Devon Tonneson
Prehistoric Plankton Became Predators to Survive Mass Extinction
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago not only devastated the dinosaurs but almost reset life in the oceans back to a primitive soup of...
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Zander Peterson
Mar 27, 2021
Using 3D Printing Technology to Patch Stomach Ulcers
Stomach ulcers and other gastric wounds afflict one in eight people worldwide, but common conventional therapies have drawbacks. Now...
Connor Rafter
Mar 19, 2021
The Science Behind Beauty
Pursued by poets and artists alike, beauty is ever elusive. We seek it in nature, art, and philosophy but also in our phones and...
Jessica Caroll
Mar 17, 2021
Turning Air Pollution Into Diamonds: The Future of Climate Control
The dawn of the Biden administration and its focus on climate change is attracting more industries to a solution that was, until...
Grace Barron
Mar 13, 2021
Linking Gut Microbiota to Stroke Recovery
When a clot blocks off circulation to the brain during an ischemic stroke, the loss of oxygen and nutrients can cause tissue to become...
Devon Tonneson
Mar 10, 2021
Electricity-Carrying Bacteria: The Future of Environmentally Friendly Electronics
Bacteria in the genus Geobacter look like miniature kidney beans sprouting long, wirelike tails—and it turns out these “nanowires” really...
Summer Davidson
Mar 8, 2021
NASA Discovers its First Earth Look-Alike
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-sized planet in a star’s "habitable zone": the range...
James Lim
Mar 7, 2021
Seagrasses Restored to Virginia Bays Are Flourishing
In the late 1920s, a pathogen began killing seagrasses in Virginia's seaside bays. A 1933 hurricane finished them off. For more than a...
Carolina McDonald
Feb 25, 2021
Linking the Dinosaur Meteor to the Formation of the Amazon Rainforest
Dinosaur and fossil aficionados are intimately familiar with the meteorite strike that drove Tyrannosaurus rex and all nonavian dinosaurs...
Devon Tonneson
Feb 24, 2021
Psilocybin May Help Treat Depression
Hallucinogenic mushrooms’ key ingredient, psilocybin, can swiftly and dramatically ease depression in the right therapeutic setting, a...
Grace Barron
Feb 23, 2021
Dental Calculus: Using Oral Microbiota to Understand Pathogens
Very recently, we discovered a vast new microbial self: the human microbiome. Our native microbiota interface with our biology and...
Erin Beals
Feb 19, 2021
ALMA Discovers Distant Milky Way Look-Alike
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) have revealed an extremely distant and therefore very young galaxy that looks...
Zander Peterson
Feb 16, 2021
Astronomers May Have Found a Signature of Life on Venus
The search for life beyond Earth has largely revolved around Mars, our rocky red neighbor. Now, in a surprising twist, scientists at the...
Aiden Parerra
Feb 10, 2021
The Beginning of Chemistry in The Cosmos: the First Molecule in The Universe
Overview: The beginning of chemistry in the Cosmos: the first molecule in the universe Astrochemists study the molecules found in space,...
Erin Beals
Feb 2, 2021
Using Quantum Mechanics to Explain Why DNA Mutates
Quantum mechanics, which rules the world of the teensy-tiny, may help explain why genetic mutations spontaneously crop up in DNA as it...
Devon Tonneson
Jan 30, 2021
New Discovery: Ocean Pollution Prevention Could Be the Key to Preventing Coral Bleaching
On December 22nd, some corals managed to survive a globally unprecedented heatwave. The scientists of this study report that the coral's...
James Lim
Jan 29, 2021
The Future of Cancer Detection: Blood Tests Predict Cancer Four Years Before Symptoms Appear
For years scientists have sought to create the ultimate cancer-screening test—one that can reliably detect a malignancy early, before...
Sarah Graham
Jan 24, 2021
New Discovery: Artificial Blood Cells Can Detoxify Blood
Red blood cells are not just vehicles that transport oxygen in our bodies: they also clear harmful substances from the bloodstream....
Allison Cho
Jan 16, 2021
Scientists Map the Magnetic Field Around a Black Hole for the First Time
First-of-their-kind images of the magnetic field around a black hole may explain how the black hole shoots out a jet of energy and matter...
Jessica Caroll
Dec 17, 2020
New Technology Confirms that Floods in New York Are to Become Regular Occurrences by 2090
Superstorm Sandy, in 2012, brought flood levels to the New York region that had not been seen in generations. Causing an estimated $74.1...
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