based off the interview conducted with Dr. Jill Tarter, SETI astronomer of whom Jodie Foster’s character in Contact. She searches the stars for signs of extraterrestrial radio frequencies in space.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News, Rotator | Tagged Air Force Space Com, aliens, Allen Telescope Array, Armed with Science, Articles, AWS, Department of Defense, DOD Science, DoD science blog, Dr. Arroway, Dr. Jill Tarter, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Large Number of Small Dishes, life, Naval Research Lab, Paul Allen, planets, Post Detection Protocol, science, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, SETI, space, space matters, space science, U.S. Naval Observatory | Leave a comment

The Continuing Scientific Relevance of SciFi

Posted on June 8, 2013 by glenn.selby

Did you know that the U.S. military culture served as a major inspiration for the show ‘Star Trek’? Well, it was. Read on to learn how our military heritage shaped science fiction.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News | Tagged #SIBeamUp, aperture for science future, Armed with Science, Bigelow Aerospace, directed energy weapons, Doctor Who, Dr. Margaret Weitkamp, Endangered Species Act, equality, Gene Roddenberry, hopeful human spirit, iconic SciFi symbols, Jessica L. Tozer, Klingons, lasers, Martin Luther King Jr, Mike Gold, MLK Jr, NASA, Naval Research Lab, Nichelle Nichols, Optimus Prime, peace, science fiction, Science fiction is the aperture for science future, sensor that works like a tricorder, Smithsonian Air and Space museum, Star Flee, Star Trek, Support Exploration, symbol of the future, TARDIS, Temporal Prime Directive, the continuing relevance of Star Trek, The Continuing Scientific Relevance Of SciFi, The Voyage Home, Tribbles, TV props, United States Army Air Corps, United States Army Air Forces, USS Enterprise, Voyager, We Are The Explorers, World War II | Leave a comment

Armed with Science Saturday: Top Tech – Printing Cells

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Erin Wittkop

Join Armed with Science blogger Jessica Tozer as she explains how “biopapers” developed at the Naval Research Laboratory could speed up cellular regeneration.
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Posted in Armed With Science Saturday, DoD News, Rotator | Tagged 3D conformal cell printing, Armed with Science, Armed with Science Saturday, BioLPTM, biopapers, Cell and Biofactor Printable Biopapers, heterogeneous tissue structures, Naval Research Lab, Naval Research Laboratory, NRL, PLGA/hydrogel biopapers, prevascularization, prevascularized constructs, Printing Cells, regenerative medicine, stackable substrate, tissue formation, vasculature formation | Leave a comment