Hubble Telescope atronomers and Johns Hopkins University's WJHU-FM team up for an illustrated Webcast tour of the university, live on Oct. 14 and available for replay thereafter.
NSF is committing $12.9 million to a new center, headed by engineers at Johns Hopkins, to develop computer-linked surgical systems and robots.
Two Johns Hopkins University experts are available to comment on the upcoming German elections, in which longtime chancellor Helmut Kohl faces a serious challenge.
Background on the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer space mission, the first to be designed, built, managed and controlled by a university academic department. FUSE is scheduled to launch in February 1999 on a mission to study material created in the first minutes after the Big Bang.
Platelets, the blood cells that stop bleeding, also play a role in strokes, heart attacks and cancer. A Johns Hopkins engineer is studying ways to prevent platelets' negative effects while preserving their ability to stop blood loss.
A CD-ROM produced by students at Johns Hopkins University will help learners better explore Ibsen's "A Doll's House," with side-by-side video clips of different actors interpreting the key characters, scripts, commentaries and background material.
When is early academic intervention not too late? Can a parent ever be too involved in their child's education? How are talented students identified, and how do you best keep them academically engaged? The Johns Hopkins University education faculty has K-12 back-to-school tips.
Johns Hopkins University economist Steve H. Hanke--recently at the center of Indonesia's economic crisis--is the author of the only book on Russian currency reform. This dogged advocate of currency boards predicted the current Russian crisis and believes he has its cure.
When platelets in the bloodstream clump together as a clot, they can trigger a heart attack or a stroke or mask cancer. A Johns Hopkins University scientist is working on ways to disable platelets' unhealthy habits while preserving their ability to halt blood loss.
A Johns Hopkins constitutional expert has a surprising answer: Yes! And he says there may be political advantage to such a move.
Can you use dirt to clean water? Johns Hopkins engineers are testing a concept called "river-bank filtration," which involves drawing river water intended for drinking through the adjacent soil to remove pathogens such as viruses and bacteria.
A new study finds welfare recipients cautiously optimistic about welfare reform and supportive of the new time limits on welfare benefits.
The federal government has just awarded $40 million in grants for after-school centers aimed at improving the academic success of at-risk students. A Johns Hopkins University researcher says there is, as yet, little good evidence as to which, if any, after-school programs really work. She has, however, identified 25 that she concludes are promising.
The education gap between low-income youngsters and those from the middle class widens during the summer, not during the school year when both learn at about the same pace, two Johns Hopkins researchers have found. The disparity in the so-called "summer slide" may be an argument for year-round schooling for some children.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has urged the state's Department of Education to adopt "Success for All," a whole school reform program developed at Johns Hopkins University, in 28 impoverished school districts.
A Johns Hopkins undergraduate has located the part of the brain that processes sounds while we sleep, a function that wakes a mother when her infant cries but lets her sleep on when a truck roars by.
A Johns Hopkins engineer has developed a method for estimating the speed at which suddenly unleashed river sediment will flow downstream, aiding analysis of the likely environmental damage.
Say "glass" and most people think of window panes. But, under the right conditions, metal can also form glass, and it can have very useful properties for products from transformers to golf clubs. A Johns Hopkins engineer is working on new metallic glasses with superior strength, elasticity and magnetic properties.
Astronomers have set a new record for most distant observed object in the universe, finding a galaxy nearly 90 million light years farther from Earth than any previously discovered.
What has become of civility in our society? The John Hopkins Civility Project will host an international conference to explore that issue. "Reassessing Civility: Forms and Values at the End of the Century" will be held in Baltimore March 26-28. Coverage is welcome.
A Johns Hopkins computer scientist has developed software that dramatically increases the speed at which 3-D computer models can be put in motion on-screen. A preliminary version of the software is available free on the World WWide Web.
On-line resources to assist reporters in covering Steve Hanke, the Johns Hopkins University economist who is advising Indonesian president Suharto on implementing a currency board.
The Milky Way is being invaded by another galaxy, but don't worry: we're bigger. On the other hand, new research shows, the intruder is surprisingly sturdy. A large quantity of dark matter is apparently protecting it from being torn apart by the Milky Way's gravity.
Johns Hopkins chemists have developed new compounds that show promise for treating malaria by making the disease-causing parasite self-destruct.
Advisory on Johns Hopkins political scientist Steven David, an expert on military strategy and defense issues available as a source on the Iraq crisis.
Schools interested in attracting involvement from parents and communities can now join a national network focused on the same goal. The National Network of Partnership Schools has been developed by the Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University.
