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An AI-generated world featuring a house next to a small footbridge that crosses a creek. In the creek is a wooden canoe.
Artificial intelligence
A (generated) world of pure imagination
Published Dec 19, 2024
Model created by Hopkins computer scientists imagines in-depth scenarios based on a single image to make informed decisions
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
An example of VI3DP printed material in light blue and white
Civil engineering
Improving 3D-printed objects
Published Dec 12, 2024
A Johns Hopkins research team has created a new 3D-printing technique that addresses structural vulnerabilities in 3D-printed objects
Kuan-Hao Chao stands at a podium and speaks. There is a desktop screen on the podium.
Artificial Intelligence
New AI tool pinpoints gene splicing
Published Dec 11, 2024
A recent innovation from Johns Hopkins researchers enables deeper insights into gene function and disease-linked mutations
David Gracias and Zhaoli Sun
Faculty honors
Two Johns Hopkins researchers named to National Academy of Inventors
Published Dec 10, 2024
Chemical and biomolecular engineer David Gracias, transplant surgeon scientist Zhaoli Sun among 170 fellows recognized for contributions to science and society
Graduate student Riley Bond and Professor Howard Katz added voltage to the transistor and observed its ability to retain a charge
Materials science
Transistors that remember
Published Dec 9, 2024
Hopkins researchers reveal an unexpected quality in electrical switches, potentially impacting computer memory
Rope with reef knot isolated on white background.
Human perception
Judging knots throws people for a loop
Published Dec 9, 2024
Experiment reveals new blind spot in our physical reasoning: Most people cannot tell a weak knot from a strong one by looking at them
An animated clip shows a heart digital twin by Natalia Trayanova of Johns Hopkins University
Artificial intelligence
New AI cracks complex engineering problems faster than supercomputers
Published Dec 9, 2024
Shape-shifting technological solution by Hopkins researchers could be a game-changer for engineering designs
closeup of a knot on a tree trunk that resembles an ear
Eye of the beholder
Published Winter 2024
Pat Bernstein turned surgical recovery into artistic and philanthropic passion / Johns Hopkins Magazine
A photograph of a tree that has knots that resemble a face
Neuroscience
We see faces, everywhere
Published Winter 2024
Humans see the face of an old man in the knots of a tree, the shape of an animal in the clouds, the man on the moon. There's a word for that phenomenon: pareidolia. / Johns Hopkins Magazine