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Animal behavior
Bats' Plan B for when they can't hear
Published Nov 25, 2024 Video
New research by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists reveals instant compensation strategy that other animals might share
biomolecular engineering
Shape-shifting gels create possibilities for shape-shifting robots
Published Nov 22, 2024
Johns Hopkins engineers have developed gel strips that change shape when given chemical instructions written in DNA code
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
Archaeology
Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed
Published Nov 21, 2024
Findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries
Artificial intelligence
AI and human writers share stylistic fingerprints
Published Nov 18, 2024
People write with personal style and individual flourishes that set them apart from other writers. So does AI, including top programs like Chat GPT, new Johns Hopkins University-led research finds.
Faculty Honors
Danielle Speller honored by American Institute of Physics
Published Nov 14, 2024
Co-sponsored by the National Society of Black Physicists, the award celebrates promising early-career physicists
Q+A
Microbes, not fossil fuels, biggest source of rising atmospheric methane levels
Published Nov 12, 2024
Hopkins expert Scot Miller discusses a new analysis challenging assumptions about the drivers of spiraling global methane levels
Machine learning
Robot performs with skill of human doctor
Published Nov 11, 2024 Video
Breakthrough training system utilizing imitation learning opens 'new frontier' in medical robotics
Artificial intelligence
Surgeons still key even as AI procedures advance
Published Nov 7, 2024 Video
Johns Hopkins briefing explores the evolving role of robotics and artificial intelligence in surgery
Child development
Toddlers understand possibility
Published Nov 4, 2024 Video
Children too young to know words like "impossible" and "improbable" nonetheless understand how possibility works, finds new work with 2- and 3-year-olds