http://www.jhu.edu/news News stories and press releases from the Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering. en-us The Johns Hopkins University 2008. Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:50:00 EDT dgips@jhu.edu (Debra Gips) dgips@jhu.edu (Debra Gips) http://www.jhu.edu/news/rss/images/engineering.gif http://www.jhu.edu/news News stories and press releases from the Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School of Engineering. http://www.jhu.edu/news/home09/may09/menke.html You'd never know it to watch him now -- master of instant recall and quick-fingered wizard with the signaling button -- but senior Scott Menke is not exactly a lifelong Jeopardy fan. Dennis O'Shea / E-mail: dro@jhu.edu (Dennis O'Shea) Fri, 08 May 2009 10:00:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news/home09/may09/menke.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/mar09/guikema.html In regions that have been devastated by hurricanes and other natural disasters, public officials should pursue a new direction in infrastructure projects, one that focuses on more durable designs and a greater sensitivity to the surrounding environment, a Johns Hopkins researcher says. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/mar09/guikema.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/mar09/cell_detachment.html Johns Hopkins engineers have invented a method that could be used to help figure out how cancer cells break free from neighboring tissue, an "escape" that can spread the disease to other parts of the body. Mary Spiro / E-mail: mspiro@jhu.edu (Mary Spiro) Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:25:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/mar09/cell_detachment.html http://www.jhu.edu/news/univ09/feb09/tuition.html Tuition for full-time undergraduates at The Johns Hopkins University will increase 3.8 percent next fall, the smallest percentage growth in 35 years for the university's two largest undergraduate schools. Dennis O'Shea / E-mail: dro@jhu.edu (Dennis O'Shea) Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news/univ09/feb09/tuition.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/feb09/gerecht.html A Johns Hopkins engineer is trying to coax human stem cells to turn into networks of new blood vessels that could someday be used to replace damaged tissue in people with heart disease, diabetes and other illnesses. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:20:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/feb09/gerecht.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/feb09/mesh.html A net with large holes won't catch small fish. Likewise, the microscopic fibers in the protective mucus coatings of the eyes, lungs, stomach or reproductive system naturally bundle together and allow the tiniest disease-causing bugs, allergens or pollutants to slip by. But Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a way to chemically shrink the holes in the mucus layer's netting so that it will keep out more of the unwanted particles. Mary Spiro / E-mail: mspiro@jhu.edu (Mary Spiro) Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/feb09/mesh.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/jan09/gracias.html In experiments that pave the way for tiny mobile surgical tools activated by heat or chemicals, Johns Hopkins researchers have invented dust-particle-size devices that can be used to grab and remove living cells from hard-to-reach places without the need for electrical wires, tubes or batteries. Instead, the devices are actuated by thermal or biochemical signals. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home09/jan09/gracias.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/dec08/yu.html Michael S. Yu, a Johns Hopkins faculty member who is developing ways to use common collagen to build new blood vessels and detect disease, was honored Dec. 19 in a White House ceremony that paid tribute to the nation's top scientists who are beginning their independent careers. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:40:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/dec08/yu.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/dec08/engin_masters.html The Johns Hopkins University is launching three new full-time engineering master's degree programs aimed at giving graduates a solid educational foundation and a competitive edge before they seek employment in private industry or government organizations. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:25:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/dec08/engin_masters.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/nov08/wirtz.html In human relationships, a certain "spark" often governs whether we prefer one person more than another, and critical first impressions can occur within seconds. A team lead by Johns Hopkins researchers has found that cell-to-cell "friendships" operate in much the same way and that dysfunctional bonding is linked to the spread of cancer. Mary Spiro / E-mail: mspiro@jhu.edu (Mary Spiro) Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:20:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/nov08/wirtz.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/nov08/atoms.html When atoms in a crystal are struck by laser light, their electrons, excited by the light, typically begin moving back and forth together in a regular pattern, resembling nanoscale soldiers marching in a lockstep formation. But according to a new theory developed by Johns Hopkins researchers, under the right conditions these atoms will rebel against uniformity. Their electrons will begin moving apart and then joining together again repeatedly like lively swing partners on a dance floor. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:55:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/nov08/atoms.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/sep08/innovators.html Two Johns Hopkins researchers -- a physician whose squirrel hibernation studies may lead to new treatments for muscle-wasting diseases, and an engineer who is building medical tools smaller than a speck of dust -- have received prestigious 2008 New Innovator Awards, the National Institutes of Health announced today. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:35:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/sep08/innovators.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/jul08/arm.html Engineering students at Johns Hopkins have invented a tool that would allow utility workers to disconnect power lines from residential transformers at a safe distance, beyond the range of dangerous electrical arcs. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/jul08/arm.