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Closeup of a solar cell in yellows and greens and blues
Solar energy
Fast track to cleaner energy solutions?
Published Oct 9, 2024
Hopkins engineers develop a way to streamline solar cell testing, dramatically accelerating a process that can be slow and costly
A researcher holds a tiny, brown monkey skull between his fingers. The skull is no bigger than the palm of his hand.
Natural history
Rare fossils of extinct Caribbean monkey discovered
Published Oct 9, 2024
Researchers say they uncovered new evidence documenting the anatomy and ecology of an extinct primate once found on Hispaniola
In a large conference room, people watch a man give a presentation at the Johns Hopkins Innovation Sumitt
Entrepreneurship
JHTV fuels student, faculty innovation
Published Oct 8, 2024
Launched 10 years ago, Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures has grown into a highly coordinated support structure for start-ups, entrepreneurs
Students celebrating a win at HopHacks 2024
HopHacks
Coding crusaders
Published Oct 2, 2024
Apps promoting accessibility took center stage at this year's HopHacks coding marathon, which challenges college students from across the country to design projects that address critical issues like health care access and human safety
Illustration of a tape measure
Artificial Intelligence
Can AI improve how we handle obesity care?
Published Oct 1, 2024
Using a cutting-edge technique, Hopkins researchers present a potential clinical tool to predict waist circumference and identify patients at risk for obesity complications
The 2025 class of Siebel Scholars pose in front of a brick wall. They are (from left) Jieneng Chen, Denis Routkevitch, Anastasia Georgiou, Fangchi Shao, and Benjamin Killeen
Awards+Honors
Five awarded Siebel Scholarship
Published Sept 30, 2024
Five graduate students from Johns Hopkins were selected to receive the prestigious Siebel Scholarship
Heart tissues within one of the launch-ready chambers, held by two hands.
Biomedical Engineering
Low gravity in space travel disrupts normal rhythm in heart muscle cells
Published Sept 23, 2024
New research from Johns Hopkins Medicine find that heart tissues aboard the space station beat about half as strong as on Earth
Francis Scott Key Bridge, April 10, 2024
Bridge safety
Data mining reveals U.S. bridges with most large-ship traffic
Published Sept 23, 2024
Bridges in New York, California, and Georgia see the most traffic from the largest ships—findings that are the first step in post–Key Bridge vulnerability analysis
Brain iceberg
Neuroscience
Deciphering the brain's mysteries
Published Sept 23, 2024
Johns Hopkins launches OneNeuro, a cross-disciplinary initiative to utilize emerging technologies and AI to finally crack the code on the enigmatic human brain
Smoke billows from the factories' flue stacks
Engineering
Greener Carbon Capture
Published Fall 2024
What if the chemical that makes your jeans bluer could help make carbon capture greener? / Johns Hopkins Magazine