(noun. /VEER-you-lense/) by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Virulence is the severity of the damage a microorganism (like bacteria, […]
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Odessa Goudy
By Mikayla Feldbauer This interview was conducted in Fall 2022. On the date of publication, Odessa Goudy had just earned […]
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One Plant to Rule Them All
by Taylor Tibbs As you listlessly push your grocery cart through the store’s produce section, careful not to stand too […]
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The Hygiene Hypothesis: Have we become too clean?
By Megan (Frederick) Amason Versión en Español Allergy and autoimmunity on the rise In recent years, doctors have noticed an […]
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Hydrothermal Vents: The Origin of Life?
by Nicole Gadda Have you ever wondered how life on Earth began? If so, you’re not alone. Many scientists are […]
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Metabolomics
(noun. /me-ta-buh-LO-miks/) by Yasemin Cole What does it mean? The study of all the global small molecules (also called metabolites) […]
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Is that Friendship I Smell?
by Honoreé Brewton Versíon en Español The human nose has the ability to smell over one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) scents. What’s […]
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Cytotoxicity Assay
by Margaret Dedloff Technique name: Cytotoxicity assay or lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What […]
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Light Years Away
by Amy Aponte Versión en Español When you gaze into the night sky, you are looking into the past. To […]
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Thyroid gland
(noun. /THIGH-royd gland/) by Madison Williams What does it mean? The thyroid gland is a large, butterfly-shaped gland in the […]
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Flagella
(noun. /fluh-JEH-luh/) Singular: Flagellum by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Flagella are small, threadlike structures on microscopic organisms like […]
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Evolution to Pollution: The Unforeseen Costs
by Emily Green In high school science class, you may hear anecdotes of species that evolved into what they are […]
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Next Generation Sequencing
by Yasemin Cole Technique Name: Next Generation Sequencing Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Scientists […]
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Astrocyte
(noun. /AS-troh-site/) by Honoreé Brewton What does it mean? An astrocyte is a type of glia (glia support the brain […]
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Alkaline diet, yay or nay?
by Mariah Jones In a world of having access to information at our fingertips we can become easily influenced. There […]
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Zap, Crackle, and BOOM! The Science of Thunderstorms
by Nicole Gadda Most of us who have lived through a North Carolina summer have experienced a thunderstorm. Think of […]
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Sanger Sequencing: Reading our DNA
by Seth Veenbaas Technique name: Sanger sequencing Fun rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 General purpose: Sanger sequencing, and other DNA […]
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Fluorescence
(noun. /floor-ESS-uns/) By Rami Major What does it mean? Light travels in waves. The length of these waves (also called […]
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RNA Extraction
by Yasemin Cole Fun rating: 3/5 Difficulty rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? To separate one of the smallest […]
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El Legado de las Chicas del Radio
Publicado en Noviembre 10, 2022 por Margaret Dedloff (English version) Traducido por Maria X. Cardenas, PhD El radio es un […]
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