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Framed kratom leaves sit beneath a container of kratom
Addiction
Unknown substance
Published Feb 28, 2025
Johns Hopkins assistant professor Kirsten Smith has become a leading voice on the contentious herbal supplement kratom
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Research funding
Looming federal budget cuts jeopardize U.S. innovation, health
Published Feb 12, 2025 Video
Hopkins faculty members discuss how proposed NIH funding cuts would stall vital research projects across academia
The Dome with blue skies behind it and a green leafy tree in the foreground in April 2020
Research
Hopkins scholars among world's most cited researchers
Published Nov 22, 2024
52 researchers affiliated with JHU are among the 6,636 individuals on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by Clarivate Analytics
Bearded Fireworm crawls on the sand at the bottom of the sea
Earth science
Worms are an unlikely hero in evolution, Johns Hopkins scientists say
Published June 3, 2024
Their digging and burrowing sparked a chain of events that released oxygen into the ocean and atmosphere, helping to kick-start what is known as the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event
A person with a prosthetic leg walks on a treadmill
Mechanical engineering
Study links nano and macro aspects of everyday force
Published Jan 25, 2023
Research findings related to friction could improve the design of personal prosthetic devices and sustainable energy systems
A tick reaches for a human arm
Research findings
Researchers shed light on how Lyme disease infects the body
Published Dec 19, 2022 Video
New research findings on how Lyme disease infects the body could better inform treatment options and help prevent severe outcomes of the disease
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Astronomy
Johns Hopkins astronomers to discuss new satellite galaxy simulation
Published June 14, 2022
A new simulation used by Johns Hopkins researchers shows abundant streams of satellite galaxies, which early predictions thought to be incredibly rare
Cognitively good and bad
Published Fall 2014 Photos
The latest research findings from Johns Hopkins / Johns Hopkins Magazine