• 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

  • Thermal Barrier Coatings Research could extend jet engine life

    A team of Princeton University scientists and engineers, funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research here, are paving the way for the development of new and improved thermal barrier coatings (TBC) that could increase the lifetime of jet engines. To make their predictions, the team