November 1, 2021 – Johns Hopkins University researchers discovered precisely how spiders build webs by using night vision and artificial intelligence to track and record every movement of all eight legs as spiders worked in the dark. Their creation of a web-building playbook or algorithm brings new understanding of how creatures with brains a fraction […]
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The Science Behind the Appeal of Pumpkin Spice
Fall is still days away but at coffee shops and grocery stores, it’s already peak autumn thanks to the arrival of a certain flavor that has come to signal the season’s unofficial start. Everyone knows, it’s pumpkin spice time. But why? Johns Hopkins University perception researchers can say a key to understanding why people love […]
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Eyeglasses for School Kids Boosts Academic Performance
Students who received eyeglasses through a school-based program scored higher on reading and math tests, Johns Hopkins researchers from the Wilmer Eye Institute and School of Education found in the largest clinical study of the impact of glasses on education ever conducted in the United States. The students who struggled the most academically showed the […]
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What Spurs People to Save the Planet? Stories or Facts?
April 26, 2021 – With climate change looming, what must people hear to convince them to change their ways to stop harming the environment? A new Johns Hopkins University study finds stories to be significantly more motivating than scientific facts— at least for some people. After hearing a compelling pollution-related story in which a man […]
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Study: Pandemic eviction bans found to protect entire communities from COVID-19 spread
April 19, 2021 – A new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania uses computer modeling to suggest that eviction bans authorized during the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the infection rate and not only protected those who would have lost their housing but also entire communities from the spread of infections. […]
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Delivering Pandemic Vaccine Poses Extraordinary Logistical Challenges
December 2, 2020 – Delivering a vaccine for a global pandemic that has caused nearly 1.5 million deaths and has infected more than 64 million people – as of early December 2020 – will require a logistical effort of extraordinary complexity. In the following Q&A, Associate Professor Tinglong Dai of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business […]
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TIME names JHU COVID-19 Map Creator Professor Lauren Gardner to 100 Most Influential List for 2020
September 22, 2020 – TIME named a Johns Hopkins University professor to its 2020 list of the 100 most influential people in the world for developing a free and open website that empowers the international community to track the COVID-19 pandemic in near-real time with reliable, independent data. Lauren Gardner, a civil and systems engineering […]
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New Research Confirms Higher Rates of New Coronavirus in Latinx Populations
June 23, 2020 – In a new analysis of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, test results for nearly 38,000 people has found a positivity rate among Latinx populations about three times higher than for any other racial and ethnic group. The findings, published June 18 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), add to evidence […]
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More pavement, more flood problems
Think your daily coffee, boutique gym membership and airport lounge access cost a lot? There may be an additional, hidden cost to those luxuries of urban living, says a new Johns Hopkins University study: more flooding. For every percentage point increase in roads, parking lots and other impervious surfaces that prevent water from flowing into […]
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Medical Errors Remain a Problem in U.S. 20 Years after Critical Report on Patient Safety
December 10, 2019 – In 1999, the Institute of Medicine issued To Err Is Human, a 300-page declaration of a crisis in patient safety. The report made headlines with its claim that 98,000 Americans were dying each year from medical mishaps. Congress and the medical industry responded with alarm and promises of reform. Medical errors, […]
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Vast Majority Of Dietary Supplements Don’t Improve Heart Health or Put Off Death
July 16, 2019 – In a massive new analysis of findings from 277 clinical trials using 24 different interventions, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found that almost all vitamin, mineral and other nutrient supplements or diets cannot be linked to longer life or protection from heart disease. Although they found that most of […]
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Millennials arrested more often than predecessors — even when fewer crimes are committed
April 29, 2019 – Millennials are more likely to be arrested than their predecessor counterparts regardless of self-reported criminal activity, finds a new study by a Johns Hopkins University expert. Furthermore, black men who self-reported no offenses were 419% more likely to be arrested at the beginning of the 21st century than non-offending blacks of […]
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Three-Antibiotic Cocktail Clears “Persister” Lyme Bacteria in Mouse Study
April 23, 2019 – A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that a slow-growing variant form of Lyme bacteria caused severe symptoms in a mouse model. The slow-growing variant form of Lyme bacteria, according to the researchers, may account for the persistent symptoms seen in ten to […]
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Astronaut Has No Lingering, Major Epigenetic Differences from Earthbound Twin Brother
April 11, 2019 – In a landmark study, a group of U.S. scientists from Johns Hopkins, Stanford University and other institutions has found no long-lasting, major differences between the epigenomes of astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a year in space aboard the International Space Station, and his twin brother, Mark, who remained on Earth. What […]
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Johns Hopkins Expert Urges Solution to Public Health Crisis Caused by Drug Shortages
March 4, 2019 – In resource-rich countries, five-year survival rates for children with cancer approach 85 percent. However, shortages in the drugs that make up the backbone of many proven and life-saving pediatric oncology regimens have become commonplace in the United States, with far-reaching consequences. In a paper published in the March 4 JAMA Pediatrics, Berman […]
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Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Asteroids are Stronger, Harder to Destroy Than Previously Thought
March 4, 2019 – A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could extinguish life on the planet, and our heroes are launched into space to blow it up. But incoming asteroids may be harder to break than scientists previously thought, finds a Johns Hopkins study that used a new […]
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Shedding Light—Literally—on Resistance to Radiation Therapy
February 28, 2019 – A new Johns Hopkins study offers promise towards someday being able to non-invasively examine changes in cancerous tumors to determine whether they’ll respond to radiation treatment, before treatment even begins. The findings, published Feb. 28 in Cancer Research, can potentially help identify subsets of patients that are best suited for radiation […]
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Topical pain creams not statistically better than placebo
February 5, 2019 – In an effort to reduce chronic pain, many people look for hope by paying $20 to thousands of dollars for a tube of prescription topical pain cream or gel. Now, results of a rigorous federally funded study mandated by Congress shows no statistically significant difference between relief offered by these creams […]
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Fraction of U.S. outpatient treatment centers offer medication for opioid addiction
January 15, 2019 – Despite the mounting death toll of America’s opioid crisis, only a minority of facilities that treat substance use disorders offer patients buprenorphine, naltrexone or methadone—the three FDA-approved medications for the long-term management of opioid use disorder, according to a new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public […]
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U.S. Health Care Spending Highest Among Developed Countries
Jan. 7, 2018 – The United States, on a per capita basis, spends much more on health care than other developed countries; the chief reason is not greater health care utilization, but higher prices, according to a study from a team led by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researcher. The paper will […]