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/jul08/computer.html A federal grant will allow Johns Hopkins researchers to purchase a powerful $2 million computer that will speed up their efforts to find new ways to diagnose and treat brain disease, heart illnesses, cancer and other medical ailments. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:20:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/jul08/computer.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/jul08/bme.html The Johns Hopkins University has established a formal research collaboration with Germany's Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, described as the largest organization for applied research in Europe. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:50:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/jul08/bme.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/may08/icu_mover.html Johns Hopkins undergraduates have designed and built a device to enable critically ill intensive care unit patients to leave their beds and walk while remaining tethered to essential life-support equipment. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Wed, 28 May 2008 18:40:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/may08/icu_mover.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/may08/deanship.html A. James Clark, a leading commercial builder and university trustee emeritus, has committed $10 million to The Johns Hopkins University to endow the deanship of the university's Whiting School of Engineering in honor of his mentor and business colleague, Benjamin T. Rome. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 05 May 2008 09:25:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/may08/deanship.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/univ08/apr08/fritz_medal.html Kristina M. Johnson, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at The Johns Hopkins University, has been selected to receive the John Fritz Medal, widely considered the highest award in the engineering profession. The honor, established more than a century ago and given to such innovators as Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Westinghouse and Orville Wright, will be awarded to Johnson on May 5 by the American Association of Engineering Societies. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:20:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/univ08/apr08/fritz_medal.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/apr08/zring.html A team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has solved important puzzles concerning how certain proteins guide the reproduction of bacteria, discoveries that could lead to a new type of antibiotics. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:10:00 EDT http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/apr08/zring.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/feb08/brainlab.html Johns Hopkins researchers from the Whiting School of Engineering and the School of Medicine have devised a micro-scale tool -- a lab on a chip -- designed to mimic the chemical complexities of the brain. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:50:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/feb08/brainlab.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/feb08/chemistry.html Two Johns Hopkins chemists -- one bioinorganic and the other environmental -- have joined forces to create a new approach for studying pollutant reactions in the environment. By drawing on their different areas of expertise, researchers Justine P. Roth and Alan T. Stone hope to develop a better way to predict the behavior of previously unexplored pollutants, including some hazardous metals. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:05:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home08/feb08/chemistry.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/dec07/wind.html Using smoke, laser light, model airplane propellers and a campus wind tunnel, a team led by Johns Hopkins University researchers is trying to solve the airflow mysteries that surround wind turbines, an increasingly popular source of "green" energy. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:55:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/dec07/wind.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/nov07/tactile.html A Johns Hopkins researcher has joined experts from four other institutions who plan to create a dynamic electronic surface to allow blind or visually impaired people to "feel" mathematical graphs, diagrams and other visuals now displayed on computer screens. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:50:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/nov07/tactile.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/oct07/fishkill.html By applying state-of-the-art holographic microscopy to a major marine biology challenge, researchers from two Baltimore institutions have identified the swimming and attack patterns of two tiny but deadly microbes linked to fish kills in the Chesapeake Bay and other waterways. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:15:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/oct07/fishkill.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/oct07/celldivision.html In process that is shrouded in mystery, rod-shaped bacteria reproduce by splitting themselves in two. By applying advanced mathematics to laboratory data, a team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has solved a small but important part of this reproductive puzzle. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:25:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/oct07/celldivision.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/oct07/incubator.html Integrating silicon microchip technology with a network of tiny fluid channels, some thinner than a human hair, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have developed a thumb-size micro-incubator to culture living cells for lab tests. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/oct07/incubator.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/sep07/ragweed.html To a person with a pollen allergy, an 18-acre ragweed field sounds like a sneezy, red-eyed zone of misery. But to two environmental engineering researchers at Johns Hopkins, the parcel presented a rare and valuable opportunity to learn how the troublesome weeds grow, reproduce and scatter their pollen under varying weather conditions. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:05:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/sep07/ragweed.