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Close-up of prosthetic hand with sensory sleeve on fingertips
Prosthetics
To feel again
Published Fall 2018
Electronic skin engineered at Johns Hopkins returns a sense of touch to amputees / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration of the solar probe flying through the sun's atmosphere
Taking the sun's measure
Published Fall 2018
The Parker Solar Probe is on its way to graze the sun, and the data it gathers may help answer some perplexing questions. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cohen Mummy
Faces from long ago
Published Fall 2018
Archaeological Museum exhibit focuses on reconstructing the faces—and dignity—of two mummies / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Alex Mathews and Param Shah
Risk/Reward
Solving the code problem for custom makers
Published Fall 2018
Alex Mathews and Param Shah are changing how custom manufacturers operate their businesses / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Cancer cells
Biomolecular engineering
Cell mechanics and the study of cancer
Published Sept 4, 2018
Denis Wirtz, vice provost for research, says unifying the field of cell mechanics around a common set of approaches will make it more valuable to the larger cancer research community
Group of students show off wearable tech device Aura Spark
Orientation 2018
Wearable tech sparks conversations
Published Aug 28, 2018
PhD candidate introduces Aura Spark bracelet at orientation event for first-year Electrical and Computer Engineering students
Cluster of stem cells in a star shape
Nanobiotechnology
Stem cells shape up
Published Aug 16, 2018
Hopkins bioengineers borrow a process from the electronics industry to discover a factor in stem cell growth: cellular pressure
Biomedical Engineering graduate education
Graduate education
JHU partners with Tsinghua for new engineering graduate program
Published Aug 15, 2018
Partnership combines JHU's top-rated biomedical engineering program with the world's No. 1 engineering school
DNA double helix
Biostatistics
Understanding genetic architecture
Published Aug 13, 2018
Method for identifying how different traits and diseases are influenced by genetics could lead to better-designed studies, researchers say
Trajectory of parker solar probe
Parker Solar Probe
Liftoff
Published Aug 12, 2018 Video
While most of the western hemisphere slept, an APL-built spacecraft prepared to make history