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Professor Eric Johnson shows off a table of distilling equipment.
Intersession, distilled
Published Jan 13, 2026 Video
In senior lecturer Eric Johnson's Intersession course, students are learning a chemical process that's thousands of years old: distilling liquor. The five-day class teaches undergraduates the science of fermentation, distillation, and aging, complete with hands-on practice and a tour of the Baltimore Spirits Company distillery.
Sunlight and low angle view photo of forest ground with pine cones and needles with trees in background
Genomics
Dirty dark matter
Published Jan 6, 2026
Massive endeavor including Hopkins researchers and students aims to understand the planet's most biodiverse habitats
Aerial view of data centers in Ashburn, Virginia.
Q+A
Is data center growth compatible with energy sustainability?
Published Jan 20, 2026
Johns Hopkins energy research scholar Abe Silverman discusses the environmental and economic considerations related to the proliferation of data centers
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Geriatrics
JH AITC awards support seniors, caregivers
Published Jan 27, 2026
Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research awards grants to research teams across the country in its fifth round of funding
Takashi Ono
Acclaimed mathematician Takashi Ono dies at 97
Jan 13, 2026
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Open Source Programs Office receives grant to establish Research Software Support Network
Jan 6, 2026
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New tech reduces false positives from breast ultrasounds
Dec 17, 2025

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Featured topic: cybersecurity

Team members from left, Lanjing Liu and Yaxing Yao
Cybersecurity
Computer scientists put privacy research on display
Published Aug 5, 2025
Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame researchers partnered with the National Museum of Natural History to help children hone their online privacy skills
Michael Rushanan teaches the cybersecurity class
Cybersecurity
Hopkins students thwart fitness tracker hackers
Published May 20, 2025
In a new course, students prepare for the FDA's ramped up security requirements for insulin pumps, pacemakers, and other wearables
Anton Dahbura
3 Questions
Why might the U.S. ban TikTok?
Published March 25, 2024
Hopkins cybersecurity expert Anton Dahbura explains the proposed regulation and the threats the app could pose to Americans
An illustration of a person using a phone and being spied on
Expert Opinion
Is TikTok stealing more than just your time?
Published Dec 21, 2022
Cybersecurity expert Anton Dahbura discusses growing concerns with the popular app, citing potential data theft as a risk to U.S. security
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Computer scientist identifies JavaScript vulnerability in thousands of websites
Published March 14, 2022
ProbeTheProto framework helps identify and alert websites vulnerable to a flaw that allows malicious actors to 'pollute' important web code
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Online engineering master's programs ranked among the nation's best
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Whiting School of Engineering online graduate programs are among the top 10 in all areas ranked by 'U.S. News & World Report'
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Geriatrics
JH AITC awards support seniors, caregivers
Published Jan 27, 2026
Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research awards grants to research teams across the country in its fifth round of funding
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Seismology
Tracking space junk as it falls to Earth
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Earthquake-detecting seismometers pinpoint sounds of space debris entering the atmosphere
A routine IVF embryo biopsy for clinical genetic testing, which provided the large-scale genetic data analyzed in this study
Human reproduction
Study reveals genetic factors influencing pregnancy loss
Published Jan 21, 2026 Video
The findings shed new light on human reproduction and suggest pathways for developing treatments to lower the risk of pregnancy loss
Aerial view of data centers in Ashburn, Virginia.
Q+A
Is data center growth compatible with energy sustainability?
Published Jan 20, 2026
Johns Hopkins energy research scholar Abe Silverman discusses the environmental and economic considerations related to the proliferation of data centers
Three people react with delight as a small copper still produces alcohol.
Intersession, distilled
Published Jan 13, 2026 Video
Biochemist Eric Johnson's one-week Intersession course introduces students to the complex processes used to make brandy and other liquors
Susanne Sterbing
In memoriam
Assistant research professor Susanne Sterbing dies at 60
Published Jan 8, 2026
Sterbing was best known for her work comparing auditory and somatosensory systems of different species
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Libraries
Open Source Programs Office to establish Research Software Support Network
Published Jan 6, 2026
With funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sheridan Libraries' OSPO launches an initiative to coordinate and support scholars' use of research software across the university
Sunlight and low angle view photo of forest ground with pine cones and needles with trees in background
Genomics
Dirty dark matter
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Talia Hovsepian smiles for a photo at a Formula 1 race.
Applied Math
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Undergraduate Talia Hovsepian is taking a gap year to work as a data scientist for Racing Bulls
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