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Scale model of Hamburg, Germany, being used for a large wind tunnel experiment.

The 20 feet by 15 feet, 1.5-foot thick single piece of granite is within +/- 0.0018 inches flat across its surface. Quarried from the Raymond Granite Quarry, Clovis, Calif., the 450 cubic-foot, 37.5 ton GOT slab is thought to be the largest, single slab, precision granite table in the world.

Dr. Rhonda Stroud, head of the nanoscale materials section at the NRL briefs Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Dr. John P. Holdren, and Chief of Naval Research, Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, during a tour of NRL.

NRL's Electromagnetic Railgun completes its one-thousandth successful firing.

A 50-foot radio telescope dish atop NRL's main administration building is the unofficial symbol of the Laboratory.

Naval Research Laboratory OpensLaboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (Photo: Jamie Hartman, Naval Research Laboratory)

NRL's CT-Analyst Operational Demo Delivered to Hamburg Germany Fire Brigade (Photo: University of Hamburg)

NRL Brings the Inertia of Space to Robotics Research (Photo: Naval Research Laboratory)

White House S&T Advisor the Honorable Dr. John Holdren Tours Naval Research Laboratory (Photo: John Williams, Office of Naval Research)

Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun Reaches Testing Milestone (Photo: Naval Research Laboratory)

Learn about the Naval Research Laboratory's world-class science and technology. (Photo: Naval Research Laboratory)

About NRL

NRL is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps and conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development. NRL has served the Navy and the nation for over 85 years and continues to meet the complex technological challenges of today's world.

November 29, 2012

NRL-SSC Transitions New Ice Model to Navy

Scientists have played a key role in the development and now transition of the Arctic Cap Nowcast Forecast System (ACNFS) from research to operational Navy use.

November 11, 2012

NRL Scientists Detect Carbon Dioxide Accumulation
at the Edge of Space

A team of scientists from NRL, Old Dominion University, and the University of Waterloo reports the first direct evidence that emissions of carbon dioxide caused by human activity are propagating upward to the highest regions of the atmosphere.

November 2, 2012

Navy Researchers Look to Rotating Detonation Engines to Power the Future

At NRL, scientists are studying the complex physics of Rotating Detonation Engines which offer the potential for high dollar savings by way of reduced fuel consumption in gas-turbine engines.

October 30, 2012

Navy Oceanographers Delve Deeper in Wave Data to Improve Forecasts

The U.S. Navy has one of the most active and vital operational oceanography programs in the world. With a greater understanding of wave mechanics, scientists can improve wave forecasts in oceans around the globe.

October 19, 2012

NRL Researchers Discover New Route to Spin-Polarized Contacts on Silicon

NRL scientists have demonstrated that graphene can serve as a low resistance spin-polarized tunnel barrier contact, which successfully enables spin injection/detection in silicon from a ferromagnetic metal. This discovery clears an important hurdle to the development of future semiconductor spintronic devices.

October 12, 2012

Naval Research Laboratory Dedicates Marine Meteorology Center

NRL senior officials were joined by The Honorable Sam Farr, U.S. Representative for California's 17th Congressional District, for the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony of the Marine Meteorology DIvision's new 15,000-square-foot Marine Meteorology Center research facility on Friday, October 12.