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Making stuff up

Dec 22, 2020

About once a month, researchers at the PARADIM Bulk Crystal Growth Facility place a small parcel in the mail. "Most people don't typically think about this, but materials underlie everything...

US deaths in 2020 top 3 million, by far most ever counted

Dec 22, 2020

This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths topping 3 million for the first time. This is the deadliest year in U.S. history, with deaths topping 3 million...

Largest database on Covid-19 measures available online

Dec 22, 2020

A research group has built the world’s largest database on political decisions related to the coronavirus pandemic. With CoronaNet data on approximately 50,000 measures taken in 195 countries, some down...

How climate change is disrupting ecosystems

Dec 22, 2020

The world is getting warmer and warmer – and many organisms native to lower latitudes or elevations are moving higher. However, novel organisms moving into a new habitat could disturb...

How a large protein complex assembles in a cell

Dec 22, 2020

These protein complexes, like ribosomes for example, are what regulate almost all of a cell’s life-sustaining biological functions. Their method makes it possible to track the dynamics of protein complex...

Trash to liquid treasure

Dec 22, 2020

(China, the world's largest market for mixed plastic waste, used to take nearly a third of ours but closed its doors to foreign waste in January 2018 under its National...

JHU undergrads named finalists in global mask design challenge

Dec 22, 2020

A Johns Hopkins University team of 24 undergraduate students that's come up with a clear, adaptable face mask is among five finalists in a global challenge to design a better...

Five Johns Hopkins faculty named to National Academy of Inventors

Dec 22, 2020

Five Johns Hopkins faculty members have been elected as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, a prestigious distinction that recognizes and honors the creators or co-developers of outstanding inventions...

McGill team wins grant to study ‘trained immunity’ with Japanese researchers

Dec 22, 2020

By Junji NishihataIn recent years, the concept of ‘trained immunity’ has emerged as a new area of interest. The novel program is a partnership of the Japan Agency for Medical...

Climate change: threshold for dangerous warming will likely be crossed between 2027-2042

Dec 22, 2020

The threshold for dangerous global warming will likely be crossed between 2027 and 2042 – a much narrower window than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s estimate of between now...