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Science+Technology

Faculty and staff test out the new VR sim equipment at the School of Nursing's Sim Center Kristen Brown

Technology and health

School of Nursing introduces a new, cost-effective form of training: Virtual reality

Published March 12, 2021

The VR software places a student in an ER setting with a nursing assistant who introduces a virtual patient facing a particular dilemma

Woman loads samples into a test device in the lab

Collaborations

Scaling up rapid saliva tests for COVID-19 antibodies

Published March 12, 2021

Microbiologist Christopher Heaney aims to increase production of saliva-based rapid tests for COVID-19 antibodies, tracking the virus' spread more quickly and frequently

Faculty spotlight

Uncovering the mysteries of cell proteins

Published March 8, 2021

In her lab at Johns Hopkins, biophysicist Karen Fleming investigates how proteins fold, interact, and mutate

Diversity in STEM

Repairing the STEM pipeline

Published March 8, 2021

At Hopkins, STEM faculty members are changing outcomes for women by making the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and early faculty years more inclusive of women

Student life

TikTok tutor racks up thousands of followers around the world

Published March 2, 2021

Hopkins senior Ben Straus shares homework help and study tips through TikTok videos and a Discord server

Commentary

The future of electron microscopy

Published March 2, 2021

Engineer Mitra Taheri and team publish roadmap to harness data science and artificial intelligence for electron microscopy, unlocking tool's full power

Alumni spotlight

Physics pioneer

Published Feb 26, 2021

Since becoming the first Black woman to earn a PhD in physics at Johns Hopkins, Miller has tracked the successes and achievements of Black women in physics