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Multiple news tweets referencing Demi Lovato overdose
Substance abuse
Missed opportunities in overdose coverage
Published Jan 14, 2019
Only 216 of the 42,500 news reports about the pop star's alleged overdose this past summer included mention of the national addiction hotline, 1-800-662-HELP, a free service that connects callers with lifesaving addiction resources
Slot machines in a casino
Brain bets
How our brains decide whether to hold 'em or fold 'em
Published Jan 7, 2019
Biomedical engineers discover a "push-pull" dynamic between the brain's hemispheres during high-risk betting
3D image of Ultima Thule
Deep space
Ultima Thule, now in 3D
Published Jan 4, 2019
Before passing behind the sun, 'New Horizons' spacecraft relays scientific data daily
Robots in a car factory
The fourth industrial revolution is here
Published Dec 27, 2018
A by-the-numbers look at the future of job markets in the era of robotics, AI, and automation
Hubble finds faraway planet vanishing at record speed
Dec 13, 2018
Alien imposters: Planets with oxygen don't necessarily have life, study finds
Dec 17, 2018
Scientists hope to build better robots by studying the subtle movements of fish
Nov 30, 2018

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Ten with Hopkins ties named to 'Forbes' 30 Under 30 list
Nov 28, 2018
The ethics of gene editing: Lulu, Nana, and 'Gattaca'
Jan 17, 2019
Students learn how to turn their great ideas into viable business ventures
Jan 16, 2019
'New Horizons' mission reveals entirely new kind of world
Jan 2, 2019
Researchers discover the signal that drives stem cells to form new bones
Jan 8, 2019
How our brains decide whether to hold 'em or to fold 'em
Jan 7, 2019
Clearly a better mask
Dec 10, 2018
Johns Hopkins plans summer science internships for undergrads from underrepresented groups
Jan 7, 2019

Featured topic: cybersecurity

On and off switch
cybersecurity
Grid locked
Published Winter 2018
Johns Hopkins computer scientists develop a tool to protect power grids from cyberattacks / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Power lines
cyber warfare
Protecting U.S. energy grid from cyber attacks
Published Sept 5, 2018
Paul Stockton, APL senior fellow and former Defense Department official, outlines plan to protect U.S. energy grid through defense and deterrence
Quadrotor against blue sky
Enhancing drone safety
Published March 27, 2018
Three cybersecurity grad students work to prevent hacking attacks on drones
illustration of a like button, a thumbs up, with two fingers crossed
DISINFORMATION
Hope in the era of election meddling
Published Spring 2018
Social media sites are ideal platforms for disinformation campaigns, but there's a growing trend to combat fake news: digital forensics / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Power lines
National security
Software could safeguard power grid
Published Feb 21, 2018
If part of an electrical grid is compromised in a cyber attack, new software developed at Hopkins is designed to keep power flowing
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Embryo
Intersession
Lulu, Nana, and 'Gattaca'
Published Jan 17, 2019
Students debate the ethical issues surrounding the recent birth of genetically altered twins who were designed to be HIV-resistant
Charlie Wang
Intersession
'Execution is everything'
Published Jan 16, 2019
Undergraduate students get a crash course in how to build viable businesses from their ideas and inventions
X-ray of a spine
Pathology
Stem cell signal drives new bone building, study finds
Published Jan 8, 2019
The discovery is the first step in developing a stem cell therapy to help patients recover from bone fractures, spinal fusion, and osteoporosis
Slot machines in a casino
Brain bets
How our brains decide whether to hold 'em or fold 'em
Published Jan 7, 2019
Biomedical engineers discover a "push-pull" dynamic between the brain's hemispheres during high-risk betting
A row of lab coats hang on hooks in a lab
Amgen Scholars
Science internships for promising undergrads
Published Jan 7, 2019
Amgen Foundation grant will fund summer spots for students from backgrounds underrepresented in science, those whose colleges don't have research opportunities
3D image of Ultima Thule
Deep space
Ultima Thule, now in 3D
Published Jan 4, 2019
Before passing behind the sun, 'New Horizons' spacecraft relays scientific data daily
A blurry image of an object formed by two spheres
'New Horizons'
Mission reveals entirely new kind of world
Published Jan 2, 2019
New, detailed images of Ultima Thule shed light on the processes that built the planets billions of years ago
Christmas tree in a shopping mall
Neuroscience
Foragers rush in
Published Dec 18, 2018
Are you that holiday bargain hunter, hurrying from store to store? Your habits may be rooted in theories of "optimal foraging," experts find.
Chao He
Planetary science
Planets with oxygen don't necessarily have life
Published Dec 17, 2018
In simulations of planetary atmospheres, researchers successfully create both organic compounds and oxygen, absent of life
Scientist works with a petri dish and pipette
Research
Hopkins again leads U.S. universities in R&D spending
Published Dec 17, 2018
JHU spent a record $2.562B in fiscal year 2017, leading all U.S. universities in research spending for the 39th year in a row
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