by Caroline Aufgebauer Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Cellular fractionation is a technique used […]
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Musical chills and emotion
by Michaela Price Think of your favorite songs: the melodies and harmonies, the emotion and story behind the lyrics, the […]
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How Science Stays Honest: The Peer Review Process
by Anna Goddard How do you know what you read on the internet is true? When learning about a new […]
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Bioinformatics
(noun. /BAI-oh-in-for-ma-tiks/) by Quinn Eberhard What does it mean? A means of studying biological concepts (often the genetics of living […]
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Biofilm
(n. /BI–o-film/) by Jamie Liu What does it mean? Biofilms are communities of bacteria that stick to surfaces. The bacteria […]
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La Pandemia de Influenza de 1918
Escrito en inglés por Margaret Dedloff Traducido por Doris Cruz Alonso Cada año, entre 10 y 40 millones de personas […]
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Inmunidad Colectiva
Escrito en inglés por Tim Daugird Traducido por Maria X. Cardenas, Ph.D ¿Qué pasaría si te dijera, que si un […]
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¿Cómo se forman nuestras huellas dactilares?
Escrito en inglés por Taylor Tibbs Traducido al español por Catalina Cobos-Uribe Cada persona en el planeta cuenta con un […]
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Getting Groovy with LCDs
by Daniela Danilova Before there was on-demand streaming, there were infomercials. Although nowadays a practically extinct form of advertising, these […]
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Nucleus
(noun. /noo-klee-uhs/) by Chelsea Smith What does it mean? The nucleus is a round, membrane-bound structure found in eukaryotic cells. […]
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Peeking Billions of Years into the Past
by Erik Pena With the exciting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) back on December 25, 2021, new […]
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RNA Immunoprecipitation Sequencing (RIP-seq)
by Caroline Aufgebauer Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Ribonucleic acid (RNA) Immunoprecipitation Sequencing, or […]
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Synergy
(noun. /SIN-er-jee/) by Amanda Linke What does it mean? Synergy is the interaction between two or more substances to produce […]
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Dr. Luciana Bachega
By Brianna Almeida Dr. Luciana Bachega is a postdoctoral associate (postdoc) from Brazil in the Hawkes lab at North Carolina […]
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Bad Hair Day: The Science Behind Hairstyling
By Macy Osborne-Frazier Oh no, you spent an hour this morning straightening your hair and after 10 minutes in the […]
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The science behind sensory processing sensitivity
by Maya Bluitt For a lot of us, external stimuli – the feeling of a t-shirt hanging on you, the […]
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Western Blot
by Jamie Liu Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Western blots are used to separate […]
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Optogenetics
by Michaela Price Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Scientists can change an animal’s behavior […]
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Nucleolus
(noun. /nuke-lee-ol-us/) by Chelsea Smith What does it mean? The nucleolus is a dense, round structure within the nucleus of […]
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Why You Should Read Shampoo Bottle Labels
by Rachel VanKeulen-Miller Do you use deodorant? While I hope that the answer is yes, many studies have found that […]
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