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In memoriam

Historian Richard A. Goldthwaite dies at 90

Published March 7, 2024

Goldthwaite devoted his career to the cultural, social, and political impacts of Renaissance Florence's economic activities

Illustration of a fast blazing asteroid meteor over Earth

Planetary science

Interstellar signal linked to aliens was actually just a truck

Published March 7, 2024

The findings from a Johns Hopkins University-led team raise doubts that materials pulled last year from the ocean are alien materials from a 2014 meteor fireball

Writing with old feather quill with flying letters of alphabet and ink stain

Artificial intelligence

Writing around an AI taboo

Published March 6, 2024

A new collection of AI-assisted writing assignments co-edited by University Writing Program lecturer Carly Schnitzler offers teachers practical ways to incorporate AI into their work while setting ground rules for its use

Cartoon speech and thought bubbles cram cover the image. Each shows a different Internet-related icon, such as a thumbs up, hashtag, email envelope, or at sign.

Technology+Society

How to measure the health of online communities

Published March 6, 2024

Being dominated by one group or ideology is the hallmark of an unhealthy online space, Hopkins experts say

Johns Hopkins physics doctoral student Alvin Modin in the lab

Materials science

Liquid crystals could revolutionize robots of the future

Published March 4, 2024

Robots, cameras could be made of liquid crystals, thanks to a new discovery that significantly expands the potential of the chemicals already common in computer displays

In memoriam

Atmospheric scientist Richard S. Stolarski dies at 82

Published Feb 27, 2024

Stolarski's role in the discovery of the ozone hole set the stage for managing its repair—one of the greatest successes in environmental protection

A nighttime photo of the CLASS telescopes with a starry sky and milky way galaxy in the background

Astrophysics

A clearer picture of our galaxy and beyond

Published Feb 27, 2024

Results demonstrate novel strategy to probe the physics and history of the universe

The 2024 Sloan Research Fellows from Johns Hopkins are (clockwise from top left) Stephen Fried, Benjamin Grimmer, Justus Kebschull, Jonathan Lynch, and Yahui Zhang

Awards+Honors

Five JHU scientists named Sloan Research Fellows

Published Feb 20, 2024

Stephen Fried, Benjamin Grimmer, Justus Kebschull, Jonathan Lynch, and Yahui Zhang recognized for their potential to become leaders in their respective fields