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Hopkins surgery team
Surgery
Hopkins performs world's first penis transplant
Published April 23, 2018
Recipient is a combat veteran who sustained injuries while serving in Afghanistan
Stadium seats
Brain science
An audience might make you perform better
Published April 20, 2018
Performing a task in front of an audience triggers parts of the brain associated with social cognition, reward, and motor skills, study finds
Four students gather around a petri dish
Undergraduate research
A simple way to stop the bleeding
Published April 17, 2018
Engineering students devise blood-clotting 'super gel' that could make oft-repeated procedures more efficient and economical
Two students peer into microscopes
Enhancing STEM programs for Baltimore students
Published April 13, 2018
Hopkins partners with Lockheed Martin to teach students skills in science, technology, engineering, and math
JHU President Ronald J. Daniels
National report urges stronger support for biomedical workforce
Published April 12, 2018
Committee chaired by JHU's Daniels authors report addressing core challenges, recommending reforms
Representatives of Team Treyetech and Team AssistENT
Undergraduate research
Teams of young inventors recognized
Published April 10, 2018
Two teams of Hopkins biomedical engineering students are among winners at MIT competition
Close-up of fingerprint pattern with small red boxes around key characteristics
A lack of 'science' in forensic science
Published April 10, 2018
Many forensic methods commonly used in criminal cases have never been scientifically validated and may lead to unjust verdicts, experts say
A bat
Bat signals
Brain science, unleashed
Published April 10, 2018 Video
Wireless devices record brain activity of bats, helping researchers better understand what happens in the brain as we move through the world
Two men hold up smartphones showing HopkinsPD app
Computer science
App tracks Parkinson's symptoms
Published April 6, 2018
Using existing smartphone components, app gathers valuable diagnostic data in a non-clinical setting
Illustrated genome
Genetic testing
23andMe and you
Published April 5, 2018
Direct-to-consumer genetic tests promise a DNA goldmine—but do they deliver?