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Philanthropy

Department of Physics and Astronomy receives $50M gift

Published Dec 16, 2021

Donation from legendary investor Bill Miller will support expanded research into emerging subfields of study, help attract promising young researchers

Artist’s impression of Parker Solar Probe approaching the Alfvén critical surface

Outer space

Parker Solar Probe touches the sun

Published Dec 15, 2021

The spacecraft, built and operated by APL, has made its first pass through the sun's upper atmosphere, an area called the corona

Digital illustration of a coronavirus molecule

Biochemistry

Platform screens potential coronavirus treatments

Published Dec 14, 2021

The new high-throughput platform screens for compounds that target a protein fold in viruses that is essential to their life cycle; tool could be used to identify and develop treatments

Omicron Variant B.1.1.529 concept art

Q+A

The latest on omicron

Published Dec 10, 2021

The COVID-19 variant is infecting the vaccinated and spreading quickly around the world. Here's what we know so far.

A saxophone player plays while student record

Acoustics

The science of the sound of music

Published Dec 7, 2021

Engineering students teach acoustics course at Peabody, opening a new avenue for scientific and musical collaboration

NanoBioTechnology

Venom makes a beeline through blood brain barrier, delivering medication

Published Dec 3, 2021

Researchers have determined the dose of bee venom that is non-toxic to neurons and can effectively—but reversibly—penetrate the blood brain barrier

Engineering

Bat-inspired artificial brain could improve submarine navigation

Published Dec 3, 2021

Postdoctoral fellow identifies area in the midbrain of bats that processes sounds, which has implications for the next generation of sonar technology

COVID-19 omicron variant

Q+A

What we know about the omicron variant

Published Nov 30, 2021

With a worrisome number of mutations and a spike of cases in southern Africa, omicron is the latest COVID-19 variant of concern

Environmental health

EPA grants $1.9M to JHU researchers to study biosolids from sewage

Published Nov 29, 2021

Study will examine the occurrence and uptake of contaminants found in waste as well as health risks

Health care workers in personal protective equipment assist a patient

Health disparities

COVID-19 transmission high in Latino households of Baltimore, study finds

Published Nov 29, 2021

The average time for the virus to spread in these households is fewer than two days, the study also found