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Archaeology
Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed
Published Nov 21, 2024
Findings suggest alphabetic writing may be some 500 years older than other discoveries
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Artificial intelligence
AI and human writers share stylistic fingerprints
Published Nov 18, 2024
People write with personal style and individual flourishes that set them apart from other writers. So does AI, including top programs like Chat GPT, new Johns Hopkins University-led research finds.
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Faculty Honors
Danielle Speller honored by American Institute of Physics
Published Nov 14, 2024
Co-sponsored by the National Society of Black Physicists, the award celebrates promising early-career physicists
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Q+A
Microbes, not fossil fuels, biggest source of rising atmospheric methane levels
Published Nov 12, 2024
Hopkins expert Scot Miller discusses a new analysis challenging assumptions about the drivers of spiraling global methane levels
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Machine learning
Robot performs with skill of human doctor
Published Nov 11, 2024
Breakthrough training system utilizing imitation learning opens 'new frontier' in medical robotics
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Artificial intelligence
Surgeons still key even as AI procedures advance
Published Nov 7, 2024
Johns Hopkins briefing explores the evolving role of robotics and artificial intelligence in surgery
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Child development
Toddlers understand possibility
Published Nov 4, 2024
Children too young to know words like "impossible" and "improbable" nonetheless understand how possibility works, finds new work with 2- and 3-year-olds
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Paleontology
Terror bird fossil offers new insight into life 12 million years ago
Published Nov 4, 2024
While past terror bird fossils placed the meat-eating birds at 3 to 9 feet tall, new findings suggest that some were even bigger
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Medicine
A visionary new tool for cataract surgery
Published Oct 31, 2024
Johns Hopkins scientists have pioneered a new color-changing hydrogel that could reduce complications from cataract surgery, one of the world's most commonly performed procedures
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Faculty honors
Johns Hopkins chemist Rigoberto Hernandez elected president of American Chemical Society
Published Oct 28, 2024
With more than 155,000 members, the American Chemical Society is one of the world's largest scientific societies