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Close-up of pink ice cream
Intersession 2022
Lab-grown meat, fungus-based ice cream
Published Feb 1, 2022
Food of the Future course led by Franklyn Hall explores the new range of meats, milks, and cheeses developed using cellular manipulation and emerging technology
Photo of autonomous robot performing a surgery in a dark room
Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help
Published Jan 26, 2022
In four experiments on pig tissues, the robot excelled at suturing two ends of intestine—one of the most intricate and delicate tasks in abdominal surgery
A Hopkins affiliate completes a rapid antigen test
COVID-19 testing
Study: COVID-19 rapid tests highly accurate for children and adolescents
Published Jan 26, 2022
Like a previous study of adults, findings show rapid antigen test offers time and cost savings, easier distribution, and fewer testing disparities
Clockwise from top left: Deborah Jean Andrew, Namandjé N. Bumpus, David P. Goldberg, Elizabeth Marion Jaffee, William W. Wright, Marc Ostermeier, and Sabra L. Klein
Seven from Johns Hopkins named AAAS fellows
Published Jan 26, 2022
The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes scholars for their contributions to chemistry as well as biological, pharmaceutical, and medical sciences
Side-by-side portraits of Alexis Battle and Sarah Hörst
Faculty awards
Alexis Battle and Sarah Hörst receive President's Frontier Awards
Published Jan 26, 2022
In a surprise move this year, the university recognizes two faculty members with the full award; each will receive $250,000 to support their groundbreaking research
A sifaka lemur inside of a cage
Evolution
Lemurs in captivity
Published Winter 2021
PhD candidate Stephanie Canington studies how the care of captive primates has progressed over time / Johns Hopkins Magazine
a thermometer runs up the side of a city building
Environmental health
Urban hot zones
Published Winter 2021
A grant from the Johns Hopkins Alliance For a Healthier World supports work to identify dangerous hot zones across Baltimore's urban neighborhoods / Johns Hopkins Magazine
two polaroids overlapping—one has an image of a plane, the other has a goose
Avian-inspired engineering
Published Winter 2021
The lightweight, adaptable, irregular structure of bird bones could provide a blueprint for better aerospace and automotive materials / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Emily Riehl sits in front of a chalkboard covered in mathematic equations
The mind Riehls
Published Winter 2021
Mathematician Emily Riehl finds deep and useful connections among objects that don't exist yet are everywhere. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Computerized image of a heart model
Biomedical engineering
New heart modeling method may help doctors pump the brakes on sudden cardiac death
Published Jan 25, 2022
Digital, personalized replicas of patients' hearts can help health care providers to better predict who will need implanted defibrillators over time