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A two-sport star in high school, Evan Royster was so good at lacrosse he had scholarship offers from national powers Johns Hopkins and Virginia.
Syracuse won its 10th NCAA men's lacrosse championship Monday, beating defending champion Johns Hopkins 13-10 behind three goals from Dan Hardy.
Johns Hopkins surgeons transplanted a half-dozen kidneys simultaneously, an operation believed to be the first of its kind, hospital officials announced Tuesday.
Inside the Military Media Industrial Complex: Impacts on Movements for Peace and Social JusticeAmong the most important corporate media censored news stories of the past decade, one must be that over one million people have died because of the United States military invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Farmacology - Factory farms breed antibiotic resistant bacteria along with chickens.Ellen Silbergeld, Eng '72 (PhD), recalls that she did not want to go to the seminar.
Into the dark and cold: Hopkins Professor Helps Send Robot to Nearly Unknown Ocean FloorA Johns Hopkins University engineering professor helped guide an underwater vehicle this week to one of the coldest, darkest, most remote places on Earth.
Particles Larger Than Galaxies Fill the Universe?For neutrinos created recently, the ranges they can exist in are very, very small. But over the roughly 13.7-billion-year lifetime of the cosmos, "relic" neutrinos have been stretched out by the expansion of the universe, enlarging the range in which each neutrino can exist.
Dark-Energy (Chameleon) Particle Spotted? : NatureCosmologists don't usually take their lead from the animal kingdom. But a model that postulates the existence of a 'chameleon' particle — which would change its mass depending on its surroundings — is gaining attention. More Articles
High blood pressure often missed in kidsJohns Hopkins study finds higher percentage of African American children with high blood pressure.
Refined Hubble Constant Narrows Possible Explanations for Dark EnergyWhatever dark energy is, explanations for it have less wiggle room following a Hubble Space Telescope observation that has refined the measurement of the universe's present expansion rate to a precision where the error is smaller than five percent. More Articles
Once a migrant worker, today he's a brain surgeonTwo decades ago, Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa used his hands to pick vegetables for $22 a day; now he's one of the world's best brain surgeons. TODAY's Bob Dotson reports on how a laborer went from a California field to a lab at Johns Hopkins Medical Center.
In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to BrainAmanda Kitts lost her left arm in a car accident three years ago, but these days she plays football with her 12-year-old son, and changes diapers and bearhugs children at the three Kiddie Cottage day care centers she owns in Knoxville, Tenn.
Hopkins transplant surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor's vaginaMinimally invasive organ removal could increase donations, surgeons sayIn what is believed to be a first-ever procedure, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully removed a healthy donor kidney through a small incision in the back of the donor's vagina.
A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human HandUsing the human hand as a model, scientists at Johns Hopkins University and its medical school have developed a microscopic tool that might one day be used inside the body.
We Have The TechnologyEmerging prosthetic technologies promise not only greater power and flexibility but also pressure-sensitive artificial skin, and even limbs that are bonded to the body and controlled by the mind - and much of this within five years. More Articles
Abstinence Doesn't Work: Teens Who Pledge Abstinance Are Just As Likely To Have Pre-Marital Sex, Less Likely To Have Safe SexTeenagers who pledge to remain virgins until marriage are just as likely to have premarital sex as those who do not promise abstinence and are significantly less likely to use condoms and other forms of birth control when they do, according to a study released today.
Study: There Is No Such Thing As "Post Abortion Syndrome" Nor Any Documented Long-Term Psychological Distress Associated With The ProcedureNo high-quality study done to date can document that having an abortion causes psychological distress, or a "post-abortion syndrome," and efforts to show it does occur appear to be politically motivated, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
A beacon of hope for unwanted lighthousesThere are about 200 lighthouses for sale all around the country and, ironically, people are paying big bucks for lighthouses few wanted for free. TODAY's Bob Dotson reports on the people buying and living in these historic landmarks.
A beacon of hope for unwanted lighthousesThere are about two hundred lighthouses for sale all around the country and, ironically, people are paying big bucks for lighthouses few wanted for free. TODAY's Bob Dotson reports on the people buying and living in these historic landmarks.
Promising therapy for 'eye stroke'At first, Christine Jablonski didn't worry about the blurry vision in her right eye. She dismissed it as a flake of morning mascara and went about her daily business in Ellicott City. But within two hours, the eye went dark.
Migrant worker becomes brain surgeonTwo decades ago, Dr. Alfredo Qui�ones-Hinojosa used his hands to pick vegetables for $22-dollars a day, now he's one of the best brain surgeons in the world.
Zebra's Stripes, Butterfly's Wings: How Do Biological Patterns Emerge?A zebra's stripes, a seashell's spirals, a butterfly's wings: these are all examples of patterns in nature. The formation of patterns is a puzzle for mathematicians and biologists alike.
Featured Article - This Is Your Brain on Jazz: Researchers Use MRI to Study Spontaneity, CreativityA pair of Johns Hopkins and government scientists have discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains turn off areas linked to self-censoring and inhibition, and turn on those that let self-expression flow.
A Basic Hospital To-Do List Saves LivesThis is a call to arms for everyone who may someday be hospitalized, or who has a relative who may someday be hospitalized — which is to say everyone.
Ron Paul at Johns Hopkins clarifies who was to blame for 9-11Another rare moment with a major news outlet paying some attention to Paul without a mocking tone. What's going on?
Experimental Anti-Cancer Drug Made From Corn lLllies Kills Brain Tumor Stem CellsA drug that shuts down a critical cell-signaling pathway in the most common and aggressive type of adult brain cancer successfully kills cancer stem cells thought to fuel tumor growth and help cancers evade drug and radiation therapy, a Johns Hopkins study shows.
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