Mountain Gorillas Adopt Orphaned Young
Mountain gorillas protect young members of their social group who lose a mother by providing protection and socialization as they grow. Continue reading Mountain Gorillas Adopt Orphaned Young
A Potential Male Oral Birth Control Pill may be on the Horizon
Oral contraceptive pills are currently only available for women. Recently, a compound purified from a Chinese herb is found to have the ideal properties of a male contraceptive drug: efficient, reversible and non-toxic. Could a male birth control pill finally be on the horizon? Continue reading A Potential Male Oral Birth Control Pill may be on the Horizon
Pint-Sized Science: When it comes to the neutrino, scientists must go big or go home
Interviewee: Lindley Winslow, Associate Professor of Physics, MITInterviewer: Melis Tekant, PhD student in Physics, MIT SITN Boston · Pint-Sized Science: When it comes to the neutrino, scientists must go big or go home To uncover the nature of the elusive building blocks of the universe, scientists must observe some of the rarest events. How does one accomplish this? With an international team of researchers, in … Continue reading Pint-Sized Science: When it comes to the neutrino, scientists must go big or go home
Severe COVID-19 Disease Potentially Linked to a Single Missing Sugar in Antibodies
Severe disease related to COVID-19 infection may be linked to the absence of a single sugar molecule on antibodies in patient sera samples. Continue reading Severe COVID-19 Disease Potentially Linked to a Single Missing Sugar in Antibodies
A Whole New World, Starring Bacteriophages, Bacteria, Fungi, and Rotifers in a Water Droplet
A recent study discovered extraordinary cooperation between bacteriophages, bacteria, and fungi in a water droplet. Continue reading A Whole New World, Starring Bacteriophages, Bacteria, Fungi, and Rotifers in a Water Droplet
The “Covidization” of Science: Short-Term Necessity or Problematic Over-Reaction?
by Christopher Rotafigures by Daniel Utter The COVID-19 pandemic has touched every corner of American society, including the lives of scientists. The past year has seen many researchers dramatically shift the focus of their work, as experts from across different disciplines came together to study this novel disease and develop potential therapies. The National Institutes of Health, the United States’ foremost public biomedical research agency, … Continue reading The “Covidization” of Science: Short-Term Necessity or Problematic Over-Reaction?
Identifying the Culprit of Surgical Scar Tissue
Researchers at the University of Calgary identified the cells that may be responsible for the formation of surgical scar tissue. Continue reading Identifying the Culprit of Surgical Scar Tissue
Susan La Flesche Picotte: Leader in tribal health with eye toward sovereignty
Aparna Nathan is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics Ph.D. program at Harvard University. You can find her on Twitter as @aparnanathan. Wei Wu is a graduate student in the Design Studies program at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Her concentration is Art, Design and the Public Domain. Cover image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay. Continue reading Susan La Flesche Picotte: Leader in tribal health with eye toward sovereignty
Susan La Flesche Picotte: Leader in tribal health with eye toward sovereignty
by Aparna Nathan In 1873, an eight-year-old girl sat by the bedside of an elderly Omaha woman, waiting for the white doctor she had called for four times. But the doctor never arrived and the woman died in pain. That girl, Susan La Flesche Picotte, would go on to credit that moment as the catalyst for her barrier-breaking career in medicine, public health, and advocacy … Continue reading Susan La Flesche Picotte: Leader in tribal health with eye toward sovereignty
A Cheaper Method For Graphene Production
Researchers have found that spraying high energy plasma at cheap graphite can make the valuable material graphene. Continue reading A Cheaper Method For Graphene Production