It might be difficult to imagine essentially inanimate objects having a sense of brain and self, but this is virtually the case for viruses. Viruses occupy a gray area. They are generally believed to hover between living and nonliving. Their main purpose for existence is to invade hosts as a sort of intracellular parasite.
At Hopkins, there is a kind of research for everyone, whether it is wet lab research at the Hopkins Hospital, clinical research at the Bloomberg School of Public Health or research through other institutions and study abroad programs. Amidst all of these opportunities, Hopkins also provides research scholarships for students that wish to investigate independent research projects.
A group of international astronomers, led by Sherry Suyu of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, made new and independent measurements of how fast our current universe is expanding. This expansion rate, also known as the Hubble Constant, plays a crucial role in modern astronomy for its ability to help verify our picture of the universe.
Neuroscientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) recently discovered how serotonin, a brain hormone, can lead to weight loss.
Personality is a multi-faceted quality with numerous possible influencing factors, making it intriguing and yet difficult to measure and study. We are constantly shaped by our experiences and environment.
Anyone who has dieted has heard the myth: To lose weight, “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.”
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are naturally occurring chemicals released by the combustion of organic matter, including wood, coal, oil and gasoline. As a result of increased biofuel consumption in recent years, PAHs have become major pollutants in the atmosphere and 15 PAHs have been identified as carcinogens.
Tesla Motors, Inc. rebranded as Tesla, Inc.
A recent clinical study conducted by the charity Pancreatic Cancer UK showed that a combination of two chemotherapy drugs helped to extend survival time for pancreatic cancer patients. A separate research study showed an increase in survival rate for patients suffering from lung cancer. Pancreatic cancer has the worst survival rate among the commonest forms of cancer, while lung cancer has the second worst survival rate.
One of the most commonly known hallucinogens has actually gone misunderstood for quite some time now. Lysergic acid diethylamide, usually referred to as “LSD” or “acid”, is one of the most potent hallucinogens, and its effects can last for over 12 hours after the initial usage.
Trekking across campus to the Bloomberg Department of Physics or the Recreation Center, it is impossible to miss the iconic four-story-high Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories (UTL) building. Though you may have noticed its glazed-glass exterior and cells of students and staff alike conducting experiments, the UTL stands out this year for a different reason: its platinum certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration prevents non-U.S. citizens in seven Middle Eastern countries — Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — from setting foot in the United States.
University at Buffalo biologists recently discovered that toxic chemicals commonly found in insecticides have the ability to change the way our biological clocks function. The researchers believe that they have uncovered the previously unknown mechanism by which insecticides put people at higher risk for metabolic diseases like diabetes.
It has been proven that humans can survive without appendices, gallbladder, spleen and even parts of their pancreas and liver, but the lung has always been considered an essential organ. That is, until thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital of University Health Network, successfully resected the infected lungs of a dying woman.
An experimental Alzheimer’s drug called Solanezumab that previously showed promise in its ability to slow the memory deterioration observed in Alzheimer’s patients recently failed in clinical trials.
One of the biggest obstacles in the study of artificial intelligence is the computer’s lack of basic understanding of how the world works.
Depression is becoming a more prevalent, and it has the tendency to occur especially more frequently during pregnancy. Depression during pregnancy is essentially a biological illness that acts similarly to any other kind of clinical depression by altering brain chemistry.
Sugar comes in many different forms, including fructose, which is often found in fruit and fruit juices, and glucose, one of the simplest forms of sugar into which carbohydrates are broken down in the body.
While medical implants such as stents, catheters and various forms of inserted tubing provide medical benefits to many patients, these implanted devices pose great issues to a vast array of those with them. More specifically implanted devices increase risks of blood clots and infections in patients who need them.
