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Concept art of exoplanet HD 189733b, a blue gas giant with yellow hue bands, up close with its parent star, a K-type that emits warm orange light.
Exoplanets
Nearby exoplanet reeks of rotten eggs
Published July 8, 2024
Johns Hopkins astronomers sniffed out the stinky atmosphere with Webb Telescope
Starliner docked at the ISS
Q+A
No rescue needed for Starliner, says Johns Hopkins space expert
Published July 5, 2024
Johns Hopkins engineer Patrick Binning clarifies misconceptions about 'stranded' astronauts, emphasizes importance of data collection
Flat Map With Location Pointer Illustration
Neuroscience
Brains can tune their navigation system without landmarks
Published June 27, 2024
Johns Hopkins team discovers visual motion clues alone help recalibrate your brain's internal GPS
Johns Hopkins To Open Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sustainability
Hopkins renewable energy lab slated for R House in Baltimore
Published June 27, 2024
The Ralph S. O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute secured a state government grant to establish an energy technology lab in Baltimore's Remington neighborhood
Aerial view of modern water cleaning facility at urban wastewater treatment plant. Purification process of removing undesirable chemicals, suspended solids and gases from contaminated liquid.
Environmental health
Team targets safety of fertilizers made from wastewater sludge
Published June 25, 2024
Johns Hopkins researchers create new list of possibly toxic contaminants commonly found in biosolids nationwide
A collage depicts a historical photo of geologist Florence Bascom alongside broken rocks
She dared to dig
Published Summer 2024
Trailblazing geologist Florence Bascom's stony path to becoming the first woman to receive her PhD from Johns Hopkins / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration depicts two bacteria sitting at a restaurant table with drinks in front of them
Bacteria are talking
Published Summer 2024
Molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler, A&S '90 (PhD), discovered that bacteria communicate using a complex chemical language. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Dinosaurs illo
Paleontology
Cracking open the fossil record
Published Summer 2024
Jasmina Wiemann's PaLEO Lab looks at fossils for new clues about how life evolved and how it will persist—or not—during the sixth mass extinction / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Susan Courtney
In memoriam
Visionary cognitive neuroscientist Susan Courtney dies at 57
Published June 13, 2024
Courtney's research focused on understanding the neural basis of higher cognitive function, and she was especially interested in how brain structure was affected by aging or disease
Blue skies with bright white clouds, looking up toward the Gilman Hall clock tower
Art + Mind
Baltimore writers to help scientists learn how brain processes stories
Published June 12, 2024
Winners of a new Baltimore writing contest will help Johns Hopkins University neuroscientists learn what happens in the brain when people read stories; deadline extended to July 31