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/aug07/risk.html A new book, co-written by a Johns Hopkins University professor and an outside colleague, seeks to examine health questions in a new light. Authors Erik Rifkin and Edward Bouwer are not physicians; both are environmental scientists with decades of experience in analyzing health risks connected with air, water and soil pollution. By directing this expertise at data from mainstream medical studies, the researchers believe they have found a fresh way to help the average reader assess common health risks. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:45:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/aug07/risk.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/jul07/west.html James E. West, a Johns Hopkins engineering faculty member who co-invented the microphone used in most telephones and many other electronic devices worldwide, has been named a recipient of the nation's highest honor for technological innovation. In a statement released Monday, President George W. Bush announced that West is one of five people who will receive the 2006 National Medal of Technology. Bush will present the medals during a White House awards ceremony on July 27. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:55:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/jul07/west.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/jun07/language.html The Johns Hopkins University has been awarded a long-term, multimillion dollar contract to establish and operate a Human Language Technology Center of Excellence near Johns Hopkins' Homewood campus in Baltimore. The center's research will focus on advanced technology for automatically analyzing a wide range of speech, text and document image data in multiple languages. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:20:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/jun07/language.html http://www.jhu.edu/news/home07/jun07/ortho.html Inspired by the device used to find lost coins in the sand, Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a small handheld metal detector to help doctors locate hidden orthopedic screws that need to be removed from patients' bodies. The device emits a tone that rises in pitch as the surgeon moves closer to the metal screw. It also serves as a surgical tool to guide the removal of the hardware. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:10:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news/home07/jun07/ortho.html http://www.jhu.edu/news/home07/may07/rotaviru.html A thin strip that dissolves in the mouth like a popular breath-freshener could someday provide life-saving rotavirus vaccine to infants in impoverished areas. The innovative drug-delivery system was developed by Johns Hopkins undergraduate biomedical engineering students. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 14 May 2007 10:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news/home07/may07/rotaviru.html http://www.jhu.edu/news/home07/may07/micro1.html Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a device to improve cell therapy for diabetes patients by anchoring transplanted insulin-producing cells inside a major blood vessel. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 07 May 2007 10:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news/home07/may07/micro1.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/mar07/cardio.html With $8.5 million in federal support, leading researchers at three universities, including Johns Hopkins, are creating an ambitious digital network that will allow cardiovascular researchers worldwide to easily exchange data and expertise on heart-related illnesses. The project, called the Cardiovascular Research Grid, is expected to be a boon to the large community of heart researchers who will use these digital tools to find new ways to prevent, detect and treat life-threatening cardiac ailments. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:40:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/mar07/cardio.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/feb07/chip.html Using a biochemical version of a computer chip, a team led by Johns Hopkins researchers has solved a long-standing mystery related to the mating habits of yeast cells. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/feb07/chip.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/feb07/karchin.html Certain cancer risks can be passed down through families, the result of tiny changes in a family's genetic code. But not all genetic changes are deadly. To help medical counselors and physicians identify the mutations that pose the greatest health risks, researchers at four institutions, including Johns Hopkins, have developed and validated a new computer tool. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/feb07/karchin.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/jan07/hanes.html The layers of mucus that protect sensitive tissue throughout the body have an undesirable side effect: they can also keep helpful medications away. To overcome this hurdle, Johns Hopkins researchers have found a way to coat nanoparticles with a chemical that helps them slip through this sticky barrier. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/jan07/hanes.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/jan07/hybrid.html By joining a sugar to a short-chain fatty acid compound, Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a two-pronged molecular weapon that kills cancer cells in lab tests. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home07/jan07/hybrid.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/dec06/taylor.html Drawing on advances in robotics and computer technology, Johns Hopkins University researchers are designing new high-tech medical tools to equip the operating room of the future. These systems and instruments could someday help doctors treat patients more safely and effectively and allow them to perform surgical tasks that are nearly impossible today. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/dec06/taylor.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/dec06/hager.html Borrowing ideas from speech recognition research, Johns Hopkins computer scientists are building mathematical models to represent the safest and most effective ways to perform surgery, including tasks such as suturing, dissecting and joining tissue. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:20:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/dec06/hager.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/nov06/robots.html By substituting mechanical instruments for human fingers, robotic tools give surgeons a new way to perform medical procedures with great precision in small spaces. But as the surgeon directs these tools from a computer console, an important component is lost: the sense of touch. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/nov06/robots.