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a string of computer code overlaid on top of a brain
Inside programmers' brains
Published Spring 2021
A Johns Hopkins study offers clues to which parts of the brain are involved in coding / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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Going interstellar with a sun-skirting probe
Published Spring 2021
APL's Interstellar Probe will slingshot around the sun to explore the outer reaches of the universe / Johns Hopkins Magazine
illustration of a cellphone displaying photos of rashes
Lyme selfies
Published Spring 2021
Researchers look to AI to detect Lyme disease earlier / Johns Hopkins Magazine
illustration of bacteria and viruses flowing through pipes
What our wastewater can tell us
Published Spring 2021
Our sewage contains important biomarkers that can tell researchers about a community's diet, drug intake, and even the presence of COVID-19 / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Inventor Jessamy Taylor sits in front of a boulder at Oregon’s Smith Rock State Park
Tinkerer, climber, engineer
Published Spring 2021
Alum and inventor Jessamy Taylor loves being outdoors, scaling heights, and solving problems. Among them: a better way to adaptive climb / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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
Karen Fleming
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
Women in STEM
Diversity in STEM
Repairing the STEM pipeline
Published March 8, 2021 Video
At Hopkins, STEM faculty members are changing outcomes for women by making the undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, and early faculty years more inclusive of women
Ben Straus
Student life
TikTok tutor racks up thousands of followers around the world
Published March 2, 2021 Video
Hopkins senior Ben Straus shares homework help and study tips through TikTok videos and a Discord server