A Johns Hopkins anthropologist regarded as one of the leading experts on Islamic movements in the Middle East and Europe is available as a source on the Arab view of the Middle East peace process and the confrontation with Iraq.
One of the most popular courses at Johns Hopkins University this spring is "Anthropology of Love." Assistant professor Sonia Ryang, who teaches the course, is an excellent Valentine's Day story source on "falling in love" and society's view of romantic love.
Johns Hopkins astronomers have found evidence that a huge galaxy 50 million light years from Earth is powerful enough to strip clusters of stars from neighboring galaxies.
Why do we give to charity? Johns Hopkins philosopher J.B. Schneewind, an expert on moral theory and ethics, brings together colleagues to examine the question in a book he edited called "Giving."
A Johns Hopkins University professor is promoting scholarship and research on the decline of civility, manners and politeness. Pier Massimo Forni teaches courses on the issue and recently founded the Johns Hopkins Civility Project, which will hold an international symposium in March 1998.
Electric utility customers will soon pick their power company, just as they now choose long-distance phone service. Two Johns Hopkins University researchers have studied the economic and environmental impact of utility deregulation and serve as consultants on the issue to such agencies as the World Bank and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. They are available to reporters for internviews on utility deregulation.
A Johns Hopkins paleobiologist has uncovered clues that the horses (and camels and rhinos) that roamed North America millions of years ago went extinct because of climate change that radically changed their food supply. This new understanding of the extinctions is relevant to today's discussions of global warming.
Experimental psychologists have discovered that babies as young as 8 months are quite good at learning and remembering words.
Fish are an important global resource, yet scientists do not know how to predict how many fish will be produced in a given year. Scientists from around the world will meet at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore beginning Sept. 22 to discuss factors affecting the production rates of vital ocean fisheries.
A Johns Hopkins University professor has built a "virtual laboratory" on the World Wide Web to give engineering students a taste of the challenges they may someday face on the job.
Johns Hopkins sociologist John Holland has been working since the 1950s on the theory of career choices, why people choose the jobs they choose.
Unmanned robotic vehicles have performed crucial roles in scientific expeditions during recent weeks. Johns Hopkins University robotics expert Louis Whitcomb has been directly involved in one of these: the undersea explorer Jason's recent excavations in the Mediterranean Sea.
Astronomers, using a satellite operated by the European Space Agency, have made the first detections of fluorine in space.
A computer model developed by a Johns Hopkins biomedical engineer mimics the way a heart works, down to the sub-cellular level, and can be used to mathematically "test" drugs for various heart disorders.
Stopping human cells from committing suicide when their environment changes is crucial to the biotechnology industry, where such cells are used to manufacture pharmaceuticals. A team of engineers and scientists at Johns Hopkins is working to disable the weapons the cells use to kill themselves.
Researchers are working to close the gap between today's computers and machines, like those on "Star Trek," that can understand, respond to and act upon human speech.
The Hubble Space Telescope has located a cosmic train wreck, the collision of the remnants of two neighboring stars that both exploded in a galaxy 17 million light years from Earth. Such interactions between supernovas, producing a tremendous amount of energy, had been predicted but never before witnessed.
Astronomers using an advanced Defense Department satellite also available for non-Defense research have snapped an unusual ultraviolet image of the constellation Orion, hoping to find new insight into a bright region of new star formation.
Scientists specializing in how hormones affect the brain and behavior will discuss recent findings during a first-of-its-kind week-long meeting beginning May 27 in Baltimore.
A way for a double amputee to use his power tools. A ground-hugging surveillance robot for the military. An inexpensive page-turning device for the disabled. These are some of this year's inventions by engineering undergraduates at Johns Hopkins.
Johns Hopkins historians detail in a new study why the success of Silicon Valley is so difficult to duplicate elsewhere.
For years, scientists have been unable to account for all of the material they believe would have been needed to form the cosmos billions of years ago. Now two Johns Hopkins astrophysicists may have found much of the missing "dark matter." Their new analytical method is detailed in an article published April 20 in the "Astrophysical Journal."
Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about the mysterious decline of coral reefs throughout the world and are recommending more extensive research into the potentially serious problem. Two Johns Hopkins biologists are publishing an overview of the problem of declining coral reef health in an April issue of the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health.
A yearlong series of Hubble Space Telescope observations of comet Hale-Bopp has revealed surprising new information about comet structure. The findings will be described in the March 28 issue of "Science." Embargoed until 4 p.m. EST on March 27.
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