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Biomolecular engineering

our engined airplane during flight in high altitude with condensation trails

Engineers create jet fuel from plants

Published Oct 4, 2023

Innovative method of creating jet fuel could deliver the same performance as petroleum-based jet fuel with a fraction of its carbon footprint

A microscopic image showing hydrogel filaments in nanoscales

Biomolecular engineering

Could hydrogel make HIV therapy more convenient?

Published Sept 25, 2023

Injectable solution that self-assembles into a gel could help manage HIV unlike any currently available methods

Photograph of Efie Kokkoli, a woman with short, dark hair

Nanobiotechnology

Tiny tubes target hard-to-treat cancer

Published Sept 15, 2023

Technology developed by JHU engineers could eventually treat an aggressive type of breast cancer

Brain cancer

This gel stops brain tumors in mice. Could it offer hope for humans?

Published April 24, 2023

The gel can reach areas that surgery might miss and current drugs struggle to reach to kill lingering cancer cells and suppress tumor growth

Nanotechnology

Pipes two million times smaller than an ant

Published Sept 7, 2022

Working on microscopic pipes only a millionth as wide as a single strand of human hair, Johns Hopkins University researchers have engineered a way to ensure that these tiniest of pipes are safe from the tiniest of leaks

Science

Engineers develop mini caps for mini brains

Published Aug 17, 2022

Engineering feat expands the research and testing available to scientists with brain organoids

A new COVID-19 sensor held by pink-gloved hands.

Engineering

A sensor for faster, more accurate COVID-19 tests

Published March 29, 2022

Hopkins researchers say the sensor combines accuracy levels approaching that of PCR testing with the speed of rapid antigen tests, could be used for mass testing at airports, schools, and hospitals