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Science+Technology

Astrophysics
Could copycat black hole be a new type of star?
Published April 20, 2023
Though the mysterious object is a hypothetical mathematical construction, new simulations by Hopkins researchers suggest there could be other celestial bodies in space hiding from even the best telescopes on Earth
Optica Women Scholars program honors undergraduate for work on solar cells
Published April 19, 2023
Whiting School junior Dana Kachman is one of 20 women worldwide to receive a $10,000 scholarship and access to professional development resources
Community
JHU students mentor Baltimore middle schoolers for Maryland Science Olympiad
Published April 19, 2023
The Maryland Science Olympiad will bring competitors to the Homewood campus from elementary schools across the state, nine of which received mentorship from Johns Hopkins students
Community
An equation for success
Published April 17, 2023
Hopkins students develop tools to help a Baltimore food distribution operation meet the needs of more people in the city
Awards+Honors
DART mission lead named to TIME100
Published April 13, 2023
Ed Reynolds, a program manager at APL, led a team of hundreds in successful demonstration of asteroid redirection technology
Materials engineering
How an African bird might inspire a better water bottle
Published April 12, 2023
Understanding how birds of a feather—specifically the male sandgrouse—can carry about 15% of their body weight in water could help scientists create new absorbent materials
Biology
How a worm's embryonic cells changed its development potential
Published April 7, 2023
The findings, which upend classical thinking about animal cell differentiation, could shed light on mutations linked to human diseases
Artificial intelligence
AI could help close tax loopholes
Published April 6, 2023
Tech and law experts created Shelter Check—software that could solve a billion-dollar problem
Jack Iwashyna joins JHU as Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Published April 5, 2023
Iwashyna blends acute care expertise with health services research to better understand how an array of factors affect a patient's life course
Artificial intelligence
AI data better than the real thing
Published March 20, 2023
Hopkins researchers find that algorithms trained on manufactured data can be even better than the real thing for important surgical tasks