Improving the localization of rare soft-tissue fossils Think of a fossil. What do you see? Perhaps dinosaur bones, teeth, or mollusk shells? When we think
How researchers are demystifying complex lung diseases using models It’s a diagnosis that stumps even the best of doctors. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis begins with a
A Potential Treatment for Colorectal Cancers Imagine two twins who, though identical in every respect from height to facial features, differ in a single gene.
Exploring the potential control of drug delivery with light and magnetism Chances are, at some point in your life, you’ve taken some form of medicine
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Coal country has always been home for Nathan Hall (MEM/MBA ’17), a ninth-generation native of Central Appalachia who recently completed a Master of Environmental Management
Genetics courses at universities across the country would do well to add Jennifer Doudna’s and Samuel H. Sternberg’s A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and
How did life emerge? What does it mean for something to be alive? These questions may be well suited for a philosophy seminar, but they
Using Eggs to Harvest Clean Energy What if the future of renewable energy lies in a good breakfast? While the thought of the most important