Researchers Get Humans to Think Like Computers
Computers, like those that power self-driving cars, can be tricked into mistaking random scribbles for trains, fences and even school busses. People aren’t supposed to be able to see how those images trip up computers but in a new study, Johns...
20-Mar-2019 10:05 AM EDT
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Singing for Science: How the Arts Can Help Students Who Struggle Most
Incorporating the arts—rapping, dancing, drawing—into science lessons can help low-achieving students retain more knowledge and possibly help students of all ability levels be more creative in their learning, finds a new study by Johns Hopkins...
5-Mar-2019 7:00 AM EST
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Asteroids are Stronger, Harder to Destroy Than Previously Thought
A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could extinguish life on the planet, and our heroes are launched into space to blow it up. But incoming asteroids may be harder to break than scientists previously thought, finds a...
4-Mar-2019 8:00 AM EST
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Shedding Light—Literally—on Resistance to Radiation Therapy
A new Johns Hopkins study offers promise towards someday being able to non-invasively examine changes in cancerous tumors to determine whether they’ll respond to radiation treatment, before treatment even begins.
27-Feb-2019 4:15 PM EST
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More Flexible Nanomaterials Can Make Fuel Cell Cars Cheaper
A new method of increasing the reactivity of ultrathin nanosheets, just a few atoms thick, can someday make fuel cells for hydrogen cars cheaper, finds a new Johns Hopkins study.
20-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST
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Dangerous School Commutes Lead to Student Absenteeism
The more crime that occurs along a student’s way to school, the higher the likelihood that student will be absent, Johns Hopkins University researchers found.
11-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST
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Rats in Augmented Reality Help Show How the Brain Determines Location
A new Johns Hopkins study found that rats’ ability to recalibrate learned relationships among time, speed and distance is ever-evolving, moment-by-moment.
7-Feb-2019 11:00 AM EST
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Scientists Find ‘New’ Science Instrument on Mars Rover Curiosity
NASA’s Curiosity Rover may have been ambling around the Gale Crater on Mars for nearly seven years but scientists have found a way to use it for something new: making the first surface gravity measurements on a planet other than Earth.
31-Jan-2019 3:05 PM EST
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Johns Hopkins structural fire engineer can comment on Notre Dame Cathedral fire
16-Apr-2019 9:30 AM EDT
No one man should have all that power. @JohnsHopkins researchers can comment on energy planning for countries affected by conflict
20-Mar-2019 4:30 PM EDT
@BermanInstitute expert available to comment on the implications of 3-parent baby
24-Jan-2019 3:05 PM EST
Media Advisory: Jhu Expert Available on Lab-Grown Meat
A company in Israel has unveiled the world’s first lab-grown steak, grown in a petri dish with the taste and texture of one that comes from a cow. Jan Dutkiewicz, a postdoctoral fellow in political science at Johns Hopkins University has...
12-Dec-2018 9:40 AM EST
Johns Hopkins experts available for climate, engineering, health care, disaster recovery angles on #HurricaneFlorence.
11-Sep-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Media Advisory: JHU Expert Has New Paper on Risk of Arming Teachers
A Johns Hopkins University public safety leadership professor concludes that arming teachers would be risky and ineffective.
2-Mar-2018 10:05 AM EST
The Mind of a Medalist:
Athletes who make it to the Olympics have the speed or strength or whatever physical skills it takes to lead the world in their sport. But Johns Hopkins University scientists say (in three videos) that those who ultimately bring home gold have also...
6-Feb-2018 12:05 PM EST
MEDIA ADVISORY: Super Bowl Marks the Season’s End, But Concussion Concerns Continue
Engineers hope that soon athletes will have "digital twins" of their heads, baseline representations of skull, vasculature and brain that can help to predict where injuries might occur and diagnose them when they do.
29-Jan-2018 12:05 PM EST
