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Hai-Quan Mao and his collaborators at Johns Hopkins conduct NIH-funded materials science research using mRNA and other advances to address urgent medical challenges like cancer, malaria, and nerve and tissue damage

Johns Hopkins students team up with a startup to engineer drywall that’s strong, sustainable, and carbon-negative

Materials science students engineer a suture-free mitral heart valve designed to reduce surgery time and risks

Johns Hopkins scientists show how tweaking receptor clustering on immune cells creates “hot spots” that control what particles get in—paving the way for better drug delivery and vaccines

A team of Johns Hopkins engineers has discovered that machine learning can help predict efficient lipid nanoparticle designs, which can lead to improved vaccine development. With the success of mRNA…

Discovery could boost effectiveness of cancer and other medications

Hopkins team's novel imaging system maps toxic agent reactions in real-time

Researchers pinpoint how a vital protein structure works, offering hope for innovative drug design for mental health disorders

Supported by a Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award (PURA), Andrew Kim, a junior studying materials science and engineering, is working to reinforce the strength of alloys used in biodegradable implants by…

Materials scientists’ discovery could upgrade battery life and stability

Hopkins researchers reveal an unexpected quality in electrical switches, potentially impacting computer memory

Biodegradable magnesium alloy implants promise to revolutionize bone repair, naturally disintegrating as broken bones heal and eliminating the need for removal surgeries. However, their too-rapid breakdown in the body has…