Research

Ehab Abouheif named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Apr 19, 2024

Ehab Abouheif, James McGill Professor in the Department of Biology at McGill, has been elected a Fellow of the American...

Mess is best: disordered structure of battery-like devices improves performance

Apr 19, 2024

Researchers led by the University of Cambridge used experimental and computer modelling techniques to study the porous carbon electrodes used...

Training AI models to answer ‘what if?’ questions could improve medical treatments

Apr 19, 2024

The researchers found that causal machine learning (ML) can estimate treatment outcomes – and do so better than the machine...

A biomedical engineer pivots from human movement to women’s health

Apr 19, 2024

Watching her uncle play a video game when she was a small child started Shaniel Bowen on her path to...

From neurons to learning and memory

Apr 19, 2024

Harnett, who recently earned tenure in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, now studies the electrical properties of neurons...

“Nanostitches” enable lighter and tougher composite materials

Apr 19, 2024

To save on fuel and reduce aircraft emissions, engineers are looking to build lighter, stronger airplanes out of advanced composites....

A blueprint for making quantum computers easier to program

Apr 19, 2024

One major challenge lies in translating quantum algorithms from abstract mathematical concepts into concrete code that can run on a...

Women in STEM — A celebration of excellence and curiosity

Apr 19, 2024

On March 7, MindHandHeart invited professors Paula Hammond, Ann Graybiel, and Sangeeta Bhatia to share their career journeys, from the...

3 Questions: Enhancing last-mile logistics with machine learning

Apr 19, 2024

Q: What is the vehicle routing problem, and how do traditional operations research (OR) methods address it? A: The vehicle...

Six Johns Hopkins researchers named AAAS Fellows

Apr 19, 2024

Six Johns Hopkins researchers are among 502 distinguished scholars recognized this year as fellows of the American Association for the...