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A man uses a laser cutter
Tech Ventures
New innovation hub opens its doors
Published Sept 13, 2018
FastFoward U Homewood features meeting and event spaces, plus a makerspace equipped with laser cutters, 3-D printers, and more
Hurricane as seen from NASA satellites
Climate change, superstorms, and civil engineering
Published Sept 13, 2018
Two Hopkins engineers discuss the critical importance of shoring up America's infrastructure to protect from storms like Florence
Heart model
Heart health
Getting to the heart of cardiac arrhythmia
Published Sept 12, 2018
Computer models help physicians better identify heart tissue to target during cardiac ablation, a procedure to correct irregular heartbeats
Students sit with laptops on their desks
HopHacks
Hacking solutions for cities
Published Sept 11, 2018
At biannual hackathon, participants will develop apps aimed at improving urban living
Lagoon Nebula
Interdisciplinary
Space@Hopkins seed grants awarded
Published Sept 11, 2018
Interdisciplinary initiative brings together researchers from across the university who focus on civilian space studies
DART spacecraft
Asteroids
Throwing DARTs at approaching asteroids
Published Sept 6, 2018
APL-led mission will test a technique for deflecting asteroids on a collision course with earth
Power lines
cyber warfare
Protecting U.S. energy grid from cyber attacks
Published Sept 5, 2018
Paul Stockton, APL senior fellow and former Defense Department official, outlines plan to protect U.S. energy grid through defense and deterrence
Illustration of the solar probe flying through the sun's atmosphere
Taking the sun's measure
Published Fall 2018
The Parker Solar Probe is on its way to graze the sun, and the data it gathers may help answer some perplexing questions. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cohen Mummy
Faces from long ago
Published Fall 2018
Archaeological Museum exhibit focuses on reconstructing the faces—and dignity—of two mummies / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Close-up of prosthetic hand with sensory sleeve on fingertips
Prosthetics
To feel again
Published Fall 2018
Electronic skin engineered at Johns Hopkins returns a sense of touch to amputees / Johns Hopkins Magazine