Ray Smola: DoD Physics Teacher Wins Presidential Award
Ray Smola is a physics teacher at Heidelberg High School. (Photo: Department of Defense Education Activity) Ray Smola is a physics teacher at the Department of Defense Education Activity, Heidelberg...
View ArticleNRL Researchers Discover New Solar Feature
This shows the locations of the STEREO-A and -B spacecraft in 2011 relative to the Sun, Earth, and SDO spacecraft. (Photo: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory) Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory...
View ArticleTracked Raindrops Falling On Our Heads
The image was obtained as a deep convective cloud system passed over the vertically pointed radar on August 27, 2010. (Graphics image designed by DR. Jerome Schmidt and Ms. Cynthia Karengin) Naval...
View ArticleFrom R2-D2 to Curiosity: Good Fiction to Great Science
Image above: Model explorers – Radio-controlled Astromech droids parade through the Orange County Convention center during Star Wars Celebration VI in Orlando, Fla. (Photo credit: NASA/Gianni Woods)...
View ArticleMetamaterials & Plasmonics
What do you know about metamaterials and plasmonics? Well you’re about to learn a little more (or what those are in general)! Dr. Paras N. Prasad, a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Physics,...
View ArticleQuantum Technology & The Military
When you think of military operations, chances are you think of the obvious. The tanks. The service members. The uniform. The helicopters. The military brass. The American flag. The Pentagon....
View ArticleDust It Off: Using Science to Keep the Military Clean
Warfighters in the field are constantly struggling to keep out dust, dirt and germs from their weapons, personal effects and even their own bodies. Although those in the field might not be able to keep...
View ArticleEducators Dive into STEM Experiments Led by Naval Academy Midshipmen
During a Bioengineering module, Midshipman 3rd-Class Emma Carlson (left) assists Felixberto Lazaro, Terese Falabella, and Amanda Mulder as they build a model of the lungs to examine Boyle’s Law,...
View ArticleNASA’s NICER Mission Arrives at Kennedy Space Center
By Clare Skelly NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center An upcoming NASA astrophysics mission will uncover the physics governing the ultra-dense interiors of neutron stars. Using the same platform, the...
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