carol w greider

Women in math and science, computers and engineering are no longer hidden.  But many more still need to come out of the shadows.

The reality of a female presidential nominee is a significant first, especially when coupled with the possibility that American citizens might have an opportunity to vote for two women on the presidential ticket this year. A look at women leaders in America.

A group of nearly two dozen leading researchers have gathered at Johns Hopkins University over the past two and a half years to focus on interdisciplinary investigation, thanks to a $350 million gift from businessman, politician and philanthropist Michael Bloomberg.

America is reducing its investment in the kind of research that benefits everyone

Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding for biomedical research in the U.S. could lead to a brain drain that will eventually undermine development of new treatments.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins worked long stretches in knee-deep water to rescue tissue samples and evacuate lab animals when a flood crippled a cancer research building after Hurricane Sandy last month.

Nobel laureate Carol Greider says budget cuts mean the U.S. risks surrendering its leading edge

Few understand the club that Adam Riess joined Tuesday when he received a 5:30 a.m. phone call from Sweden. But Carol Greider received the same call two years ago and soon she'll sit with her Johns Hopkins University colleague and tell him what it's like to become a Nobel laureate.