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Attentive mice listening for a tone
Neuroscience
Brain imaging reveals surprises about learning
Published March 19, 2025
By revealing for the first time what happens in the brain when an animal makes a mistake, JHU researchers shed light on the holy grail of neuroscience: the mechanics of how we learn
Ruth Aranow
SPOTLIGHT
The students' champion
Published March 19, 2025
Faculty-member-turned-adviser Ruth Aranow to retire after decades of making a difference
Blurry planets of the HR 8799 system against a black background, captured in infrared with Webb’s NIRCam. A star symbol marks the blocked-out host star
Astrophysics
Images show carbon dioxide outside our solar system
Published March 17, 2025
James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest key giant exoplanets likely formed like Jupiter and Saturn
Aerial shot of the Port of Baltimore at sunset, looking across a container terminal and over industrial facilities along the quayside towards the city skyline.
21st Century Cities
Baltimore-area residents worry about effects of climate change on their lives
Published March 6, 2025
Survey data provides insight into how Baltimore-area residents feel about climate change
David DeMille
Physics
Experimental physicist David DeMille joins JHU
Published March 3, 2025
DeMille is a pioneering physicist who has developed techniques to search for evidence of new particles and forces that could explain some of the universe's most enduring mysteries
Rajiv McCoy
Research matters
Project powers personalized, precision medicine
Published Feb 28, 2025
A decades-long NIH-backed effort to map the human genome has advanced our understanding of genetic risk factors and human health
photo from Porcelain War
Film
Oscar-nominated 'Porcelain War' to screen at Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Published Feb 25, 2025
Portrait of everyday Ukrainian artists and citizens fighting to save their country and culture will screen March 31 as part of new film series
Professional headshots of Xiongyi Huang and Yaojun Zhang.
Faculty Honors
Two named Sloan Research Fellows
Published Feb 18, 2025
Xiongyi Huang, Yaojun Zhang among 126 scholars selected for prestigious fellowship
Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building
Alum spotlight
The science of falling in love
Published Feb 13, 2025
A spark of algorithmic alchemy brought together Hopkins alum Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans, who met and married thanks to Netflix's reality series 'Love is Blind'
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, wearing a blue shirt and black athletic pants, performs a deadlift exercise using the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (aRED) aboard the International Space Station. The aRED machine, equipped with metal bars and vacuum cylinders, provides resistance training to help astronauts maintain muscle and bone strength in microgravity. The surrounding area is filled with white padded walls, equipment, and storage bags, characteristic of the ISS interior.
Space exploration
Workouts in space
Published Feb 13, 2025
Jumping workouts could help astronauts on the moon and Mars, study in mice suggests