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A vibrant sunrise in the beautiful natural surroundings of Orlando Wetlands Park in central Florida
Q+A
Microbes, not fossil fuels, biggest source of rising atmospheric methane levels
Published Nov 12, 2024
Hopkins expert Scot Miller discusses a new analysis challenging assumptions about the drivers of spiraling global methane levels
Two surgical robot arms hold and tie suture material in a simulated surgical setting
Machine learning
Robot performs with skill of human doctor
Published Nov 11, 2024
Breakthrough training system utilizing imitation learning opens 'new frontier' in medical robotics
AI conceptual image
Artificial intelligence
Surgeons still key even as AI procedures advance
Published Nov 7, 2024
Johns Hopkins briefing explores the evolving role of robotics and artificial intelligence in surgery
A toddler gets ready to select a toy from the machine, during the experiment.
Child development
Toddlers understand possibility
Published Nov 4, 2024
Children too young to know words like "impossible" and "improbable" nonetheless understand how possibility works, finds new work with 2- and 3-year-olds
A dusty, hilly field in Colombia on a sunny day
Paleontology
Terror bird fossil offers new insight into life 12 million years ago
Published Nov 4, 2024
While past terror bird fossils placed the meat-eating birds at 3 to 9 feet tall, new findings suggest that some were even bigger
A navy blue and green rendering of a human eye
Medicine
A visionary new tool for cataract surgery
Published Oct 31, 2024
Johns Hopkins scientists have pioneered a new color-changing hydrogel that could reduce complications from cataract surgery, one of the world's most commonly performed procedures
Headshot of Rigoberto Hernandez
Faculty honors
Johns Hopkins chemist Rigoberto Hernandez elected president of American Chemical Society
Published Oct 28, 2024
With more than 155,000 members, the American Chemical Society is one of the world's largest scientific societies
An air taxi prototype
3 questions
FAA clears path for air taxis, but is the technology ready?
Published Oct 25, 2024
Johns Hopkins aerospace engineer Jaafar El-Awady explains why flying vehicles are far from replacing ground transportation
From left, Gloria Kalnitskaya, Eric McAlexander, and Selena Shirkin at the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition
Entrepreneurship
Johns Hopkins team named runner-up in Collegiate Inventors Competition
Published Oct 25, 2024
Students take home $5,000 prize for fetal surgery innovation
Research Peng Zheng shows off the heart of the blood test, chip with a groundbreaking nanostructured surface on which blood is tested.
Medical innovation
Rapid detection of early heart attack warning signs
Published Oct 16, 2024
With heart attacks, every second counts. A Hopkins team developed a blood test that diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home.