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Science+Technology

Research that's in the weeds

Published Winter 2020

Postdoc Ava Hoffman is bringing new life to the Homewood greenhouse as she researches how plants adapt to urban environments / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Johns Hopkins AAAS fellows Stephen Baylin, Sharon Gerecht, Timothy Heckman, and Elizabeth Stuart

Faculty honors

Four Hopkins researchers named AAAS fellows

Published Nov 24, 2020

Stephen Baylin, Sharon Gerecht, Timothy Heckman, and Elizabeth Stuart recognized for their contributions to their respective fields

Antibody testing

New saliva-based antibody test for SARS-CoV-2 highly accurate in initial study

Published Nov 13, 2020

The test could prove useful for large-scale screening and epidemiological surveys and cuts down on reliance on blood draws

A doctor prepares a vaccine for a patient

Q+A

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine reaches clinical milestone

Published Nov 11, 2020

Two experts from Johns Hopkins assess reports that a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has 90% efficacy in clinical trials

Depression

Psychedelic treatment with psilocybin shown to relieve major depression

Published Nov 11, 2020

The antidepressant effect of the psilocybin—the active compound in so-called magic mushrooms—was about four times greater than is typically seen in traditional antidepressants currently on the market

COVID-19

Student team develops ventilator alternative for COVID-19 patients

Published Nov 11, 2020

Their leak-proof mask design could be used with common CPAP machines to support the treatment of COVID-19 patients

Engineering

Cross-disciplinary team will design, develop devices to better treat spinal cord injuries

Published Nov 11, 2020

Funded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the project will bring together experts from across Johns Hopkins to create solutions that work on the battlefield and on the frontlines of health care

Composite image of galaxy formations increasing in heat

Physics+Astronomy

Galaxies have gotten hotter as they've gotten older

Published Nov 10, 2020

As galaxies gather gases through their gravitational pull, they grow larger and heat up, allowing physicists to measure the gradual increase in temperature as a function of the age of the universe