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A male Asian chef wearing a surgical mask makes stir fry in a commercial kitchen

Environmental health

Order up for cleaner kitchen air

Published Dec 7, 2023

A research team that included a JHU air-quality expert has developed a new method for better estimating potential exposure to cooking-related emissions during stir-frying

A cow, looking directly at the camera, stands in an open field at sunset

Environmental Health

Turning waste into watts

Published Dec 7, 2023

Study led by Hopkins environmental engineers suggests that anaerobic digestion could be used to clean cattle manure and produce fuel

In memoriam

Planetary scientist George W. Fisher dies at 86

Published Dec 5, 2023

Fisher produced a definitive summary of southern and central Appalachian geology, and later studied how humans can live within the limits of Earth's system

Exoplanets

Clearer views of distant water worlds

Published Nov 27, 2023

Research by Hopkins scientists will help model how water exoplanets form and evolve—findings that could help in the search for life beyond our solar system

Materials science

Tiny spinal stimulator, big impact on paralysis

Published Nov 27, 2023

A device designed by Johns Hopkins researchers may hold promise for restoring mobility to those with lower limb paralysis

Big data

Groundbreaking method to match celestial objects across telescopes

Published Nov 27, 2023

New approach developed by Johns Hopkins researchers promises to improve the accuracy of celestial object matching

Flood Protection Sandbags with flooded homes in the background

Civil engineering

Better flood damage forecasting

Published Nov 27, 2023

Natural disaster risk modeling provides a reliable and affordable way for governments to estimate expected damage caused by rivers overflowing their banks