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A study in urban agriculture
Published Fall 2021
A new report that examined soil, water, and produce from urban farms and gardens in Baltimore City found levels of lead and other metals low enough that they should pose no reason for concern at a majority of growing sites / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Robotics
Robot programming for everyday people
Published Sept 24, 2021
New Demoshop software makes it easier to teach robots to help in the workplace
The 2021 Siebel Scholars from Johns Hopkins
Five PhD students named Siebel Scholars
Published Sept 22, 2021
Annual award recognizes world's top graduate students in bioengineering, computer science, energy science, and business
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JHTV
JHTV's billion dollar year
Published Sept 22, 2021
Startup companies founded at Johns Hopkins had a record-setting fiscal year, raising more than $1 billion in funding
Rebekka Klausen
Hopkins chemist aims to develop longer-lasting, sustainable materials
Published Sept 22, 2021
Rebekka Klausen joins Center for the Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks with focus on increasing the lifetime of synthetic rubbers and designing plastics that can decompose upon a chemical trigger
Pumpkin with coffee cup
Brain science
Enticed by pumpkin spice
Published Sept 21, 2021
Perception researchers Jason Fischer and Sarah Cormiea explain how it's the scent that triggers autumnal memories and leaves us reaching for our wallets
U.S. data map reflecting school reopening plans by state
Education
Experts: Schools need better data to assess risks
Published Sept 20, 2021
Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center aims to provide vital, localized views of the pandemic to help school leaders make difficult decisions
Yiannis Sakellaridis
Unraveling a mathematical mystery
Published Sept 20, 2021
The Krieger School's Yiannis Sakellaridis earned the prestigious honor of speaking at the International Congress of Mathematicians, where he'll discuss a conundrum known as L-functions
U.S. map showing states that report COVID-19 deaths categorized by age
Data visualization
Demographic data tools tell story of COVID-19's U.S. impact
Published Sept 14, 2021
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center now collects, tracks, and displays data on race, gender, age, and ethnicity across cases, deaths, tests, and vaccinations
Space Camp visit for Inspiration4 in Huntsville, Alabama, July 1, 2021
Q+A
And spaceflight for all
Published Sept 13, 2021
The School of Medicine's Mark Shelhamer discusses SpaceX's upcoming all-civilian Inspiration4 mission and its importance for broadening human access to space