A cycloidal diffractive waveplate (50) comprising first and second substrate layers (52, 54), a liquid crystal layer (60 C, 60 H) provided between the first and second substrate layers, and ...

News | Jun 3, 2019 US Army researchers are turning it ‘up to 11’ to make hypervelocity firearms Patented technologies are scalable and available to industry partners ...

Two engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Ohio have invented an improved technique for 3D printing strain gauges so they can monitor and characterize wings or structures under load. U.S.

The technology readiness level is a helpful knowledge-based standard and shorthand for evaluating the maturity of a technology or invention.

International law has banned the use of chemical weapons since the Hague Convention of 1899, but that hasn’t stopped their use. In March 2018, Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with ...

In science news that matters, on Tuesday the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio was granted U.S. Patent 11,198,927, titled “Niobium alloys for high temperature, structural applications.” ...

When a business seeks to develop a device, software, or other intellectual property owned by a branch of the military, they must often first secure a patent license. Read this article to determine ...

A leading computer scientist has invented a way for artificial neural networks to recognize objects it sees, even if they’re partially obscured. “Machines can readily accomplish tasks we think ...

Two researchers working for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have come up with a drone design that shoots out of a 40mm grenade launcher. On Thursday, the Army’s patent application for the GLUAS ...

A VA staffer in Cinncinnati has invented a novel eye-dropper to help people who would otherwise struggle with the tiny bottles of medicine. Terri Ohlinger is a nurse and case manager at the Cincinnati ...

U.S. Army researchers have packed a net into a 40mm grenade so they can take down enemy drones. The new invention, which was patented on Tuesday, brings high-tech engineering to the tried-and-true ...

Engineers at the U.S. Army's DEVCOM Armaments Center have designed a new bolt-on muzzle cone for the 120mm mortar tube. The device was patented on March 21, 2023; the inventors credited in U.S. Patent ...