Written by: Shiqi Cheng Recently, hydrogels, a type of water-filled polymer, have been found to be a useful material for effective wound healing, which this article will explore. Injuries to Human Skin The skin is the largest organ in the human body and
Written by: Gautham Anne While watching boats travel by or a duck on a pond, one might wonder how the astonishing wake patterns emerge, such as the ones depicted in figure 1. One might also note that the wake patterns, regardless of whether it is
Written by: Laya Gopalakrishnan 1 x 10-43 seconds. This is the duration of time that our universe was able to remain within a 1 x 10-33 centimeter confine. Following this was a phenomenon that many of us are familiar with: The Big Bang. There are
Written by: Dorrie Peters As this semester reaches a peak, many students will begin to experience heightened anxiety revolving around coursework, college applications, and social events. According to the National Institutes of Health, roughly one-third of teenagers suffer from a serious anxiety disorder and
Written by: Colin Ward On August 8th, an experiment by the National Ignition Facility made an astounding discovery in nuclear fusion when they came closer than ever before to “igniting” a nuclear fusion reaction, the very same reaction that powers our sun. Ignition is a
Written by: Marko Ilic Psychedelic drugs have recently risen to increased prominence in the medicinal world, and many stigmas that enveloped the various drugs – MDMA, Psilocybin, LSD, Ketamine – have weakened due to surges in mental health crises and a growing void in solutions
Written by: Bhavyaa Chauhan Wildfires have been a hot topic in the mainstream media in the past decade. Forests, specifically those in California, have been prone to intense wildfires, creating threats to biodiversity and the climate. The giant Californian native, is no stranger to fires.
Written By: Aleksandar Simeunovic Deep in the forests of Canada, along the rainy coasts of British Columbia, two bear cubs play in the shallow waters of a river. One is as white as a snowy morning, the other as black as a midnight sky.
Written by: Samuel Go A COVID-19 variant from Colombia called Mu has spread across the entire US, leading the World Health Organization to declare it a variant of interest. A team of Japanese researchers published an unreviewed preprint paper on September 7 detailing how the
Written By: Anisha Kolambe As the world continues to advance itself, technology becomes even more ingrained into the lifestyles of everyday people. Robots are no exception, especially considering their vast influence in working environments within a short time frame. Usually when robots are thought about