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Using light beams in place of metal wires, engineers have devised a cost-effective method to speed up the way microchips "talk" to each other.

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A new research center will address the problem of urban redevelopment slowed by environmental unknowns, creating tools to assess hazardous waste sites and developing ways to clean up pollutants.

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An anthropologist is available to comment on the history of the conflict between India and Pakistan and how violence has affected the formation of South Asian nations and communities.

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Ancient Egypt had an extra 17,000 "site"-seers last January, thanks to a Web site chronicling the daily work of an archaeological excavation in Luxor. This year, cyberspace is again invited to tag along on a month-long dig at the Temple of Karnak.

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There is no such thing as the perfect child care setting. But in the quest to create the ideal place for children of working mothers on welfare, borrowing the best elements from existing models might be a good place to start.

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An award-winning free Web site on "signals, systems and control" offers novice engineers around the world learning exercises in this popular but challenging field.

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Microscopic water droplets trapped in ancient salt crystals provide evidence for a radical theory that the chemical composition of Earth's oceans has changed over the past 500 million years.

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Regardless of religion, "the ministry of gastronomy" is key to connecting with college students, says chaplain Sharon Kugler. "It's soul food," she says of her dinners, which bring students of all faiths together, including Muslims breaking their Ramadan fast.

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A Johns Hopkins political scientist and constitutional law expert argues that President Bush's order allowing trial of alleged terrorists by military tribunal is unconstitutional.

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A panel at the Geological Society of America meeting in Boston will confront the problem of global water usage with an unusual blend of expertises. In addition to geologists and hydrologists, presenters will include ethicists, philosophers, and religious scholars.

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The Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will hold a daylong conference, "Globalization and Infectious Diseases: Institutions, Policies, and the Threat of Bioterrorism," in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

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Astronomers from 17 research institutions have received a $10M NSF grant to put the universe online in a National Virtual Observatory.

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Native-born children of non-citizen immigrants are less likely to receive cash assistance from the government than children of native-born parents, a new study of welfare reform finds.

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The Denmark Vesey affair is commonly accepted as the largest slave rebellion plot in American history -- one that resulted in the hanging of Vesey and 34 slaves in Charleston, S.C., in 1822. Now, a Johns Hopkins historian is arguing that the plot never existed.

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Johns Hopkins engineers are developing an "audio search engine" to help historians sift through thousands of hours of interviews collected from Holocaust survivors and witnesses in languages other than English.

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Scholars from the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies published two reports earlier this year that could serve as useful resources for journalists reporting about U.S. relations with Afghanistan and the Central Asia region.

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A Johns Hopkins economist says the terrorist attacks on the United States could easily be the "last straw" that breaks consumer confidence and leads the economy into an official recession.

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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have designed a new drug for malaria that has easily passed the first stage of preclinical testing in mice and rats.

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Advisory on new study of the Global Business Dialogue on e-Commerce, or GBDe, a consortium of business leaders from around the globe looking at such emerging issues as Internet taxation, intellectual property and privacy.

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An economist who studies consumer reaction to tax cuts is available to discuss the impact of the federal income tax rebate checks due out over the next few weeks.

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Johns Hopkins engineering undergrads invent a portable device to help disabled kids use playground equipment.

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Scientists have created the first example of a new type of material known as a half-metallic ferromagnet, and researchers say the development will provide invaluable help to an effort already underway to revolutionize the way computer memory works.

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Using a technique that peeks over obscuring rings of dust and gas and into the hearts of distant galaxies, a researcher has found evidence suggesting that as many as half of the bright, active galaxies known as Seyfert 2 galaxies may have significantly less active central black holes.

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A compound previously noted mainly for its role in disease and the self-destruction of sick cells is more than just a jobless, toxic transient in healthy cells, researchers have found.

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A pair of young astronomers has found a bumper crop of "infant" galaxies that may help scientists develop new insights into the beginnings of galaxy formation.

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Two Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a new type of locking window guard to protect kids in high-rise apartments. It can easily be opened from the inside by adults, but not young children, and from the outside by firefighters, but not burglars.

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A Johns Hopkins undergraduate has developed a two-dimensional computer model that simulates the inner workings of a tiny amoeba that behaves like a human white blood cell. Her electronic model is aiding biologists who believe these microscopic animals hold the key to creating new treatments for diseases ranging from asthma and psoriasis to cancer.

