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Concept art depicting two white dwarf stars of equal mass but differing temperatures. The hotter white dwarf on the left appears slightly larger and puffier, surrounded by a glowing blue halo, while the cooler white dwarf on the right looks more compact and has a slightly less pronounced halo. The background consists of a dark starry sky with faint nebular patterns.
Astrophysics
Study confirms key details of extreme stellar behavior
Published Dec 18, 2024
Telescope observations of more than 26,000 dying stars match theories of hotter, puffier white dwarfs
A student makes adjustments to a turbine in a test wind tunnel
Student research
Hopkins team earns second place at Collegiate Wind Competition
Published June 30, 2021
In the university's first appearance at the annual competition, the Hopkins Student Wind Energy Team received praise for their miniature dual-rotor, counter-rotating wind turbine
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Startups
Student startup Relavo takes home $500,000 KidneyX prize
Published Aug 3, 2020
The award will support them as they work full-time on a solution for safer at-home dialysis—an issue they'll meet with greater urgency as the coronavirus pandemic makes in-person treatment riskier
Image of a colorful nebula with a white-hot center
Astrophysics
Johns Hopkins astrophysicists observe long-theorized quantum phenomena
Published July 30, 2020
A team led by students probes the mass-radius relation of white dwarf stars, observing in their data evidence of quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativity
Designing a noninvasive Parkinson's treatment
Published June 10, 2015 Video
Headband-shaped device designed by grad students could be a promising in-home treatment option