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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
Antibodies bind to a coronavirus cell
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
psychedelic mushrooms
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
CPAP machine
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
X-ray of spinal cord
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
A person stands tall on a tiny planet with wild animals such as giraffes
Theoretical physicist brings science to the people with YouTube series
Published Nov 4, 2020 Video
Johns Hopkins' Jared Kaplan partners with Scientific American for a series that aims to make complex science accessible for a general audience
Sri Sarma
Tech ventures
Sri Sarma wins inauguaral Pitch It On! competition
Published Nov 3, 2020
Competition concluded a year of Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures programming that aimed to support female innovators and inventors
Bat flying through air
Science
Hearing the future
Published Nov 2, 2020 Video
Johns Hopkins researchers discover that bats can use echolocation to predict where their prey is headed, providing new insights about how sound can be used to "see"