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Artist's rendering of the Neisseria gonorrhea bacteria
Medical devices
Johns Hopkins develops portable device for rapidly diagnosing STIs
Published May 12, 2021
The low-cost device matches the specificity and sensitivity of current hospital tests, and can detect which strains of disease may become resistant to antibiotics
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Research funding
Bayer extends research agreement with Hopkins through 2024
Published May 6, 2021
The pharmaceuticals and life sciences company will continue its partnership with Johns Hopkins to provide funding to researchers in the Wilmer Eye Institute
Saturn's ring system
Outer space
New models reveal Saturn's hidden regions
Published May 6, 2021
Researchers simulate conditions necessary for planet's unique magnetic field
Faculty news
Johns Hopkins theoretical physicist shares 2021 Gruber Cosmology Prize
Published May 5, 2021
Marc Kamionkowski honored along with two others for work on cosmic microwave background
Discarded medical mask
Q+A
The environmental toll of fighting COVID-19
Published May 5, 2021
Masks, gloves, and chemical disinfectants will outlast the pandemic. Environmental engineer Ana María Rule says there are better alternatives to plastics and harsh chemicals.
A student sets up a device in a wind tunnel
Design Day
Engineering students show off creative solutions to real-world challenges
Published May 3, 2021
In annual Design Day showcase, students present their designs and devices to faculty, staff, sponsors, alumni, and each other
Daeyeol Lee
Faculty news
Neuroscientist Daeyeol Lee wins Samsung Ho-am Prize in Medicine
Published May 3, 2021
The award, considered the Korean Nobel Prize, recognizes Lee's research on the neural mechanisms of decision-making
Rochelle Walensky
Q+A
A conversation with CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky
Published April 30, 2021
Walensky, a School of Medicine alum, shares how Hopkins has influenced her career and shaped her vision for leading the country out of the COVID-19 pandemic
Illustration of computer binary code
Big data
Next-generation database will democratize access to massive amounts of turbulence data
Published April 30, 2021
The project will provide access to and the manageable download of more than 2.5 million gigabytes of data for modeling turbulent flows
Illustration of double quasars in galaxies that are merging
Astrophysics
Hubble sees double
Published April 28, 2021
Grad student Hsiang-Chih Hwang helps refine the technique for identifying quasar pairs