Category: Research
MESSENGER reveals more territory on Mercury
November 9, 2009
A NASA spacecraft’s third and final flyby of the planet Mercury gives scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet’s surface and provides new scientific findings about this relatively unknown planet.
CCP awarded USAID grant for worldwide malaria project
November 9, 2009
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs has been awarded a five-year grant from the United States Agency for International Development to ensure the distribution and proper use of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets, known as LLINs, in malaria endemic countries.
Low cholesterol may shrink risk for high-grade prostate cancer
November 9, 2009
Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high-grade prostate cancer, an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study.
Insulating film could lead to less-power-hungry screen displays
November 9, 2009
Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it. By orienting the compound in a different way, the researchers have turned it into a thin film insulator, which instead blocks the flow of electricity but can induce large electric currents elsewhere. The material, called solution-deposited beta-alumina, could have important applications in transistor technology and in devices such as electronic books.
Report looks at ninth-grade retention rates, early intervention
November 9, 2009
More than 90,000 students in six states repeated ninth grade in 2004–2005, with nearly three in 10 students repeating in one of them, according to a new report from the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University.
Nursing Workforce Diversity grant awarded to Johns Hopkins
November 9, 2009
Of the almost 135,000 students enrolled in baccalaureate nursing programs in 2008, only 26 percent were minorities, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing hopes to change that.
How induced pluripotent stem cells differ from embryonic ones
November 9, 2009
The same genes that are chemically altered during normal cell differentiation, as well as when normal cells become cancer cells, are also changed in stem cells that scientists derive from adult cells, according to new research from Johns Hopkins and Harvard universities.
School of Nursing expands, adds to teaching facilities
November 9, 2009
The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing continues its commitment to excellence in education with the addition of a new 90-seat classroom, an expanded simulation laboratory and expansion into two school properties on the East Baltimore campus.
Escalating pension costs hurting nonprofits, survey finds
November 5, 2009
Most nonprofit organizations offering retirement benefits to their workers report that these plans are under stress, according to survey results released Nov. 5 by the Johns Hopkins Listening Post Project.
Seeing tumors in a new light
November 2, 2009
As a Johns Hopkins electrical engineer, Jin U. Kang has spent years tinkering with lasers and optical fiber, studying what happens when light strikes matter. Now, he’s taking on a new challenge: brain surgery.