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JWST detects distant exoplanet

Published Jan 11, 2023

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory confirmed the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star roughly 41 light-years away, and it's almost exactly the same size as Earth.

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Biochemistry

Surprising protein behavior could improve understanding of aging

Published Jan 13, 2023

E. coli proteins lacking the ability to reassemble themselves could one day help scientists rethink studies of the human brain

Study links hearing loss, dementia

Published Jan 11, 2023

Bloomberg School study finds older adults with greater severity of hearing loss were more likely to have dementia, but the likelihood of dementia was lower among hearing aid users compared to non-users

Astronomy

This new interactive map lets you scroll through the universe

Published Nov 17, 2022

New map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy, sweeping beauty

A simple spray could keep COVID-19 away

Jan 12, 2023

Watch this robot do 'the Worm' when temperature changes

Dec 14, 2022

$100M gift from James and Morag Anderson will expand Bologna campus of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Dec 9, 2022

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Faculty Honors

Lauren Gardner wins top biomedical research prize

Published Sept 28, 2022

Gardner, creator of the COVID-19 dashboard that became the world's most trusted source for reliable, real-time data about the COVID pandemic, wins the 2022 Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award

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Hopkins, Howard partner to develop tech for neuro disorders

Published Sept 27, 2022

Both universities are partnering to create solutions for neurological conditions.

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Planetary defense

Bull's-eye! NASA's DART spacecraft slams into asteroid

Published Sept 26, 2022

Collision with asteroid Dimorphos demonstrates a mitigation technique that could be used in the future to deflect asteroids that pose a threat to Earth

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K-12 education

When school feels 'like prison,' test scores, college attendance drop

Published Sept 21, 2022

Students at high schools with prominent security measures have lower math scores, are less likely to attend college and are suspended more compared to students in schools with less surveillance, finds a new Johns Hopkins University study.

Neurology

Exercise hormone halts Parkinson's disease symptoms in mouse study

Published Sept 13, 2022

A new study could pave the way for the creation of a therapy used to treat Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

Delphine Tan, Jenlu Pagnotta, Hannah Yamagata

Collegiate Inventors Competition

Hopkins team among finalists

Published Sept 13, 2022

The team developed a simpler and more comfortable brace to treat kids born with clubfoot

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The best way to take a pill, according to science

Published Aug 16, 2022

Researchers examining the mechanics of drug dissolution and the natural anatomy of the stomach found that taking a pill while lying on your right side shortens the time it takes for medicine to be absorbed

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