The Army Research Laboratory has established a new outpost designed to leverage academic and private-sector resources to advance the service's science and technology priorities. ARL Northeast, headquartered in Boston, will enable Army scientists to work alongside their counterparts from academia and industry in a bid to narrow the gap between basic and applied research and the provision of capabilities for soldiers. In an April 6 interview, Melissa Flagg, ARL Northeast site lead, described the initiative as a recognition that despite...