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Faculty honors
Rosemary Wyse elected to National Academy of Sciences
Published May 1, 2025
Membership is a widely accepted mark of excellence in science and is considered one of the highest honors that a scientist can receive
Hai-Quan Mao
Research matters
Transformative patient care begins in the lab
Published April 30, 2025
Hai-Quan Mao and his collaborators at Johns Hopkins conduct materials science research using mRNA and other advances to address medical challenges like cancer, malaria, and nerve and tissue damage
A group in hard hats and yellow vests points at something in the distance while standing at a wastewater treatment plant.
Community
Designing for a wetter future
Published April 28, 2025
Environmental engineering students partner with Baltimore City to protect a major wastewater treatment plant from future climate-driven impacts
Skin-related fibroblasts with nuclei stained green and f-actin stained red.
Biomedical engineering
Are 'zombie' skin cells harmful or helpful?
Published April 25, 2025
Hopkins researchers identified three types of zombie skin cells; only one gets worse with age
Abstract painting of human and AI Robot communicating
Artificial intelligence
Humans are better than AI at reading the room
Published April 24, 2025
Hopkins research shows AI models fall short in predicting social interactions, a skill critical for systems to navigate the real world
Suchi Saria
Research matters
Sepsis detection platform prevents thousands of deaths
Published April 23, 2025
National Science Foundation funding helped Suchi Saria develop and launch a lifesaving early warning system that uses artificial intelligence to catch sepsis infections before they become deadly
Denis Wirtz in his lab
Research matters
Deadly cancer behaviors deciphered
Published April 22, 2025
Engineer Denis Wirtz and colleagues are using artificial intelligence and multiscale imaging to reveal how tumors grow, spread, and vary across populations
Two people sit and work at laptop computers; a wooden baseball bat hangs in front of a green screen in the background
Computer science
Computer vision helps Orioles build better bats
Published April 17, 2025 Video
As torpedo bats sweep across Major League Baseball, the Baltimore Orioles are partnering with Hopkins engineering students on a high-tech bat optimization project of their own
A colorful, stylized illustration showing cells and DNA double-helixes in pinks, blues, and greens
Q+A
The promise of mRNA
Published April 15, 2025 Video
Three Johns Hopkins experts discuss the potential of mRNA-powered therapeutics to produce lifesaving treatments and cures for a range of diseases, and why federal research cuts risk undermining U.S. scientific leadership in this emerging area
: Computer simulation of a one-sided magnetic field on early Mars based on data from a study led by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. The study could explain the unusual magnetic imprint found on Mars today
Planetary science
Molten core could explain magnetic quirks of Mars
Published April 15, 2025
The planet's once-strong magnetic field appears to have been limited to its southern hemisphere, the apparent result of a fully liquid inner core that differs from that of Earth