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Science+Technology

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Nonfiction

Metropolis in Miniature

Published Winter 2024

New book explores the decadeslong rat empire experiments of Johns Hopkins Professor John B. Calhoun / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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AI with a Heart

Published Winter 2024

Traditional video analysis methods often struggle to predict viewers' emotional reactions. Now, a new AI system developed by engineers at Johns Hopkins can help. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Environmental health

Study confirms coal dust in Baltimore's Curtis Bay

Published Nov 25, 2024

Johns Hopkins team says the study raises health concerns, can be replicated by other heavily industrial neighborhoods

Animal behavior

Bats' Plan B for when they can't hear

Published Nov 25, 2024

New research by Johns Hopkins neuroscientists reveals instant compensation strategy that other animals might share

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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

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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

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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

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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.