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Six current and/or former staff members, of The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., were recently presented the first-ever Technology Pioneer Award by the Missile Defense Agency.

The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., has named Dr. Bharat T. Doshi to head its Research and Technology Development Center and Science and Technology Business Area.

A small team of researchers from The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., in conjunction with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), have developed a novel radiator so small its components are only visible under a microscope.

Using new Hubble Space Telescope observations, a research team led by Dr. Hal Weaver of The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory and Dr. Alan Stern of Southwest Research Institute has found that Pluto's three moons are essentially the same color — boosting the theory that the Pluto system formed in a single, giant collision.

In the Feb. 23 issue of the journal Nature, a team led by Dr. Hal Weaver of The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., describes its discovery of two new moons around Pluto — a finding that made the ninth planet the first Kuiper Belt object known to have multiple satellites.

The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., has been awarded a $30.4 million contract to start the first phase of Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009, a 4-year program that aims to develop a next-generation mechanical arm that mimics the properties and sensory perception of the real thing.

The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., has signed an agreement with Hologic, Inc., granting them exclusive, worldwide rights to the Lab's bone health analysis technology.

When the late American astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered planet Pluto 76 years ago this month, he opened the gateway to an unknown region of ancient, icy objects unlike any worlds in our solar system — and touched off a revolution in our understanding of Earth's ever-expanding planetary neighborhood.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has successfully carried out its first post-launch maneuvers, conducting two small thruster firings that slightly adjusted its path toward the outer solar system and the first close-up study of distant planet Pluto.

The ÃØÃÜÖ±²¥ University Applied Physics Laboratory has signed an agreement with MIPSolutions, Inc. granting it exclusive rights to the Lab's portfolio of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) technologies, a class of synthetic polymers that may be tailored to selectively detect a particular substance.