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How Depression and Sleep are Connected

By: Osayenmwen Omozusi Sleep is crucial for the body to maintain function. If people are not getting enough sleep, this may be because of depression. Depression and sleep problems are closely linked; “Among people with depression, 75 percent have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep”

The Role of Technology and Science in Modern Forensics

Written by: Rishitha Boddu   In recent years, criminal investigation shows have risen to popularity — some well known ones being CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and the classic Sherlock. Even novels such as Nancy Drew, Agatha Christie’s, and of course, Sherlock have been fan favorites,

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Controversy Over the Use of Embryonic Stem Cells in Research

Written by Margaret Wei Stem cells have been increasing in popularity in research in recent years due to their pluripotency. Stem cells are at first unspecialized, but have the capacity to develop into specialized cells — hence their valued versatility when it comes to research.

Beating HIV: The Pursuit of HIV/AIDS Treatments and Research

Written by: Erin Yoo Seventy million people suffered and are suffering through it (World Health Organization, n.d.a.). Thirty-three million people died from it (World Health Organization, n.d.a). In the U.S., about four hundred new cases emerged out of every thousand people every year from 2000-2015

The Language of a Mutated Virus

Written by Gloria Wang Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a branch of AI that deals specifically with the communication between computers and people using human language. But aside from being able to understand languages like English, Chinese, and German, NLP algorithms are now able to

How Bats Predict the Future

Written By: Osayenmwen Omozusi There are 1100 species of bats worldwide, with 40 species in the United States alone. Though small in physical size, bats have a large footprint, making up one-quarter of the world’s mammals (“Amazing Facts”, 2019). Bats can find their prey in

India’s Battle with Two Harmful Microbes

Written by: Rishitha Boddu   The past few months, nations worldwide have been occupied with the Covid-19 pandemic. After the United States, India is the second leading country in Covid-19 cases and deaths. Unfortunately, India has recently found themselves with yet another illness to worry

Switching Off Hunger

Written by: Lily Song      Obesity is a disease involving an excessive amount of body fat. It affects both adults and children and is correlated to more than half of the top ten leading causes of death in the US. Worldwide, it has nearly

Reforestation Matters

Written by Erin Yoo Edited by Eunice Kim and Ashley Koca Reforestation is one natural solution for fighting the climate crisis, but what is reforestation really? It is the active restoration of forests that have been cut down or otherwise harmed in some way. This

Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) Identification

Written by: Lily Song Cancer stem cells (CSC) are self-renewing cells identified in liquid and solid cancers. Today, Cancer stem cell (CSC) targeting for cancer therapy is considered an interesting area of current medical research. Understanding characteristics of CSCs and their signals would enable the