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Chemistry

Chemistry symbols in coffee
Intersession 2020
Caffeinated chem
Published Jan 21, 2020
In "Roasted: The Molecular Gastronomy of Coffee" students learn the art and science behind what makes their coffee taste the way it does
Students work in a lab
Intersession
Chemistry of cosmetics
Published Jan 29, 2019 Video
Course traces the principles of organic chemistry that underlie popular beauty products
Faculty honors
Materials scientist named Sloan Fellow
Published Feb 21, 2017
Rebekka Klausen receives early-career award for her work with silicon in creating next-generation technology
KUDOS
JHU chemist honored
Published Sept 21, 2015
Marc Greenberg receives Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholars Award for his research on nucleic acids
Material manipulation
Published July 9, 2015
Project led by JHU chemist Kit Bowen receives $7.5M grant from DOD
Buzzworthy
Caffeine stirs memory
Published Jan 12, 2014 Video
Caffeine has positive effect on our long-term memory, researchers say
Local teens in the lab
Published Fall 2013
Baltimore teens traded the swimming pool for the lab as participants in the summer Biophysics Research for Baltimore Teens internship / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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McQueen receives fellowship
Published April 30, 2013
Award recognizes young scientists making substantial contributions to solid-state chemistry
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Chemist McQueen wins Packard Fellowship
Published Oct 15, 2012
Award given annually to unusually creative young faculty members in science and engineering
Discovering new channels
Published July 26, 2012 Video
For Nobel Prize winner Peter Agre, persistent curiosity led to key molecular discovery