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Tetris blocks form the shape of a brain
Research
Saving lives, alternatively speaking
Published Fall 2024
Artificial intelligence and organoid advances hold new promise for reducing the number of laboratory animals used in studies. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Julie Lundquist
3 Questions
'Exciting growth period' for offshore wind energy
Published Sept 11, 2024
Julie Lundquist, a national leader in research into wind energy and atmospheric dynamics, discusses how the grid stands to benefit from renewable energy
View from the Mariana Trench, the deepest depths in the Western Pacific, 3d render illustration
Biology
AI helps reveal how life's building blocks adapt to high pressure
Published Sept 10, 2024
The findings by Johns Hopkins researchers show the potential of AI to dramatically increase the speed of scientific discovery
Paulette Clancy
Artificial intelligence
JHU, Morgan State partner for AI-driven microelectronics training
Published Sept 6, 2024
A $2.7 million NSF grant will launch a program to train a diverse graduate-student workforce to revolutionize semiconductor and microelectronics processing
An engineer in a black shirt works on a large red machine.
Mechanical engineering
Smashing rocks for science
Published Aug 30, 2024
Hopkins team uses X-ray technology to observe what occurs when the top layer of an asteroid-like object is hit with extreme external force
Illustration of people relaxing on inflatables in blue water
Environmental health
How Labor Day crowds affect local streams
Published Aug 29, 2024
New research from Johns Hopkins provides insight into the compounds and chemicals people are splashing around in when their favorite swimming spots are packed
A nebula made up of cloudy gas and dust in the form of soft and wispy clouds and, in the centre, thin and highly detailed layers pressed close together. Large, bright stars surrounded by six long points of light are dotted over the image, as well as some small, point-like stars embedded in the clouds. The clouds are lit up in blue close to the stars; orange colours show clouds that glow in infrared light.
Astrophysics
Possible clues to how stars are born
Published Aug 27, 2024
Survey of young star-forming cluster offers evidence that the same cosmic processes that give birth to stars may also play a role in making objects only slightly bigger than Jupiter
ARPA-H graphic
Cancer research
JHU gets more than $20M to develop advanced surgical techniques for cancer
Published Aug 22, 2024
Funding is part of $150M awarded by ARPA-H in support of the Cancer Moonshot initiative to fast-track discovery in cancer research
Photograph of Rui Ni
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering professor wins grant to fund turbulence research
Published Aug 22, 2024
Rui Ni receives $1.25M Moore Foundation grant to explore how chaotic air movement in storms influences the formation and behavior of lightning
Illustration of pill bottles pouring pills
Opioid epidemic
Overdose deaths lower U.S. life expectancy by nearly a year
Published July 30, 2024
Data analysis sheds light on the scope of opioid-related deaths, including sharply rising totals among young minorities