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Science+Technology

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Genomics

The code breakers

Published Spring 2020

From tomatoes to cancer cells, Michael Schatz and others at Johns Hopkins go deep inside genomes to unlock the secrets to life's variety / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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Cosmology

Take that, flat universers

Published Spring 2020

Cosmologist Joseph Silk's recent analysis of the cosmic microwave background suggests that maybe, just maybe, the universe could be a curved sphere / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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Materials discovery

The magic shop

Published Spring 2020

The PARADIM Bulk Crystal Growth Facility seeks to create materials that have never before existed. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

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The outsize influence of anti-vax ads on social media

Published Spring 2020

A majority of the anti-vaccine Facebook ads came from just two groups, study finds. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Coronavirus

Study: COVID-19 symptoms start about five days after exposure

Published March 9, 2020

Bloomberg School study suggests a median incubation period of 5.1 days for the new coronavirus, affirming the 14-day quarantine used by the CDC and other health authorities

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Earth and planetary sciences

More pavement, more problems

Published March 5, 2020

Study finds that for every percentage point increase in pavement and impervious surfaces, annual floods increase by 3.3%

Arturo Casadevall

Coronavirus

Could a serum prevent COVID-19?

Published March 3, 2020

Infectious disease expert Arturo Casadevall looks to a forgotten case study for ways to prevent the spread of coronavirus / The Wall Street Journal

Conceptual illustration of a researcher looking at a curved universe

Cosmology

Take that, flat universers

Published Feb 26, 2020

Cosmologist Joseph Silk's recent analysis of the cosmic microwave background suggests that maybe, just maybe, the universe could be a curved sphere

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Robotics

Slithering snakes help engineers learn how to build better robots

Published Feb 18, 2020

Mechanical engineers design a snake robot based on the climbing technique of the kingsnake that could help advance search-and-rescue technology

State House honor

Capital congrats

Published Feb 13, 2020

Gregg Semenza received Governor's Citation and congratulations from both houses of the Maryland General Assembly for his 2019 Nobel Prize