The Buzz

Winter 2013

OrigamiCloud Pathology: Storing music on distant computers via “cloud” technology is nothing new, but Johns Hopkins researchers are using cloud storage to assemble detailed information about thousands of cancer cell samples—potentially providing physicians around the globe with access to valuable data sets.

Origami Universe: A term coined by two Hopkins researchers that uses the Japanese art of paper folding as a way to help explain the complexity of the cosmos.

Cyberwarriors: A term used to describe people engaged in cyberwarfare, or attacks on information security, due to personal, patriotic, or religious beliefs.