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![APL Assistant Director Tim Galpin and U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center commanding officer Capt. Michael Chien signed a memorandum of understanding at APL on Aug. 5.](/sites/default/files/2024-08/20240815-USCG-MOU.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 15, 2024
Johns Hopkins APL and U.S. Coast Guard Expand National Defense, Maritime Security Partnership
APL and the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center in New London, Connecticut, have signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding to team up on addressing critical technology challenges in national defense and maritime security.
![In June, members of the EZIE team hosted a three-day workshop in Arizona with Indigenous educators and students to discuss how to connect Indigenous teaching with scientific-based learning. Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Craig Weiman](/sites/default/files/2024-08/20240808-EZIE-Mag-Indigenous-Outreach.jpg)
News
Aug 8, 2024
EZIE-Mag Provides Bridge Between Indigenous Teaching and Modern Science
The EZIE mission’s unique approach to outreach includes collaborating with Indigenous communities, highlighted by a three-day workshop held this past June in Arizona.
![APLers Rebecca Eager, Valerie Washington, Jared Markowitz, Marisel Villafane-Delgado and Krista Rand, who are working with researchers from the Whiting School of Engineering on a 2024 Discovery Award-funded project to improve how humans predict and prepare for climate impacts on critical infrastructure. (Credit: Johns Hopkins APL/Ed Whitman)](/sites/default/files/2024-08/20240807-2024-Discovery-Award-Recipients.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 7, 2024
Johns Hopkins APL Researchers Drive Innovation in 2024 JHU Discovery Awards
Seven projects funded by the 2024 JHU Discovery Awards program leverage the expertise of APL scientists and engineers, including four APL-led initiatives covering challenges in areas such as climate adaptation and DNA-based 3D bioprinting.
![Materials discovery](/sites/default/files/2024-08/20240805-Materials-Discovery.jpg)
Press Release
Aug 6, 2024
Johns Hopkins APL Employing AI to Discover Materials for National Security Needs
Using artificial intelligence and innovative materials science techniques, APL is leading an effort to rapidly discover revolutionary materials that allow critical operations in specific, extreme environments.
![Artist’s impression of MESSENGER at Mercury](/sites/default/files/2024-08/20240802-MESSENGER-Mercury.jpg)
News
Aug 2, 2024
Twenty Years After Launch, MESSENGER’s Exploration Legacy Endures
Marking the 20th anniversary of MESSENGER’s launch, APL looks back on a trailblazing mission that showed the world a new way to conduct first-of-its-kind space exploration.