What Do You Do With a Shrunken Laser?
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The laser is so small you need a microscope to see it properly. But it’s not just…
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76th CMXG Starts Sand Casting Aluminum Parts
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (AFNS) – The 76th Commodities Maintenance Group and Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling, or REACT, Lab…
Embarking on Quest for New Quantum Materials
Current approaches for quantum computing, sensing, communications, and signal processing rely on superconducting electronic devices that can manipulate or process…
DARPA Kicks Off Design, Fabrication for DRACO Experimental NTR Vehicle
DARPA, in collaboration with NASA, is advancing toward the goal of the world’s first in-orbit demonstration of a nuclear thermal…
U.S. Strategic Command Stands up Joint EMS Operations Center
U.S. Strategic Command officially stood up the Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Operations Center (JEC) during a ceremony at USSTRATCOM Headquarters…
Stunning Discovery: Metals Can Heal Themselves
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Scientists for the first time have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any…
Detecting Threats Beyond the Limits of Human, Sensor Sight
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Remember what it’s like to twirl a sparkler on a summer night? Hold it still and the fire…
Next Generation Fire Model (NGFM)
The NGFM is a software tool for estimating the probability of ballistically-induced fires in aircraft dry bays. Version 1.1 provides…
Armor for the Artic
It’s 8 a.m. on a cold December morning in Fairbanks, Alaska. The outside temperature without wind chill is well below…
“Secret Sauce” Enables New Way to Fabricate Compositionally Graded Alloys
Research into a new, unique technology to fabricate composite metal parts for a wide range of applications operating in extreme…
I Promise It’s Not a Test
On a hot August day at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat…
New Laser-Based Method Could Help Scientists Discover New Puncture-Resistant Materials
A bullet piercing the protective armor of a first responder, a jellyfish stinging a swimmer, micrometeorites striking a satellite: high-speed…