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Science+Technology

Brain cancer

This gel stops brain tumors in mice. Could it offer hope for humans?

Published April 24, 2023

The gel can reach areas that surgery might miss and current drugs struggle to reach to kill lingering cancer cells and suppress tumor growth

Image showing the gravitational lensing effects caused by no object in an observer’s line of sight, a black hole, and the topological soliton

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