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Every year, millions of patients receive medical diagnoses, care and treatment plans based on algorithms. But a recent study finding a lack of ethnic diversity in the source data for one widely used treatment-decision algorithm has researchers suggesting that similar tools used by hospitals, health care systems and government agencies could be doing more harm than good.

On April 21–22, 2020, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, is hosting its second annual National Health Symposium.

NASA announced today four mission proposals that will move forward for further consideration in its Discovery Program, which funds low-cost space exploration missions that do not exceed $500 million. All four mission teams feature scientists from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, including a mission to Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io that would be designed, built and co-led by APL.

The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory kicked off its Black History Month celebration on Feb. 5 in APL’s Kossiakoff Center. Spoken word performer Lady Brion opened the event with an original poem to honor this year’s theme, “African Americans and the Vote.”

Johns Hopkins APL's Bob Reichert was recently honored with the Pathfinder Award from the Missile Defense Agency’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense program.

NASA and the European Space Agency’s jointly led Solar Orbiter mission is scheduled for launch Feb. 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida — and riding aboard it will be a high-energy particle detector developed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.

The Maryland Quantum Alliance will drive quantum science discovery and innovation, develop pioneering quantum technologies and train the quantum workforce of tomorrow for Maryland, the region and the nation.

A mission that will be designed, built and managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to study the interaction of the solar wind with the ancient cast-off winds of other stars, and the fundamental process of particle acceleration in space, has completed a critical NASA review and is now moving closer toward a scheduled launch in 2024.

Is hypersonic flight the next big thing? Among strong Johns Hopkins APL representation at the forum, Dave Van Wie was part of a panel that explored the state and potential of hypersonics technologies, the accomplishments and lessons learned, new developments, and remaining challenges to achieving reliable and sustained hypersonic flight.