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- The richer you are, the more likely you’ll social distance, study finds https://releases.jhu.edu/2021/01/14/the-richer-you-are-the-more-likely-youll-social-distance-study-finds/ 175 comments
- Jacobi's Method Gets a Makeover and Yields Answers Up to 200 Times Faster http://releases.jhu.edu/2014/06/30/19th-century-math-tactic-gets-a-makeover-and-yields-answers-up-to-200-times-faster/ 2 comments
- JHU-Created Material Could Lead to Stronger, Lighter and Safer Helmets and Vehicles https://releases.jhu.edu/2022/03/08/jhu-created-material-could-lead-to-stronger-lighter-and-safer-helmets-and-vehicles/ 2 comments science
- Study: The higher a person’s income, the more likely they were to protect themselves at the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. Furthermore, lower-income respondents faced increased chances of job and income losses due to the pandemic and limited access to remote work. https://releases.jhu.edu/2021/01/14/the-richer-you-are-the-more-likely-youll-social-distance-study-finds/ 78 comments science
- Researchers discovered that a specific brain region monitors food preferences as they change across thirsty and quenched states. By targeting neurons in that part of the brain, they were able to shift food choice preferences from a more desired reward to a less tasty one https://releases.jhu.edu/2020/11/04/brain-region-tracking-food-preferences-could-steer-our-food-choices/ 5 comments science
- New Bioinspired Material Can ‘Shapeshift’ to External Forces. Inspired by how human bone and coral reefs adjust mineral deposits in response to their surrounding environments, researchers have created a self-adapting material that can change its stiffness in response to the applied force. https://releases.jhu.edu/2020/04/17/under-pressure-new-bioinspired-material-can-shapeshift-to-external-forces/ 3 comments science
- Researchers Identify New Toxic Byproducts of Disinfecting Drinking Water https://releases.jhu.edu/2020/01/29/whats-in-your-water/ 9 comments science
- Dark Matter May Be Older Than The Big Bang, Study Suggests https://releases.jhu.edu/2019/08/08/dark-matter-may-be-older-than-the-big-bang-study-suggests/ 18 comments science
- Dark matter may predate the Big Bang - Study finds new connection between particle physics and astronomy. If dark matter consists of new particles that were born before the Big Bang, they affect the way galaxies are distributed in the sky in a unique way. https://releases.jhu.edu/2019/08/08/dark-matter-may-be-older-than-the-big-bang-study-suggests/ 21 comments science
- Dark matter may be older than the Big Bang, a new study suggests. For a long time, researchers believed it was a leftover substance from the Big Bang. A new, simple mathematical framework shows that dark matter may have been produced before the Big Bang during an era known as the cosmic inflation. https://releases.jhu.edu/2019/08/08/dark-matter-may-be-older-than-the-big-bang-study-suggests/ 54 comments space
- Dark matter may be older than the Big Bang, a new study suggests. For a long time, researchers believed it was a leftover substance from the Big Bang. A new, simple mathematical framework shows that dark matter may have been produced before the Big Bang during an era known as the cosmic inflation. https://releases.jhu.edu/2019/08/08/dark-matter-may-be-older-than-the-big-bang-study-suggests/ 7 comments science
- Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Asteroids are Stronger, Harder to Destroy Than Previously Thought https://releases.jhu.edu/2019/03/04/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do-asteroids-are-stronger-harder-to-destroy-than-previously-thought/ 4 comments space
- Asteroids are Stronger, Harder to Destroy Than Previously Thought - A popular theme in the movies is heroes launched into space to blow an incoming asteroid up. But incoming asteroids may be harder to break than scientists previously thought, finds a new study. https://releases.jhu.edu/2019/03/04/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do-asteroids-are-stronger-harder-to-destroy-than-previously-thought/ 4 comments space
- By running lab simulations of atmospheric chemistry, new research questions the theory that oxygen and organic compounds in the atmosphere are evidence of life on a planet, because they can wind up in atmospheres for reasons that have nothing to do with biological processes. https://releases.jhu.edu/2018/12/17/alien-imposters-planets-with-oxygen-dont-necessarily-have-life/ 3 comments science
- Researchers have developed a new electronic skin that can allow amputees to perceive touch sensations via their prosthesis. The technology, called e-dermis, can recreate the sense of touch and pain by sensing stimuli and relaying impulses back to peripheral nerves http://releases.jhu.edu/2018/06/20/e-dermis/ 14 comments science
