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Recent news from The Johns Hopkins University
This section contains regularly updated highlights of the news from around The Johns Hopkins University. Links to the complete news reports from the nine schools, the Applied Physics Laboratory and other centers and institutes are to the left, as are links to help news media contact the Johns Hopkins communications offices.
How the Brain Decides Whether to Hold ’Em or Fold ’Em
Johns Hopkins study sheds light on brain basis of risk-taking behavior January 7, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Chanapa Tantibanchachai Office: 443-997-9009/ Cell: 928-458-9656 chanapa@jhu.edu @JHUmediareps Picture yourself at a Las Vegas poker table, holding a bad hand – one with a very low chance of winning. Even so, the sight of the large stack […]
Insight Into Swimming Fish Could Lead to Robotics Advances
The constant movement of fish that seems random is actually precisely deployed to provide them at any moment with the best sensory feedback they need any to navigate the world, Johns Hopkins University researchers found.
JHU collaborates with Morgan, Coppin to promote STEM diversity
With $2.46 million in support from the National Institutes of Health, the Johns Hopkins University is teaming up with two historically black Baltimore institutions, Morgan State and Coppin State universities, to cultivate a diverse group of highly trained biomedical researchers.
JHU Offers New Master’s Degree in Healthcare Systems Engineering
Johns Hopkins Engineering has launched a new online master’s degree program in healthcare systems engineering. Approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, the new program is now accepting applications for the spring 2019 semester.
New Johns Hopkins Doctor of Engineering Program Designed for Working Professionals
Johns Hopkins University’s Whiting School of Engineering has created a doctoral engineering program to serve the needs of working engineering professionals and to meet the growing demand for engineers who have the advanced knowledge needed to solve challenging problems.
ADVISORY: At JHU This Weekend, Students to Hack to Improve City Life
More than 300 graduate and undergraduate students from around the country will gather at Johns Hopkins University for the latest 36-hour HopHacks, a marathon session challenging students to come up with software and hardware ideas.
JHU Partners with Tsinghua for New Engineering Graduate Program
A new program will allow students to earn graduate degrees from both the Johns Hopkins University’s top-ranked Department of Biomedical Engineering and the world’s No. 1 engineering school, Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.
Keeping it cool: The Parker Solar Probe’s high-performance heat shield
Media advisory: Background for reporters on the heat shield that will protect NASA’s Parker Solar Probe as it swoops through the solar atmosphere, less than 4 million miles from the surface of the sun.
Johns Hopkins University Leads New Research Partnership
Johns Hopkins University has been awarded up to $30 million to lead a consortium of three Mid-Atlantic universities that will work together on research projects with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
JHU Project Aims to Save Millions by Reducing Solar Power Forecast Errors
Although the popularity of solar energy has surged, the unpredictability of a weather-dependent technology has kept even more people from embracing it. A new Johns Hopkins University-led project hopes to change that by improving our ability to forecast sunshine and backup power needs.
Johns Hopkins-Taiwan Team Up in Cross-Cultural Doctoral Program
A new partnership between the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering and Taiwan’s Ministry of Education will bring students from that country to Johns Hopkins’ Homewood campus to pursue doctoral studies in engineering beginning in August 2019.
New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands
Engineers have created an electronic skin, aiming to restore a real sense of touch for amputees using prosthetic hands.
Science and Health News Tips from Johns Hopkins
News tips for reporters from stories in the spring 2018 issue of Johns Hopkins Magazine.
New Computational Strategy Designed for More Personalized Cancer Treatment
Mathematicians and cancer scientists have found a way to simplify complex biomolecular data about tumors, in principle making it easier to prescribe the appropriate treatment for a specific patient.
City Elementary/Middle Students to Show Off Their STEM Inventions
Students from nine Baltimore City elementary/middle schools will show off creations they conceived and built—some as part of classroom assignments, and others in response to challenges they encounter in their own communities.
Flaw Found in Water Treatment Methods
Some potentially toxic chemicals in water may be created, ironically, during the water treatment process itself.
Souped-up Walker to Help Get Pediatric ICU Patients on Their Feet
An undergraduate student design team is developing a walker designed to help get pediatric ICU patients up and moving as quickly as possible.
JHU and Lockheed Martin to Host Science and Engineering Expo at Baltimore City School
The Johns Hopkins University, Lockheed Martin and Barclay Elementary/Middle School will come together for an evening designed to showcase the science and engineering projects that students have been working on in the classroom all year.
Students Devise One-Size-Fits-All Blood-Clotting Tool
Engineering undergraduates have developed an anti-bleeding “super gel” that can be delivered with a catheter but is hyper-absorbent enough to then swell with blood, creating a clot to block any bleeding.
Art Meets Science at New Johns Hopkins Exhibit
The latest exhibit in a program that brings together artists and scientists opens at Johns Hopkins University.
JHU Records Brain Activity of a Free-flying Bat
Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed a way to study the brain of a bat as it flies, recording for the first time what happens as an animal focuses its attention.