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Hecatomb: Skirting the Shadows with Viral Dark Matter

Schrodinger’s cat famously posed the question of how to classify the unobserved. In this thought experiment, Schrodinger imagines a cat... Read More
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Stressin’ Over This Heat

This past couple of months of sweltering San Diego summer has been filled with many trips to the beach and... Read More
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Persisting Plagues

Analyzing recent developments for infectious disease treatments and technologies for malaria and tuberculosis For as long as people have existed,... Read More
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The Brain Initiative: Government Funded Research

The initiative would fund classroom equipment, teacher training, and the development of interactive curriculum. The ultimate goal of the program is to help close the skill gap between Americans entering the workforce and their foreign competitors. Read More
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From a Blank Sheet to a Heartbeat

Investigating the Growth and Differentiation of Heart Cells Differentiation, the process through which a cell becomes more specialized, is key... Read More
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MRI meets LSD: The First Brain Scans Conducted

By: Grace Sahyouni | UTS Staff Writer | SQ Online 2016-17 It may be surprising that the illegal drugs in... Read More
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Can Infections Cause Alzheimer’s Disease?

In 2019, immunologist Leslie Norins offered to award one million dollars of his own money to any scientist who could... Read More
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Microplastics: The Blood’s Tiny yet Cruel Invaders

  When we think of plastic in relation to the environment, heart-wrenching images of polluted seas, dolphins trapped in plastic... Read More
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You’re Gonna Need a Better Water Filter: Giardia, Giardiasis, and Its Lasting Effects

The Jaws theme song intensifies as you swim through the pool. Panicked, you look around, scanning for any bloodthirsty animals... Read More
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