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Science+Technology

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

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

Johns Hopkins' Jared Kaplan partners with Scientific American for a series that aims to make complex science accessible for a general audience

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

Science

Hearing the future

Published Nov 2, 2020

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"