Written by: Erin Yoo What started out as a modern scientific milestone and miracle is now a cause for concern, with some labeling it a crisis. They are currently present in 99% of Americans, causing serious health problems for many (“The ‘Forever Chemicals’”; Perkins, 2020).
Written by Margaret Wei Recovery is the process of restoring threatened species to a point in which they no longer qualify under the protection of the Endangered Species Act. Due to the yearly increase in the number of endangered species, habitat restoration rose to priority
Introduction Soft robotics is a rapidly growing subdomain of robotics that has come into the spotlight due to several advancements made in the past few years. Soft robotics deals with the creation and study of robots constructed with flexible bodies and electronics. Soft robotics is
Written By: Kaylee Zhou An associate professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder, Jianliang Xiao, along with his coworkers have produced a new device that can convert the body’s natural heat into electricity. The group of researchers described the device as “stretchy
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often used to recognize objects in photos or videos. Neural networks, a data-processing algorithm, are able to mimic the human brain’s process of thinking in order to distinguish objects in a frame. Neural networks are trained using a set of images
Written by: Erin Yoo The world has gone plastic. By 2050, experts predict that 12 billion metric tons of plastic will have been thrown away. After all, from 1950 to 2015, over 6 billion tons of plastic have been produced, of which about 80% currently
Written by: Rishi Boddu Elon Musk is one of the most brilliant minds and recognizable names this generation has seen. Musk is a South-African born American entrepreneur credited with founding Paypal, Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and several other lesser known companies and innovations. By his
Written by: Gloria Wang On February 18th, NASA’s Perseverance rover made its touchdown inside Jezero Crater on Mars. Millions of eyes were glued to the livestream as people waited in anticipation for the rover to land. As part of the Mars Exploration Program, the Mars
Written by: Lily Song Pancreatic cancer is caused by a type of cancerous growth that begins in the tissues of one’s pancreas — an organ in your abdomen that lies behind the lower part of your stomach. Breast cancer occurs when cells in
Written By: Kaylee Zhou Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh’s investigators have recently partnered together to create a nanomaterial-based biosensor platform. Their creation can detect the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in mere seconds. The platform can not only quickly identify if a patient has