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Al Hunt, executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal, will address seniors at Johns Hopkins University on Thursday, May 24. Noteworthy speakers at other commencement events include the Dalai Lama, Surgeon General David Satcher, and violinist Isaac Stern.

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Detailed analysis of Comet LINEAR's disintegration last summer has left astronomers still wondering what triggered the breakup and how much of the comet broke into pieces too small for them to see.

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Naturally occurring genetic variations in HIV-A and HIV-C, the two subtypes of HIV prevalent in Africa, make it harder for inhibitory drugs to bind to the protease, a key protein involved in viral maturation, according to a new report.

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Some 30 million businesses have been created in China in the past 20 years, though private banks and lending are illegal. Less than 1 percent of state bank funds go to private businesses. Where do the entrepreneurs get their money? Among other places, investment banks disguised as "magazine reading clubs."

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Nearly 50 years after he graduated, actor John Astin has returned to Johns Hopkins University to teach acting. A video depicting Astin's classes is available on line.

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A junior at Johns Hopkins is building computer models that mimic electrical activity in the heart, showing patterns that can have fatal consequences. When Alok Sathaye's models are perfected, they may help researchers who are studying abnormal rhythms in the heart and looking for ways to prevent this dangerous condition.

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A undergraduate biomedical engineering major at Johns Hopkins is conducting ground-breaking research to help scientists find out how human tooth enamel is affected by acids that reach the mouth through acid reflux, a common digestive disorder.

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A Johns Hopkins University undergraduate developed tiny biodegradable plastic particles that could be used in an aerosol spray to carry DNA vaccines and other important medications deep into human lungs.

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The latest update of the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index is scheduled for release on Tuesday, March 27. For insight on the relationship between consumer confidence and the current and future health of the economy, consider speaking with the associate professor of economics at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

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Dip a chunk of a gold and silver alloy into acid, and the silver quickly dissolves. This process leaves behind an unusual form of gold with a spongelike surface. Now researchers have solved this materials science mystery. (Nature, 3-22-01)

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High-energy physicists from across the United States will gather at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore March 19-21 to consider and refine a proposal for a major new U.S. particle collider.

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Astronomy's "most wanted" list has shortened by one. Researchers have spotted the first type II quasar, an object on the fringes of the known universe whose existence they had suspected for two decades.

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The $500 hobby-shop helicopter whirling through a basement laboratory at Johns Hopkins is not there to amuse the undergraduates. The copter is a key teaching tool in a demanding electrical engineering course aimed at preparing students for high-tech jobs in the aviation and automotive industries.

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DNA's protein-building instructions may be able to combine in an unexpected way, increasing the number of possible proteins that can be generated from a given number of genes, according to a report in this week's Nature.

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New evidence shows that babies learning to understand language rely more heavily than previously thought on patterns in the language they hear around them. This counters a recent research trend focusing on hard-wired instructions in the brain.

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Adults who lose their welfare benefits because they weren't following the rules are much less likely to be employed than are adults who leave welfare for other reasons like time limits or increased income, a new study has found.

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A recent study of data from the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills shows that schools using the "Success For All" reading program are substantially closing the performance gap between themselves and the far less impoverished schools in the rest of the state. The improvements are especially pronounced for African American and Hispanic students.

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Engineers at Johns Hopkins have invented a globe-shaped motor capable of rotating in any direction. The device, which uses electromagnets controlled by a computer, could give robotic arms greater flexibility and precision.

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Intriguing patterns of star motion and composition in the Milky Way hint at the presence of a remnant of a smaller galaxy consumed by the Milky Way billions of years ago. This galaxy would have been the Milky Way's last significant "meal."

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The Johns Hopkins University, supported by a $10 million "seed" gift, is establishing a research center to tackle the complex technological, legal, ethical and public policy challenges of keeping information private and computer systems secure in an increasingly electronic world.

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Scientists studying the origins of aggression have highlighted areas in the brains of mouse mothers that may generate fierce attacks on males who pose a potential threat to their pups.

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The unusually high rates of star births seen in some galaxies may be linked to voracious black holes at the center of those galaxies, according to a new analysis of astronomical data.

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Using a laser device that allows them to view microscopic movement, biomedical engineering researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have produced startling new findings about how deadly bacteria spread infection between neighboring cells. (Nature, 10-26-00)