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/sep06/smarttag.html Johns Hopkins researchers will take part in a new multi-institution project to improve the security of "smart tags," the wireless devices that allow drivers to zip through automatic tollbooths and let workers enter a secured area with the flash of a card. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/sep06/smarttag.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/sep06/nanobio.html Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a way to use a brief burst of electricity to release biomolecules and nanoparticles from a tiny gold launch pad. The technique could someday be used to dispense small amounts of medicine on command from a chip implanted in the body. The method also may be useful in chemical reactions that require the controlled release of extremely small quantities of a material. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/sep0 6/nanobio.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/aug06/britni.html While still a senior in high school, a Baltimore teenager toiled 10 hours a week in a Johns Hopkins University engineering lab, helping to develop a new drug delivery system that could someday reduce tuberculosis deaths in impoverished nations. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/aug06/britni.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/jul06/braille.html To help provide a low-cost communication tool for blind people, undergraduates at The Johns Hopkins University have invented a lightweight, portable Braille writing device that requires no electronic components. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/jul06/braille.html http://www.jhu.edu/news/home06/mar06/vortice.html For decades, scientists who study hurricanes, whirlpools and other large fluid vortices have puzzled over precisely how these vast swirling masses of gas or liquid sustain themselves. How do they acquire the energy to keep moving? The most common theory sounded like it was lifted from Wall Street: The large vortices collect power as smaller vortices merge and combine their assets, in the same way that small companies join forces to create a mega-corporation. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 6 Mar 2006 08:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news/home06/mar06/vortice.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/feb06/alarm.html Drawing on lab experiments and computer studies, Johns Hopkins researchers have learned how a common protein delivers its warning message to cells when an infectious agent invades the body. The findings are important because this biological intruder alarm causes the body's immune system to leap into action to fight the infection. Learning more about how this process works, the researchers said, could lead to better treatments for diseases that occur when the immune system overreacts or pays too little attention to the infection alarm. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/feb06/alarm.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/feb06/natengin.html Two Johns Hopkins faculty members -- one with expertise in coastal engineering and the other in speech recognition technology -- have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering. Robert A. Dalrymple and Frederick Jelinek from the university's Whiting School of Engineering were among 76 new members and nine foreign associates named to the academy, according to a Feb. 10 announcement from the organization. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/feb06/natengin.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/jan06/glass.html Using state-of-the-art lab techniques and powerful computer simulations, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered how atoms pack themselves in unusual materials known as metallic glasses. Their findings should help scientists better understand the atomic scale structure of this material, which is used to make sports equipment, cell phone cases, armor-piercing projectiles and other products. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:30:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/jan06/glass.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/jan06/mideast.html U.S. policy in the Middle East is driven by baseless fears that an "oil weapon" can cut off our fuel supply, a Johns Hopkins researcher has concluded. In a peer-reviewed journal article, Roger J. Stern argues that the decades-old belief that petroleum-rich Persian Gulf nations must be appeased to keep oil flowing is imaginary, and the threat of deployment of an "oil weapon" is toothless. His review of economic and historical data also shows that untapped oil supplies are abundant, not scarce. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 17 Jan 2006 18:20:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home06/jan06/mideast.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home05/dec05/cubes.html Johns Hopkins researchers have devised a self- assembling cube-shaped perforated container, no larger than a dust speck, that could serve as a delivery system for medications and cell therapy. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home05/dec05/cubes.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home05/dec05/dnanano.html Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a new method of finding specific sequences of DNA by making them light up beneath a microscope. The researchers, who say the technique will have important uses in medical research, demonstrated its potential in their lab by detecting a sample of DNA containing a mutation linked to ovarian cancer. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Mon, 5 Dec 2005 16:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home05/dec05/dnanano.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home05/nov05/nano.html A $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, announced today, will help create a new graduate training program in Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University. The NBMed program will provide interdisciplinary training in nanotechnology and biology to a new generation of graduate students from three schools within Johns Hopkins. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home05/nov05/nano.html http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home05/nov05/noise.html Hospital noise levels have grown steadily in the past five decades, disturbing patients and staff and raising the risk of medical errors, according to Johns Hopkins University accoustical engineers. Phil Sneiderman / E-mail: prs@jhu.edu (Phil Sneiderman) Wed, 16 Nov 2005 01:00:00 EST http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/news/home05/nov05/noise.html