• AFOSR Awards $8.6 Million for DoD Research at ASU

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded two Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program grants to Arizona State University (ASU), totaling about $9 million, potentially over the next 5 years . ASU is one of eight universities to receive more

  • AFOSR Funded Research Leads to a Quantum Dot Technological Breakthrough

    Using Air Force Office of Scientific Research basic research funding, through the Asian Office of Aerospace Research & Development (AOARD), a team of scientists from Thailand are the first in their field to successfully demonstrate solid experimental results on the physical utilization of quantum

  • European Union selects AFRL nanotoxicology article

    The European Union's Nanosafe2 project--a four-year program to assess risks associated with nanoparticles and develop management plans for safe production of nanomaterials--has honored Air Force Research Laboratory scientists for their significant contributions to understanding

  • Energetic Cluster Studies May Lead to Improved Rocket Propellants

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research here completed a thorough periodic review of its molecular dynamics research program June 7 during an annual conference held this year in Arlington. Two of the 90-plus researchers and scientists in attendance included Drs. A. Welford "Will" Castleman Jr,

  • AFRL Directorates Showcase Warfighter Support at Special Ops Week in Tampa

    Representatives from the Air Force Research Laboratory headquarters and its technology directorates presented some of their research programs to the attendees of the 2006 Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week at the Tampa Convention Center June 20-22. Members of the Human Effectiveness, Directed

  • AFOSR Conducts Successful Workshop on Biologically Inspired Fight

    Air Force Office of Scientific Research officials here recently completed a workshop entitled, "Biologically Inspired Flight for Micro Air Vehicles - MAVs - in Denver. MAVs are part of a new breed of remotely controlled aircraft that are significantly smaller than currently available remotely