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Varun B. Chokshi in the background on the left and Daniel H. O’Connor in the foreground on the right standing outside in the greenery in front of the Billings building of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Social Touch and Our Post-pandemic Future

The COVID-19 pandemic meant the loss of family gatherings, social outings and, for many of us, physical touch. Neuroscientists Varun Chokshi and Daniel O’Connor explain why physical touch is so important now and in the coming post-pandemic world.
Microscopic image of webbed crystallizations within a teardrop

Image of the Month: Beautiful Sadness

Using dark-field microscopy, a special microscope photography technique, the patterns of specific salt crystallizations in tears can be visualized and preserved forever.
The image shows the illustrated outline of the profiles of a man with dark tan skin, black hair and a black mustache, a woman with light tan skin, gray hair and red lips and a women with tannish-yellow skin and black hair with bangs (from left to right). These outlines are against a grayish-green background with a pattern of small white molecules.

2021 Science Writers' Boot Camp - The Science of Diversity

Take a look at the dynamic presentations from this year's Science Writers' Boot Camp!
Microscopic image of myelin and oligodendrocytes. Appears as red dots scattered across black lines.

Image of the Month: Stripped Away

Myelin, the insulating material surrounding our neurons, is damaged by a variety of so-called “demyelinating diseases,” the most common of which is multiple sclerosis. Researchers are working to find drugs that could allow doctors to rebuild or replace these protective coverings.
An illustration of COVID-19 vaccines. A tray of blue test tubes sits behind a white vial labeled COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine and a vaccination needle with a green tip all against a blue background.

For mRNA Vaccines, COVID-19 Is Just the Beginning

Easy to manufacture and update, these new vaccines may be a powerful tool against emerging variants and other infectious diseases.
a microscope image showing red, elongated structures, which are cilia

Image of the Month: ‘Cilia’ Little Fingers

Cilia are tiny fingerlike protrusions that sweep away debris and mucus. In these 3D images of epithelial cells in a mouse’s trachea, scientist and Johns Hopkins University President’s Frontier Award winner Andrew Holland, and Ph.D. candidate Gina LoMastro, demonstrate how cells build cilia.
headshot of neuroeconomist Daeyeol Lee

Q&A – What Is Intelligence?

Neuroeconomist Daeyeol Lee discusses his new book and the development of artificial intelligence, asking 'Will AI ever surpass human intelligence?'
anopheles mosquito

Image of the Month: A Halloween Scare

In a recent study, researchers found that humans are turning i n v i s i b l e.
history of medicine

A Historical Guide to Pandemic Responses

The first in a series of short essays act as “signposts” to highlight historical research on prior responses to rapidly spreading disease among populations. Exploring the world’s previous experience with epidemics and pandemics, these posts aim to help a general audience learn how past responses offer enduring lessons for the future.
 

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Please contact Vanessa Wasta, Fundamentals Editor, at wasta@jhmi.edu

 
 
 
 
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