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(11/30/17 8:15pm)
Obesity is a health issue that has been affecting growing numbers of Americans in recent years. While people generally believe that obesity is caused by eating and various lifestyle habits, researchers are working to pinpoint a gene that might be directly responsible for obesity.
(11/16/17 5:46pm)
Patients who suffer from mental disorders such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety have minds that work differently from others.
(11/02/17 3:30pm)
In the past few years, the scientific community has been characterized by surges of novel genetic discoveries, and this trend seems to be persisting globally.
(10/26/17 8:24pm)
Animals are commonly believed to possess innate social behaviors. A one-day-old baby chick will instinctively search for its mother and follow closely by her side.
(09/21/17 1:58pm)
Recently, a group of scientists led by Assistant Bioengineering Professor Lulu Qian at Caltech developed the first “DNA robot.” This molecular robot was designed to perform precise nanomechanic tasks that retrieve and transport certain molecules around the body.
(09/14/17 2:44pm)
Hundreds of students gathered for MedHacks, a student-organized medical hackathon, which was held from Sept. 8-10 on the med campus.
(09/07/17 12:35pm)
Noah Presler, a recent Hopkins graduate who received his B.S. in computer science, is one of the three co-founders of Semester.ly. This website serves as an course scheduling platform for college students originally established at Johns Hopkins and quickly spreading across many institutions across the United States and Canada.
(05/04/17 3:43pm)
Throughout history biological research has often focused on the study of DNA. The scientific community has, at times, neglected a category of macromolecules that play a crucial role in regulating genetic inheritance: proteins.
(04/20/17 7:16pm)
Two sociologists working at Boston College recently discovered that carbon emissions exhibit a trend of being higher in states where there is a more concentrated high-income population. On a larger scale, this trend is consistent with the positive correlation between national wealth and carbon emission levels.
(04/06/17 1:26pm)
Jordan Green, professor in the Biomedical Engineering (BME) department and head of the Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Laboratory, carries out research which focuses on aspects of controlled drug delivery, stem cells, gene therapy and immunoengineering.
(03/30/17 2:54pm)
The human body does not always run like a perfect machine. In fact, nearly two thirds of the mutations that lead to cancer are caused by the body’s arbitrary DNA copying mistakes.
(03/16/17 1:12pm)
Ru Chih Huang, the McElroy Honorary Research Professor at the Homewood Campus, discussed her lab work’s focus on cancer and viral research in an interview with The News-Letter.
(03/09/17 2:47pm)
The common stereotype for dolphins is that they are a species of highly intelligent creatures. Dolphins are often portrayed in a heroic fashion in popular culture, saving humans in situations that require strength and stamina to overcome.
(03/02/17 3:12pm)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has long been hailed as a noninvasive medical technique that produces intricately detailed images of one’s brain and brainstem areas. In fact, the MRI is more effective at detecting abnormalities in the brainstem than many other scans, such as CT scans or X-rays. A study published in Nature reveals that MRIs can even be used to predict whether or not infants are likely to contract autism at an early age.
(02/23/17 2:31pm)
Professor Jonathan Aitchison, head of the University of Queensland’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, recently proposed a theory that, if proven true, would revolutionize established archaeological models and deductions.
(02/16/17 2:03pm)
It might be difficult to imagine essentially inanimate objects having a sense of brain and self, but this is virtually the case for viruses. Viruses occupy a gray area. They are generally believed to hover between living and nonliving. Their main purpose for existence is to invade hosts as a sort of intracellular parasite.
(02/09/17 2:08pm)
At Hopkins, there is a kind of research for everyone, whether it is wet lab research at the Hopkins Hospital, clinical research at the Bloomberg School of Public Health or research through other institutions and study abroad programs. Amidst all of these opportunities, Hopkins also provides research scholarships for students that wish to investigate independent research projects.
(02/02/17 2:43pm)
Depression is becoming a more prevalent, and it has the tendency to occur especially more frequently during pregnancy. Depression during pregnancy is essentially a biological illness that acts similarly to any other kind of clinical depression by altering brain chemistry.
(12/01/16 3:07pm)
Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit the surface of Earth and drastically changed the Earth’s geological landscape. While this asteroid is widely believed to have wiped out the entire dinosaur population that once roamed the planet, scientists now theorize that the asteroid could also have momentarily liquefied the surface of the Earth.
(11/17/16 4:10pm)
When you looked up into the sky this past Monday, Nov. 14, did you notice anything particularly strange? Perhaps the moon looked a lot bigger than usual? In fact, scientists predicted that our moon was its largest relative to Earth in almost 69 years. Informally, astronomers and scientists alike have coined the name “beaver moon” for this astronomical wonder that lit up the sky.