Chic new wearable technology helps users “hear”
What’s the difference between Batman and your average Joe?
Graduate Student Snapshot: Joel Basken
Joel Basken is famous in his home department and beyond for many things, but his incomparable lists make him a grad student hero.
Fashionable therapy brightens winter SADness
There’s so much wearable technology out there, “why not use it to treat something?” asks Halley Profita.
Top 10 Ways Your House Will Kill You With Germs
Let’s talk about how gross our houses are.
Plasma Explosion Imaging: Blowing up nanoparticles with ultrafast laser pulses
Scientists and engineers have been tinkering with lasers since the 1950’s, building a world in which lasers have become ubiquitous in our daily lives.
Exposing a possible Achilles’ heel in Gram-negative bacteria
Multidrug resistant bacterial infections are a major biomedical problem – how do we fight it?
Graduate Student Snapshot: Michael Skirpan
Michael is working on an art proposal that will bring STEM and art majors together.
How Salmonella Typhimurium survives in host macrophages by forcing them to eat blood
Salmonella enterica is a bacterial pathogen notorious for causing food poisoning symptoms that are uncomfortable at best and deadly at worst.
DAT isn’t all that: Cocaine also activates immune cells in the brain, increasing reward and addiction
By figuring out exactly what happens in the brain during drug use, researchers step closer to developing medication that can treat drug abuse.
Graduate Student Snapshot: Karim Derqaoui
“I cut my teeth on an 80’s dance floor,” says Karim.
Science Buffs 