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Dr. J. Thomas August, who did pioneering research in immunology and vaccine development at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, died Feb. 11 of metastatic cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The former Poplar Hill resident was 91.
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DART is NASA’s first mission not to explore space, but to defend against it. Researchers at Johns Hopkins plan to launch a spacecraft and smash it into an asteroid. BOOM! The impact, they hope, will bump the big space rock off course.
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Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s staggering $1.8 billion gift to his alma mater, the Johns Hopkins University, tops the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of the largest academic donations since 1967.
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Scientists said they’ve detected the collision of two neutron stars and confirmed that these cataclysmic events are indeed a source of gold, platinum and other heavy e
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Elite colleges pride themselves on blocking as many qualified applicants as possible, and ranking systems create perverse incentives that reward exclusivity.
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"People like to root for the underdog," said Kirby Runyon, a Johns Hopkins University graduate student behind renewed efforts to restore Pluto's lost title.
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"People like to root for the underdog," said Kirby Runyon, a Johns Hopkins University graduate student behind renewed efforts to restore Pluto's lost title.
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Centennial High School graduates Clarissa Santori, 20, and Gary Tse, 18, filmed their Jeopardy episodes for the two-week tournament alongside 13 other contestants last month in Los Angeles. Quarterfinals began on Monday, with Santori's and Tse's episodes expected to air on WBFF-TV on Wednesday, Feb. 15 and Friday, Feb. 17, respectively.
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Legg Mason is deepening its ties with its largest shareholder, a Singapore-based invesment firm, as the Baltimore money manager eyes international growth.
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NASA's Juno mission will give scientists their first close-up look of Jupiter's auroras and the clouds of energetic particles swirling around it.
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Johns Hopkins Civil Engineering professor Judith Mitrani-Reiser has developed a worldwide reputation for using "holistic engineering" to help communities around the world improve their resilience to natural disasters.
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Scientists scouring the Red Planet using NASA'S Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter say they've found direct evidence of saltwater flowing on the surface today.
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The $31 million donation to the University of Maryland, College Park from a computer tech millionaire on Friday was the largest donation in the history of the university, but there have been several other donations nearly as big in recent years.
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Philip Filner, a retired molecular biologist and community activist, died of pancreatic cancer Sept. 6 at his Lutherville home. He was 75.
