Journals and Conference Proceedings
Research from APL experts is published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and in conference proceedings. Explore some highlights of our work.
Researchers from APL and Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering discovered that conventional image quality metrics don't reliably predict AI performance. The team developed a framework to enable the creation of metrics that better explain AI performance. https://jhuapl.link/published
16.10.2025 20:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Johns Hopkins APL Develops Innovative Platform for Traumatic Brain Injury Research
A team of researchers from APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is developing next-generation brain organoid platforms to better understand the effects of mild blast-induced tra...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are developing next-gen organoid platforms to study how repeated low-level blasts and other forms of brain trauma affect the brain, advancing protection and care for military personnel. https://jhuapl.link/026
15.10.2025 20:49 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Johns Hopkins APL engineers adapted battlefield-tested AI and upstream data fusion to enhance the precision and speed of breast cancer detection. Learn how combining multimodal data streams is revolutionizing diagnostic imaging.
Watch the full video: https://jhuapl.link/cjf
14.10.2025 15:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Engineering Tomorrow’s Quantum Computers
Researchers have touted the revolutionary potential of quantum computers to take on otherwise intractable challenges, like modeling complex molecular behavior for drug discovery or factoring enormous ...
Researchers have touted the revolutionary potential of quantum computers to take on challenges from drug discovery to cryptography. With help from Johns Hopkins APL, DARPA is working to define, in practical terms, what a useful quantum computer looks like. https://jhuapl.link/08s
24.09.2025 16:58 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:30 a.m. EDT.
NASA’s IMAP mission lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 7:30 a.m. EDT. Led by Princeton and operated by APL, IMAP will explore the heliosphere and provide critical data for space weather forecasting, which will help protect spacecraft, satellites and human explorers. https://jhuapl.link/d11
24.09.2025 14:33 — 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2
NASA’s IMAP Mission Passes Major Prelaunch Milestone
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) completed its Flight Readiness Review on Sept. 18, which certifies its readiness to initiate final launch preparation activities. IMAP is targ...
NASA’s IMAP mission has passed its Flight Readiness Review, which certifies its readiness to initiate final launch preparation activities. IMAP is targeting a launch date of Sept. 23 from Kennedy Space Center. IMAP will map the heliosphere and advance space weather science. https://jhuapl.link/85e
19.09.2025 20:55 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Today marks 78 years of service and dedication to advancing air and space superiority. Happy birthday to the United States Air Force.
18.09.2025 20:08 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nano-engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL, in collaboration with Samsung Research, have unveiled a breakthrough in solid-state cooling technology, doubling the efficiency of today’s commercial systems. Driven ...
Researchers at APL and Samsung Research have unveiled a breakthrough in solid-state cooling, doubling the efficiency of today’s commercial materials. This 2025 R&D 100 Award-winning innovation could transform industries by replacing compressor-based refrigeration. https://jhuapl.link/ea6
17.09.2025 17:23 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Space Science Snapshots
At APL, our space scientists and engineers strive every day to break new ground—through research, spacecraft and instrument designs, and much more.
Apollo 16 astronauts left footprints in unexpectedly fluffy lunar soil. APL’s Tyler Powell linked that to a thermal “cold spot” detected by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, showing how temp reveals hidden surface conditions & guides future human exploration. https://jhuapl.link/science-snapshot
15.09.2025 16:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Training Robots to Plan and React Like Humans
Johns Hopkins APL researchers are advancing robotic perception by using artificial intelligence to equip autonomous agents with the capacity to make sense of unstructured environments — and make plans...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL are advancing robotic perception with agentic AI, enabling autonomous agents to make sense of unstructured environments and plan like humans, supporting warfighters and first responders in complex, off-road situations. https://jhuapl.link/b51
10.09.2025 17:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NASA’s Dragonfly Soaring Through Key Development, Test Activities
NASA’s Dragonfly mission has cleared several key design, development and testing milestones and remains on track toward launch in July 2028.
NASA’s Dragonfly mission, built and managed by APL, is on schedule and on track for its 2028 launch. Each week brings progress: tests completed, hardware produced, software validated, analyses proven. The team is moving toward the 2026 start of integration and testing. https://jhuapl.link/4ac
09.09.2025 14:26 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Johns Hopkins APL has been recognized for the seventh consecutive year as one of @fastcompany.com’s Best Workplaces for Innovators. APL ranks in the top 50 worldwide for fostering innovation and bold ideas. https://jhuapl.link/47b
09.09.2025 14:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
At-Home ‘Retinal Selfies’ May Provide a Window on Health
Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL and the Johns Hopkins Medicine Wilmer Eye Institute in Baltimore are designing a retinal imaging platform in the form of wearable eyeglasses that has the potential to ...
Researchers from Johns Hopkins APL and Johns Hopkins Medicine are creating a retinal imaging platform in the form of wearable eyeglasses. This work could increase access to imaging and generate data to improve diagnostic tools and accelerate research. https://jhuapl.link/qpx
03.09.2025 17:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Stories from APL’s groundbreaking research are now in audio format. Narrated audio articles share the Lab’s critical contributions to critical challenges, technical innovation, world-class expertise and more. Available on APL’s website, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. https://jhuapl.link/audio-articles
28.08.2025 18:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Johns Hopkins APL Team Applies Expertise to Homeland Defense Wargame
A team from APL played a central role in a recent Defense Department wargame that addressed the challenges of protecting logistics infrastructure against growing adversarial threats.
A team from Johns Hopkins APL played a central role in Vista Gladiator, a Department of Defense wargame, enhancing technical realism and addressing challenges in defending critical logistics infrastructure from adversarial threats. jhuapl.link/1ac
13.08.2025 18:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Johns Hopkins APL Satellite Communications Facility Plays Critical Role in U.S. Lunar Initiative
A signature APL facility that dates back to the Sputnik era is playing a pivotal role for one of NASA’s most critical lunar initiatives.
APL’s Satellite Communications Facility, built in 1961 for the Transit navigation system, remains critical to deep space missions. The SCF recently supported Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 1, receiving data during cruise and lunar surface ops. jhuapl.link/978
30.07.2025 14:32 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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