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An air taxi prototype
3 questions
FAA clears path for air taxis, but is the technology ready?
Published Oct 25, 2024
Johns Hopkins aerospace engineer Jaafar El-Awady explains why flying vehicles are far from replacing ground transportation
From left, Gloria Kalnitskaya, Eric McAlexander, and Selena Shirkin at the 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition
Entrepreneurship
Johns Hopkins team named runner-up in Collegiate Inventors Competition
Published Oct 25, 2024
Students take home $5,000 prize for fetal surgery innovation
Research Peng Zheng shows off the heart of the blood test, chip with a groundbreaking nanostructured surface on which blood is tested.
Medical innovation
Rapid detection of early heart attack warning signs
Published Oct 16, 2024
With heart attacks, every second counts. A Hopkins team developed a blood test that diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home.
From left, Dingchang Lin and Ziquan Zhuang
Faculty honors
Two researchers named Packard Fellows
Published Oct 15, 2024
Dingchang Lin, Ziquan Zhuang among 20 recipients of prestigious fellowship that supports creative and innovative lines of research by early career scientists
Baby with blue eyes looking away
Infant cognition
Babies' long looks: Can researchers trust them?
Published Oct 14, 2024
New analysis of 20 years of baby cognition work validates classic research technique
A group of people inspect some equipment in a lab setting
Century-old factory building now home to state-of-the-art facility
Published Oct 10, 2024
Engineering's Materials Characterization and Processing facility brings leading experts from around the world to Baltimore's Stieff Silver Building for inaugural workshop
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