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Lab mouse
Parkinson's disease
Study identifies potential Parkinson's treatment
Published July 3, 2018
In mouse study, experimental drug similar to FDA-approved diabetes treatments shown to prevent motor impairment, extend life expectancy
Close-up of prosthetic hand with sensory sleeve on fingertips
Biomedical engineering
Bringing a human touch to prosthetics
Published June 20, 2018 Video
When layered on top of prosthetic hands, e-dermis device brings back a real sense of touch through the fingertips
Team PneumoNIX
Biomedical engineering
Students take 2nd in national competition
Published June 18, 2018
PneumoNIX team develops approach to reduce risk of collapsed lung during lung biopsy
Parker Solar Probe silhouetted against the massive, orange sun
Parker Solar Probe
Spacecraft's launch window delayed
Published June 18, 2018
Historic mission to the sun, managed by JHU's Applied Physics Lab, will now begin no earlier than Aug. 4
Gold shipping container in front of brick academic building
Civil discourse
Building a 'global public square'
Published June 15, 2018 Video
Agora Institute brings immersive audiovisual Portals to Homewood to connect people at Hopkins with others around the world
Sparks and lava burn palm trees
Earth sciences
A volcanologist's view of Kilauea
Published June 13, 2018
Hopkins alum Thomas Wright, an expert on volcano hazards in Hawaii, discusses last month's Kilauea eruption
Particles in bright colors form a tartan pattern
Artifact
In disarray
Published Summer 2018
Art and science / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cow illustration with stethoscope and human face
Farm animals
Putting the kibosh on contagion
Published Summer 2018 Video
Surveillance system developed at APL could help public health officials identify infected populations—among humans and animals / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Richard Huganir
Neuroscience
From bench to bedside and back
Published Summer 2018
Neuroscientist Richard Huganir studies a genetic mutation that contributes to intellectual disability / Johns Hopkins Magazine
4 versions of the letter g
Cognitive Science
Thrown for a loop(tail)
Published Summer 2018 Video
What letter of the alphabet can we read but not write? The answer's in the 'g'-tails / Johns Hopkins Magazine