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Science+Technology

Cognitive science
Conceptualizing color
Published Fall 2019
Studies from Marina Bedny and Judy Kim suggest people born blind have a rich understanding of visual concepts that is not based solely on what they've been told / Johns Hopkins Magazine
New cool tools
Saving lives with a smart stethoscope
Published Fall 2019 Video
Hopkins engineers design a smart stethoscope to address the challenges of diagnosing pneumonia in developing countries / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Urban policy
Data science in the city
Published Aug 29, 2019
Hopkins hosts symposium on how research and data can drive solutions to pervasive urban problems
Tech Ventures
New accelerator to fuel student startups
Published Aug 27, 2019
FastForward U's nine-week program will be divided into two tracks for beginner and advanced student entrepreneurs
Summer in the CTY
Published Aug 27, 2019
Nearly 9,800 bright students from around the world took part in Center for Talented Youth Summer Programs at 24 sites in the U.S. and Hong Kong
Fighting cancer by degrees
Published Aug 14, 2019
Hopkins student team engineers device that treats breast cancer by freezing cancerous tissue
New postdoctoral fellowship in computational medicine
Published Aug 12, 2019
Johns Hopkins and biotech company United Therapeutics launch a fellowship
Her list gives others a lift
Published Aug 8, 2019
Lavontria Miché Aaron, a PhD candidate in earth and planetary sciences, created a list of fellowships, internships, and other resources for underrepresented minority and low-income graduate students
Physics+Astronomy
Dark matter may be older than the big bang
Published Aug 8, 2019
Mathematical model suggests dark matter may have been produced before the big bang during cosmic inflation, when space was expanding rapidly
Rocky relationships
2.5 billion years of breaking up and getting back together
Published Aug 7, 2019
A new study led by scientists at Hopkins shows how plate tectonics has evolved during the Earth's 4.56-billion-year history