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Breaking up is hard to do: Asteroids are stronger, harder to destroy than previously thought
CategoriesThe findings can aid in the creation of asteroid impact and deflection strategies, increase understanding of solar system formation and help design asteroid mining efforts.
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A team of clinical and industry experts, including Jeff Wang, professor of mechanical engineering at Johns Hopkins University, is developing a new diagnostic platform that can quickly identify and characterize pathogens responsible for many infectious diseases.
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An Electric Finding
CategoriesA team of researchers led by mechanical engineering professor Noah Cowan has successfully designed and tested a new system that could be used to help researchers and naturalists collect…
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Rui Ni: Physics, Fluids, and Bubbles
CategoriesNew faculty member Rui Ni aims to deepen our understanding of fluid dynamics from a physicist’s perspective. Fluid dynamics is of paramount importance not only to understand biological processes like…
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Prof. Noah Cowan awarded collaborative NIH grants to study spatial representations in the brain
CategoriesThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Noah Cowan, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, two R01 research grants over the next five years…
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Wind Power’s Smooth Operators
CategoriesThe research of Carl Shapiro and Genevieve Starke, PhD candidates in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who are being co-advised by professors Dennice Gayme and Charles Meneveau—could help put more clean, renewable energy on the grid.
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This new method allows researchers to create architected materials with broad applications in portable self-powered devices and wearable sensors. The team’s findings were recently published in the Journal of Materials Research.