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(noun. /THIGH-royd gland/) by Madison Williams What does it mean? The thyroid gland is a large, butterfly-shaped gland in the […]

Flagella

Glossary

December 19, 2022March 4, 2023 admin

(noun. /fluh-JEH-luh/) Singular: Flagellum by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Flagella are small, threadlike structures on microscopic organisms like […]

Evolution to Pollution: The Unforeseen Costs

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 admin

by Emily Green In high school science class, you may hear anecdotes of species that evolved into what they are […]

Next Generation Sequencing

Techniques

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 admin

by Yasemin Cole Technique Name: Next Generation Sequencing Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Scientists […]

Astrocyte

Glossary

December 19, 2022 admin

(noun. /AS-troh-site/) by Honoreé Brewton What does it mean? An astrocyte is a type of glia (glia support the brain […]

Alkaline diet, yay or nay?

November 18, 2022 admin

by Mariah Jones In a world of having access to information at our fingertips we can become easily influenced. There […]

Zap, Crackle, and BOOM! The Science of Thunderstorms

November 18, 2022 admin

by Nicole Gadda Most of us who have lived through a North Carolina summer have experienced a thunderstorm. Think of […]

Sanger Sequencing: Reading our DNA

Techniques

November 18, 2022 admin

by Seth Veenbaas Technique name: Sanger sequencing Fun rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 General purpose: Sanger sequencing, and other DNA […]

Fluorescence

Glossary

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 admin

(noun. /floor-ESS-uns/) By Rami Major What does it mean? Light travels in waves. The length of these waves (also called […]

RNA Extraction

Techniques

November 18, 2022November 21, 2022 admin

by Yasemin Cole Fun rating: 3/5 Difficulty rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? To separate one of the smallest […]

El Legado de las Chicas del Radio

Español

November 18, 2022 admin

Publicado en Noviembre 10, 2022 por Margaret Dedloff (English version) Traducido por Maria X. Cardenas, PhD El radio es un […]

The Legacy of the Radium Girls

November 10, 2022November 18, 2022 admin

by Margaret Dedloff(En Español) Radium is a radioactive metal that can be found naturally in the environment. Radium was discovered […]

Lysis

Glossary

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 admin

(noun. /LIE-sihs/) by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Lysis is the process in which cells burst open and their […]

Unicellular

Glossary

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 admin

(adjective. /yoo-nih-SELL-yoo-ler/) by Amy Aponte What does it mean? A unicellular organism is made of only one cell. Inside this […]

TUNEL Staining

Techniques

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 admin

by Megan (Frederick) Amason Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 Technique name: TUNEL Staining (TUNEL = terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP […]