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The Virtual Institute of Scientific Software—established with $40 million in funding over the next five years by Schmidt Futures—will address the growing demand for software engineers with backgrounds in science, complex-data and mathematics who can build dynamic, scalable, open software to facilitate accelerated scientific discovery across fields.

In the first study of its kind, Johns Hopkins researchers provide evidence that an alternative imaging technique could someday replace current methods that require potentially harmful radiation.

Projects will focus on improving space travel and expanding the understanding of the history of Earth and other planets.

Amazon has selected Johns Hopkins University among the first four schools to receive support from the Alexa Fund Fellowship, a new program designed to encourage advances in voice communication between people and machines.

Johns Hopkins students will be able to assist in helping patients recover from stroke and brain injury by playing video games on a newly installed gaming table, called the Kata Therapeutic Table, in the Brody Learning Commons.

The proposed tool would improve diagnosis capability using a low-cost technology, which would enhance resource and case management of ALRIs, especially in disadvantaged communities lacking diagnostic tools.