The Searchin search engine tailors results by reading levels that users assign
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The demand for online learning has escalated during the pandemic, with increasing numbers of students turning to search engines like Google for additional help with homework and other assignments. But for some young and less experienced online users, finding the information they need at a level they can understand can be challenging.
A team of computer science students from Johns Hopkins University s Whiting School of Engineering and Georgia Institute of Technology has created a custom search engine, Searchin , to provide those students with age- or education-appropriate information. In fall 2020, Searchin won four awards at HopHacks, a bi-annual hackathon hosted by the Department of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. The project also received funding from the Student Initiatives Fund, and has received awards from FastForward U, DigitalOcean, and Domai
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The future of electron microscopy
Engineer Mitra Taheri and team publish roadmap to harness data science and artificial intelligence for electron microscopy, unlocking tool s full power
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Since they came into use in 1938, electron microscopes have played a pivotal role in a host of scientific advances, including the discovery of new proteins and therapeutics and contributions made to the electronics revolution. But the field of electron microscopy must incorporate the latest advances in data science and artificial intelligence to realize its full potential in the years ahead, according to a global research team co-led by Mitra Taheri, professor of materials science and engineering at Johns Hopkins University s Whiting School of Engineering.
U.S. News Ranks 2021 Best Online Programs Josh Moody
In a year marked by a deadly pandemic, much of life in 2020 was spent on the internet. That s especially true of education, with colleges scrambling to shift learning online as the coronavirus disrupted daily operations.
Online learning offered students continuity, a chance to finish the semester wherever they were as colleges closed dorms and emptied campuses. Such disruptions, however, were likely limited for online programs, such as those ranked in the 2021 U.S. News Best Online Programs, where the vast majority of coursework is delivered in an online format.
Most of the institutions included in these rankings, released today, have offered online options for years, leading a sector that higher education experts see poised for further growth even once the dust from COVID-19 settles.
Cell, Muyinatu Bell, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Johns Hopkins University s Whiting School of Engineering, and co-authors from 15 institutions assert that insufficient federal funding for research by Black scientists is a key factor in preventing equitable contributions to science and achievement of their full potential. Two factual statements in the paper concisely summarize the problem: All Americans pay the tax dollars that fund NIH. Inequitable distribution of these dollars is discrimination, Bell says. I pay taxes. Many of my colleagues, friends, and family members who are all supportive of equity principles pay taxes. Yet there is a documented 20-year history of inequitable distribution of these tax dollars to Black researchers for biomedical research. This is a major problem that must be addressed.