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Science+Technology

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine announces new partnership to advance precision medicine

Published Oct 22, 2019

Collaboration between the School of Medicine, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the New York Stem Cell Foundation Research Institute will provide unmatched scope of resources and expertise

Kristopher Bell presents at Diversity and Inclusion Conference

Diversity+Inclusion

How our brains process trauma, perpetuate bias

Published Oct 22, 2019

APL's Kristopher Bell discusses how bias and microaggressions are processed in the brain and how we can use that knowledge to support a culture of inclusion

Energy

A future fueled by wind energy requires interdisciplinary approach

Published Oct 18, 2019

Mechanical engineer Charles Meneveau co-authors report outlining major obstacles and solutions for optimizing wind energy

Researchers from APL work on their improved lithium-ion battery

Science+Technology

A lithium-ion battery that won't catch fire

Published Oct 17, 2019

Building on previous work, researchers at APL appear to have corrected the ubiquitous energy source's most significant safety hazard—its combustibility

Hopkins in the news

'60 Minutes' explores Hopkins' psychedelics research

Published Oct 14, 2019

Scientists Roland Griffiths and Matthew Johnson sit down with journalist Anderson Cooper to discuss the promise of psychedelics / 60 Minutes

Data and government

Survey identifies a growing need to hire data analysts in government

Published Oct 11, 2019

Having more employees with credentials in data analytics will allow government agencies to more effectively act on the data they collect

Pencil placed on print out of genetic information

Science+Technology

Look what's missing

Published Oct 10, 2019

The reference genome, used as a representative sample of the human genome, lacks genetic material found in individuals of African descent

Quantum physics

A building block of future computing?

Published Oct 10, 2019

Researchers discover a superconductor that naturally exists between two states, a finding that could pave the way for more complex computing in the future