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Illustration of particles moving through a mask
Fluid dynamics
The ill winds of COVID-19
Published May 11, 2020
A group of Johns Hopkins mechanical engineers believes fluid dynamics can tell us a great deal about the COVID-19 pandemic—and how people can protect themselves when the country reopens
Atacama Desert
Planetary science
Life on the rocks
Published May 5, 2020
By studying how tiny organisms in the Atacama Desert extract water from rocks, Johns Hopkins researchers have revealed how, against all odds, life can exist in extreme environments
Temperature check illustration
COVID-19
Hopkins team launches temperature-tracking study and app
Published April 30, 2020
The app, now available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play, will help reveal health trends and potential disease outbreaks
Screenshot of U.S. testing station map
Q+A
Map tracks drive-through testing sites
Published April 29, 2020
Big data and AI expert Jim Kyung-Soo Liew spearheads effort conducted by software engineers and student volunteers from the Carey Business School
Rishibrata Biswas
Mechanical engineering
For engineering students, classes are an at-home design challenge
Published April 28, 2020
Teaching engineering design during COVID-19 is a tricky business—but professors are retooling projects to give students hands-on design experiences at home
Illustration of a global outbreak
COVID-19
New outbreak model better predicts COVID-19 hotspots
Published April 27, 2020
Led by Anton Dahbura, a team of Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a customizable model for tracking and predicting infectious disease outbreaks
A port for oxygen
Treating COVID-19
Researchers develop a promising new ventilator
Published April 23, 2020
The pumpless alternative uses pressurized air lines already available in hospitals and can run for 24 hours on a single 12-volt battery
A man works in a laboratory
COVID-19
Hopkins researchers meet 'the urgency of this moment'
Published April 21, 2020
The university has launched an ambitious, wide-ranging, interdisciplinary research effort to tackle the many challenges presented by COVID-19
close-up of a syringe and vial
Q+A
Coronavirus vaccine won't emerge overnight
Published April 16, 2020
Supriya Munshaw, an expert in the commercialization of early-stage technologies at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, discusses the process of developing a vaccine for COVID-19
Mortality rate graphic
Data visualization
New tools added alongside COVID-19 tracking map
Published April 9, 2020
Collaborative project examines trends including new infections, cumulative cases, mortality rates, and other data