Facility Focus: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-37446
Published August 01, 2020 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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  • English

Founded on March 10, 1942, the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at Johns Hopkins University is the nation’s largest university-affiliated research center. It was created as part of a federal government effort to mobilize scientific resources to address wartime challenges. APL rapidly became a major contributor to advances in guided missiles and submarine technologies.