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Two students peer into microscopes
STEM Education
SABES program expands in Baltimore
Published Sept 12, 2017
City schools, JHU launched SABES in 2013 to improve STEM instruction
VIDEO
What Irma tells us about future hurricanes
Published Sept 8, 2017 Video
Climate modeler Anand Gnanadesikan forecasts hurricanes will become less common, more intense
Six people pose for a photo together, with one wearing a MedHacks tee shirt
MedHacks 2017
Med-tech innovation, inspiration
Published Sept 7, 2017
Third annual MedHacks hackathon attracts hundreds of students, entrepreneurs
Image depicts a photo of Jupiter, striated with red and gray storm clouds and the iconic Red Dot, topped with an electric blue swirl of color on the north pole representing an aurora
Polar energy
Jupiter auroras present powerful mystery
Published Sept 7, 2017
APL-built instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft observes significant particle energy that behaves in surprising ways
Health and fitness
Five startups picked for fast track
Published Sept 6, 2017
M-1 Ventures accelerator announces first cohort for 16-week program based in East Baltimore
Computer-generated illustration depicts lightning in the brain
Scratch, scratch, ow!
Published Fall 2017
A team of Hopkins postdocs have found that some neurons carry signals for both itch and pain / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Illustration shows a hot sun in a green/blue sky, and the two hands holding an abstract diagram of a paint-by-numbers-shape
Pack the sunblock
Published Fall 2017 Video
The Parker Solar Probe, a mission first proposed in 1958, will use Whiting School heat shield and APL mission control to unlock the mysteries of the sun / Johns Hopkins Magazine
An illustration of a plastic fishing lure with a computer chip resting inside and two fish hooks trailing behind
Smart bait
Published Fall 2017
Sure, you can teach a man to fish, but a Hopkins electrical engineer aims to develop a foolproof lure that can do it / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Psychedelic-style illustration shows drippy bodies made of different colors in a barren landscape
Behavioral biology
Crash course in the nature of mind
Published Fall 2017 Video
Roland Griffiths' psilocybin experiments have produced striking evidence for therapeutic uses of hallucinogens / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Image of a galaxy in outer space
Space exploration
Space@Hopkins awards seed grants
Published Aug 31, 2017
Group that supports civilian space research from across JHU funds four interdisciplinary research projects