New analysis of observations of Comet LINEAR, whose breakup in late July and early August made headlines worldwide, shows that the comet might have been starting to come apart as early as the second week of June.
Johns Hopkins University researchers have produced "Schooling Students Placed at Risk: Research, Policy and Practice in the Education of Poor and Minority Adolescents" and are available to talk about what affects academic achievement among poor, minority students in middle and high schools.
An ancient, untouched tomb of what may be royalty from one of the world's first city-dwelling civilizations has been discovered in Syria, containing human and animal remains, gold and silver treasures and unbroken artifacts that had not been disturbed for about 4,300 years.
If robots are going to have a sense of "touch" to go with their senses of sight, hearing and smell, someone needs to build "fingers" for them. A young Johns Hopkins mechanical engineer is working on it.
The Johns Hopkins University is asking a federal court for permission to intervene in a dispute in which animal rights activists are seeking to make biomedical experiments with mice and rats virtually impossible to conduct.
Of those who have left the rolls since welfare reform took effect, the people having the hardest time finding and keeping jobs are women with young children, in poor health and lacking education.
View streaming video of talks by Johns Hopkins education experts about summer school, summer learning loss, and year-round schools.
Classroom teaching styles are critical to making economic desegregation of schools work effectively, a Johns Hopkins University education researcher and sociologist has found.
The hunt for new antibiotic drugs, driven by emerging diseases and growing bacterial resistance to existing antibiotics, may get a little easier thanks to a new process for making compounds that contain a key bacteria-stopping structure.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded grants of $20 million each to the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health to develop a new type of measles vaccine that, for the first time, would protect infants younger than 9 months old.
Johns Hopkins and NASA engineers will collaborate on developing a space-based fiber optic laser system to track atmospheric changes caused by global warming.
A modified form of vitamin D has been developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins who determined that it helps delay the onset and reduce the number of skin cancers in lab mice. Unlike vitamin D, though, the new compound does not cause calcium to seep from the bones.
A Johns Hopkins-led team observing with the Hubble Space Telescope happened to catch and record a brief, violent outburst when a comet blew off a piece of its crust, like a cork off a champagne bottle.
A study finds that four years after time limits were set for those receiving welfare benefits, many welfare recipients are unsure about specific details of their state's new policies. Many have accepted jobs they would otherwise have declined.
Environmental engineer Charles O'Melia wins $50,000 prize for career studying water pollution; he plans to give the money to educational institutions where he and his wife studied.
The Johns Hopkins University will host a conference July 17-18 that will bring together some of the nation's top experts on summer learning loss, summer school and year-round learning.
George Tenet, the U.S. Director of Central Intelligence; U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and composer Philip Glass are among the featured speakers at Johns Hopkins University commencement ceremonies May 24-25.
A device that keeps young children from firing a handgun, without relying on electronic components, keys or combination locks, has been invented by undergraduate engineering students at Johns Hopkins.
A study shows that hamsters time their breeding by "remembering" whether days were longer or shorter in the recent past.
New research debunks the myth that sharks don't get cancer and casts further doubt on the use of shark cartilage pills for cancer prevention and treatment.
Engineers create model to help design safer, more cost-effective sub-surface barriers to water-borne pollutants.
The sudden emergence of a brain cell "chorus" from the cacophony of normal brain cell activity may be what enables the brain to pay close attention to one item in a flood of incoming sensory information (Nature).
Falling snowflakes can create an enormous racket to the ears of marine animals that are just below the surface and can blur sensitive sonar readings (Journal of the Acoustical Society of America).
Johns Hopkins University has conveyed to the government of the Republic of Turkey the university's portion of the Gold Koran, a rare manuscript of Islamic scripture written in gold.
Fossil plants can help climate change researchers pin down the sources of carbon in the atmosphere hundreds of millions of years ago (Paleobiology).
A Johns Hopkins undergrad is refining a computer model of diseased heart tissue that may give doctors a better tool for detecting coronary artery disease before a heart attack occurs (Journal of Biological Systems, 12-99).
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft, approaching Eros, has snapped a picture of what appears to be a heart-shaped crater or depression in the asteroid's surface.
On Valentine's Day, the NEAR spacecraft will attempt to become the first space probe to orbit an asteroid, specifically, the asteroid Eros.
Russia's political instability may mean there is a greater chance now of a Russian nuclear weapon being used in anger than there ever was during the Cold War, says a Johns Hopkins political scientist and student of nuclear weapons and strategic defense.
Disadvantaged elementary school students who regularly attended a summer school program made significant academic gains compared with students who stayed home.
A Johns Hopkins engineer has invented a digital compression method that promises to speed up the transmission of digital multimedia along computer networks while consuming far less electric power.
A picture of the massive black hole thought to be lurking at the heart of our home galaxy may be within astronomers' reach.
The minutes just before midnight at Times Square's New Year's Eve 1999 celebration will feature the world premiere of an anthem for the millennium by a Peabody Conservatory composer, performed by Peabody students and faculty and by a computer-generated "virtual" orchestra developed at the conservatory.
The discovery of a traveler's ancient calling card indicates that the first alphabet -- from which all modern alphabets have evolved -- is centuries older than previously believed and was probably invented in Egypt.
One of the world's biggest cold fronts might be under our feet rather than over our heads, according to results from earth scientists at The Johns Hopkins University.
Simulating weightlessness on a NASA jet, a Johns Hopkins team has shown that an electric field can dislodge bubbles, whose stubborn refusal to move in Zero G can threaten life support and power systems in space.
The latest results from a line of Johns Hopkins research on the role of nitric oxide in the brain show that the chemical, which dampens aggression in male mice, has the reverse impact in a monogamous species of rodent.
Engineers at Johns Hopkins have devised a system that can give doctors clearer, more detailed images of a diseased heart within minutes rather than hours. The next goal: images in real time.
Without theologians, would there be any witches? A Johns Hopkins specialist on medieval literature attributes human belief in witchcraft to the need of medieval clerics to repress their own doubts in the existence of God.
The fountain of scientific data has become a fire hose and is turning into a raging river. A Johns Hopkins-led consortium is working on ways to handle the information overload faced by scientists.
A chemical messenger in the brain that dramatically decreases aggressive behavior in male mice appears to be essential to a mother mouse's ability to fight in defense of her pups.
Nine middle schools and 23 high schools in 16 states re-open this fall as Talent Development Schools, adopting comprehensive school reform models developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University.
Background from a Johns Hopkins poltical scientist on the moderate poltical movement known in Europe, and increasingly in the United States, as the "Third Way."
When it comes to efficient use of energy, it's tough to beat a bike, Johns Hopkins engineers have learned.
High school students who participate in community-based structured activities after school or on weekends tend to have better educational outcomes, including better grades.
A test house is wired and ready for the next hurricane to hit North Carolina's Outer Banks. Data from the house may help engineers learn how to build more wind-resistant structures.
Johns Hopkins education researchers are available to discuss K-12 education issues including school violence and discipline, homework and parent involvement, whole school reform, "summer slide," at-risk students, special education and arts education.
The modern welfare system sprang from a reaction against the orphanage system, Johns Hopkins political scientist Matthew Crenson found. Now, some critics of welfare suggest revisiting the concept of orphanages -- and, in fact, they weren't all bad, Crenson says.
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have worked with companies and community colleges across the country to help teach current and future workers the skills they will need and to document knowledge and skill in a "career transcript" that will follow the student throughout his or her working life.
Johns Hopkins engineers are developing tiny bubble-powered micro-pumps, smaller than a postage stamp, for use in drug delivery, pharmaceutical testing, pollution monitoring and other applications.
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