A method for modifying the properties of balsa wood comprises infiltrating a protein ionic liquid comprising polymerized dopamine into delignified balsa wood. A method of making an optically active ...

Innovative research and treatments for Parkinson’s disease are now available for U.S. companies to license. April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, dedicated to shedding light on the second-most common ...

For decades U.S. military fleets have used midair refueling, an important capability that makes a global presence possible without on-the-ground refueling bases. By refueling while flying, an aircraft ...

Private-sector companies will soon be able to use an innovative and secure in-vehicle communication system developed by the Navy after a longtime defense contractor agreed to license the technology.

Federal labs spread across the United States are seeking solutions to the pressing issues of our time. In U.S. Department of Defense laboratories, inventions tie back to the needs of the warfighter.

U.S. businesses can bring innovative research and medical devices to market. Scientists and engineers from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) are developing groundbreaking ...

Dr. Rachel Abrahams of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Munitions Directorate has invented a new alloy for manufacturing bunker-buster munitions. The low alloy steel, known as USAF-96, when ...

Through technology transfer, businesses of all sizes have partnered with DOD and VA labs to significantly cut time and resources from their R&D efforts, bringing new products and services to market ...

A team of scientists working at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake (NAWCWD CL) has recently developed a network routing and data repackaging system for cybersecurity and using ...

The shape, size, and density of a propellant grain used in ammunition determine the burn time, amount of gas, and rate of gas production from the burning propellant and, as a consequence, thrust ...

Army researchers have developed an improved system and method for armoring combat vehicles called the Mechanically Adaptive Armor Linkage (MAAL). The armor is made from linkages similar to a bicycle ...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory operates as the Navy’s full-spectrum corporate laboratory, conducting a broadly based multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological ...