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Peter Thielen and Tom Mehoke prepare a hand-held DNA sequencer for operation at the molecular diagnostics laboratory at Johns Hopkins Hospital
Coronavirus
Sequencing genome of the virus behind COVID-19
Published March 30, 2020
Biologists from the Applied Physics Lab work to track the mutation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
Illustration of people using social media and smart phones
Q+A
Social media and COVID-19
Published March 27, 2020
Mark Dredze discusses how social media can help support messaging from public health organizations and combat the spread of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic
Eric Johnson prepares video content for his laboratory class
Remote learning
Lights, camera, experiment!
Published March 23, 2020 Video
Hopkins science professors brushed up on their filmmaking skills to create videos of lab experiments as students transition to remote learning
SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient.
Q+A
How long can COVID-19 live on surfaces?
Published March 20, 2020
Carolyn Machamer, a cell biologist who specializes in coronaviruses, discusses the latest research on the virus that causes COVID-19
Isaac Kinde
Risk/Reward
Patience first
Published Spring 2020
Lab tests during a childhood case of salmonella sparked Isaac Kinde's interest in screening for DNA mutations / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Alexander Schiffhauer
Sharper image
Published Spring 2020
Whiting School alumnus Alexander Schiffhauer led a team at Google that developed a camera phone mode called Night Sight / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of battery material being tested for durability
Gizmo
One tough power source
Published Spring 2020
Researchers at Applied Physics Laboratory develop a lithium-ion battery that is flexible and damage-resistant / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Artist's rendering of Dragonfly rotorcraft in a hilly dune
Space
Destination Titan
Published Spring 2020 Video
APL's Dragonfly spacecraft will travel to Saturn's enigmatic moon to explore an ocean world like no other / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of a scientist outlining a human head in blocks
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
Conceptual illustration of a researcher looking at a curved universe
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