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Purple-gloved hands holding a JHU-created material that could lead to stronger, lighter, and safer helmets and vehicles
Engineering
JHU-created material could make next-gen helmets, bumpers
Published March 10, 2022
The lightweight, foam-like material could reduce fuel consumption in vehicles and make protective gear more comfortable
A person enters a passcode on their phone
Cybersecurity
Now's the time to protect your computer networks from cyberattack
Published March 4, 2022
Anton Dahbura from the Information Security Institute suggests that individuals and enterprises should take steps now to secure cyber systems against attack from Russian agents
Solar panels facing a city skyline
Sustainability
Researchers investigate ways to expand solar energy usage
Published March 2, 2022
A group of experts is investigating solar energy storage options that would help expand the use of solar power in new landscapes.
Thick smoke coming from an industrial chimney
COVID-19 stimulus could have addressed climate objectives, too
Published March 2, 2022
Economic growth was prioritized when pandemic stimulus could have combined economic and climate objectives, Johns Hopkins experts say
A plume of emissions from a power plant
Environmental health
A breath of fresh air
Published March 2, 2022
Peter DeCarlo and postdoctoral researcher Ellis Robinson are part of an international project studying air quality in Fairbanks, Alaska
Local middle schoolers build a tower out of spaghetti and held together with marshmallows
Engineering
Carbs, creativity, and competition
Published Feb 24, 2022
Annual Tower of Power event challenges budding engineers to build structures out of dry spaghetti and marshmallows
Power plant emissions
Sustainable Energy Institute
Engineers aim to convert destructive CO2 to more useful form of carbon
Published Feb 17, 2022
Using the university's own emissions, they'll attempt to convert harmful carbon dioxide into pure carbon, which is useful in manufacturing, textiles, and biochar
Abstract depiction of the psychedelic mind
Psychedelics
Psilocybin treatment for major depression effective for up to a year for most patients, study shows
Published Feb 16, 2022
Patients receiving combined treatment of psilocybin and psychotherapy report experiencing longterm benefits of decreased depressive symptoms
Vladimir Putin
Q+A
Russia-Ukraine conflict maxes out cyberattack risk assessment index
Published Feb 15, 2022
Cyber Attack Predictive Index predicts the potential for cyberattacks between nations; Tool finds "extremely high likelihood" of attack against Ukraine by Russia
Jeremy D. Brown, left, and Danielle Speller
Faculty honors
Jeremy D. Brown, Danielle Speller named Sloan Research Fellows
Published Feb 15, 2022
Jeremy D. Brown and Danielle Speller received Sloan Research Fellowships, which honor exceptional early-career science researchers