An ‘Invisibilty Cloak’ for Humans to Fend Off Mosquito Bites
DEET may chemically ‘cloak’ humans from malaria-carrying mosquitos, rather than repel them. Since its invention during the Second World War for soldiers stationed in countries…
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Golden Ratio (Divine Proportion) Observed in Human Skulls
The Golden Ratio, described by Leonardo da Vinci and Luca Pacioli as the Divine Proportion, is an infinite number often found in nature, art and…
Breakthrough in Search For Safer, Easier Way to Deliver Vision-Saving Gene Therapy to The Retina
In experiments with rats, pigs and monkeys, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed a way to deliver sight-saving gene therapy to the retina. If proved…
Johns Hopkins Breakthrough Opens the Door for Stem Cell Transplants to Repair the Brain
Transplanted brain stem cells survive without anti-rejection drugs in mice. By exploiting a feature of the immune system, researchers open the door for stem cell…
Fossil Shows Transition From Life on Land to Life in the Sea
Using modern research tools on a 155-million-year-old reptile fossil, scientists at Johns Hopkins and the American Museum of Natural History report they have filled in…
Study Shows Medical Marijuana ‘Edibles’ Mostly Mislabeled
In a study led by Johns Hopkins, researchers reviewed the THC content of a small sample of dispensary products. They found the vast majority of…