Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

MDA, Johns Hopkins APL Demonstrate Low-Cost Approach to Missile Defense Testing

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and APL have successfully demonstrated a new, lower-cost approach to national missile defense testing validating that commercially operated rockets can support rapid, ...

Automated catalyst testing uses two coordinated robots, cutting 32 days of work to 17 hours

A technology has been developed that uses robots rather than humans to evaluate the performance of newly developed catalysts. By operating 45 times faster than manual work while also improving ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

The cost of a dollar: 'A high bill'

A 17-month-long appeals process by former Assemblymember Barbara Haney to overturn an ethics violation penalty that included a $1 fine, cost the Fairbanks North Star Borough $21,557 in legal fees, ...
Orange County Register

Adam Summers: Why California’s high cost of living is not inevitable

Politicians as diverse as socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Republican President Donald Trump have recently tapped into voters’ concerns about affordability. This has already been an ...
Investopedia

Nearly 60% of People Skip or Delay Medical Treatment Due to High Costs—Here's What to Do Instead

Trina Paul is a Breaking News and Personal Finance Writer at Investopedia, covering topics like retirement, consumer debt, and retail investing. She focuses on making complex financial topics ...
The Washington Post

Trump targets a familiar villain for soaring health costs

President Donald Trump has been channeling public anger over health care costs in recent weeks, pillorying “money sucking” insurers and alleging that “BIG, BAD Insurance Companies” have been “ripping ...
Sentinel & Enterprise

Op-ed: Winter heating costs, financial strain, and navigating affordability

Winter in New England can be unforgiving. Throughout the bitter cold mornings, seemingly constant snow, and early sunsets, we hear the steady hum of heating systems reminding us they are working ...
ExtremeTech

High Demand, Low Memory Stock Strain Inventory of Some Nvidia RTX 50 GPUs

Stop us if you've heard this story before: The AI boom is driving overwhelming demand for memory products, straining the production of PC parts that incorporate memory, like graphics cards. This week, ...
New York Post

Chinese cars may be cheap — but the real costs are incredibly high

With the average cost of a new vehicle in the United States nearing $50,000, it’s understandable some Americans are dreaming of a cheaper Chinese alternative. The allure of paying half the price of a ...
Seattle Times

High school diploma cost Edmonds student future access, family says

Makena Simonsen is spending about $44,000 this year to cover lodging, tuition, and other expenses as she attends a program for students with disabilities at Bellevue College. She’s learning how to ...
WESH

Florida condo market sees price drops as insurance costs remain high

WARNING. FLORIDA’S CONDO OWNERS ARE STILL DEALING WITH RISING HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION FEES AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS, ACCORDING TO REALTOR.COM. THE AVERAGE SALES PRICE FOR A CONDO IS DOWN FROM LAST YEAR.