- JHU Finds Letter We’ve Seen Millions of Times, Yet Can’t Write http://releases.jhu.edu/2018/04/03/jhu-finds-letter-weve-seen-millions-of-times-yet-cant-write/ 18 comments science
- Despite seeing it millions of times in pretty much every picture book, every novel, every newspaper and every email, Johns Hopkins University researchers have found people are essentially unaware of the most common version of the lowercase print "g." http://releases.jhu.edu/2018/04/03/jhu-finds-letter-weve-seen-millions-of-times-yet-cant-write/ 44 comments linguistics
- Gilding technique inspired by ancient Egyptians may spark better fuel cells for tomorrow's electric cars. Applying a tiny coating of costly platinum just 1 nanometer thick—about 1/100,000th the width of a human hair—to a core of much cheaper cobalt could bring down the cost of fuel cells. http://releases.jhu.edu/2017/12/19/secrets-of-ancient-egypt-may-spark-better-fuel-cells-for-tomorrows-cars/ 3 comments science
- Working memory improves by 30% from a training known as Dual N-Back that is like the children's game Simon http://releases.jhu.edu/2017/10/17/johns-hopkins-finds-training-exercise-that-boosts-brain-power/ 41 comments science
- Mapping the (fruit fly) Brain, Neuron by Neuron « News from The Johns Hopkins University http://releases.jhu.edu/2017/08/10/mapping-the-brain-neuron-by-neuron/ 3 comments science
- In a microscopic feat that resembled a high-wire circus act, researchers have coaxed DNA nanotubes to assemble themselves into bridge-like structures arched between two molecular landmarks on the surface of a lab dish. This may someday be used to connect electronic medical devices to living cells. http://releases.jhu.edu/2017/01/05/captured-on-video-dna-nanotubes-build-a-bridge-between-two-molecular-posts/ 3 comments science
- Researchers Find Brain’s ‘Physics Engine’ http://releases.jhu.edu/2016/08/08/researchers-find-brains-physics-engine/ 4 comments cogsci
- Using mice, researchers find what could be the brain’s trigger for binge behavior. Findings suggest neurons in a largely unstudied region of the brain are connected to the tendency to overindulge in response to external triggers, a problem faced by people addicted to food, alcohol, and drugs. http://releases.jhu.edu/2016/05/31/researchers-find-what-could-be-brains-trigger-for-binge-behavior/ 3 comments science
- Race Biases Teachers’ Expectations for Students http://releases.jhu.edu/2016/03/30/race-biases-teachers-expectations-for-students/ 11 comments science
- Scientists say we should adopt a single, universal time under the Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar. http://releases.jhu.edu/2011/12/27/time-for-a-change-johns-hopkins-scholars-say-calendar-needs-serious-overhaul/ 9 comments science
- Researchers have revealed the precise nerve cells that allow the brain to make a split-second change of course. A better understanding of the cognitive mechanics behind what’s known as reactive inhibition, could help people suffering from neurological conditions where such control is diminished. http://releases.jhu.edu/2015/09/17/how-the-brain-can-stop-action-on-a-dime/ 3 comments science
- Sepsis kills more Americans every year than AIDS and breast and prostate cancer combined. Researchers report a new computer-based method correctly predicts septic shock in 85 percent of cases, without increasing the false positive rate from screening methods that are common now. http://releases.jhu.edu/2015/08/05/computer-algorithm-can-forecast-patients-deadly-sepsis/ 17 comments science
- Though people can distinguish between millions of colors, we have trouble remembering specific shades because our brains tend to store what we’ve seen as one of just a few basic hues. http://releases.jhu.edu/2015/06/02/when-the-color-we-see-isnt-the-color-we-remember/ 7 comments science
- 19th Century Math Tactic Gets a Makeover—and Yields Answers Up to 200 Times Faster http://releases.jhu.edu/2014/06/30/19th-century-math-tactic-gets-a-makeover-and-yields-answers-up-to-200-times-faster/ 14 comments compsci
- 19th Century Math Tactic Gets a Makeover—and Yields Answers Up to 200 Times Faster: With just a few modern-day tweaks, the researchers say they’ve made the rarely used Jacobi method work up to 200 times faster. http://releases.jhu.edu/2014/06/30/19th-century-math-tactic-gets-a-makeover-and-yields-answers-up-to-200-times-faster/ 274 comments science
- Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra, psychologists find http://releases.jhu.edu/2014/03/06/are-you-smarter-than-a-5-year-old-preschoolers-can-do-algebra-psychologists-find/ 9 comments science
- Johns Hopkins Researcher, Colleagues, Solve Mystery of X-ray Light Coming From Black Holes http://releases.jhu.edu/2013/06/14/johns-hopkins-researcher-colleagues-solve-mystery-of-x-ray-light-coming-from-black-holes/ 87 comments science