Archive: 2015

by Jessica Lau figures by Krissy Lyon Summary: Government regulations for genetically modified foods vary, from relatively relaxed policies in the U.S. that focus on the final food product to strict rules in the European Union that consider the genetic…

by Christopher Gerry figures by Kristen Seim Summary: The human population has grown at a breakneck pace and threatens to further exacerbate a problem that has worsened in recent years: chronic hunger. Genetically modified crops could help to relieve…

by Chelsea Powell figures by Anna Maurer Summary: Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are organisms that have been altered using genetic engineering methods. Although genetic engineering is a common and essential practice in biotechnology, its…

by Gabriel Rangel figures by Anna Maurer Summary: To date, scientists have engineered bacteria that produce medication-grade drugs, crops with built-in pesticides, and beagles that glow in the dark. While these are all relatively recent advances in…

by Adam Riesselman Summary: The advent of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has rippled through the fields and homesteads of the United States, changing the way farmers conduct their operation. Fueling both the industrialization of agriculture as…

The pentaquark consists of four quarks, and one anti-quark. It is possible that the quarks are not all tightly bound together, as in this image, but consist of a structure that is closer to that of a hadron and meson bound like a moleculeImage uploaded…

After the initial phase of rapid cell divisions, vertebrate embryos must go through a variety of cell movements to form the primary axis of the body and arrange cells to give rise to different tissues.  Here an embryo of the Discus fish (Symphysodon…

An image of the human eye, showing the location of the lens, where clumps of proteins can form to cause cataracts. (Credits: Johannes Ahlmann, Creative Commons) An article titled “Eye Drops Could Dissolve Cataracts” described new research findings that…

Map of the Pacific Northwest highlighting the Cascadia subduction zone (black line), the Juan de Fuca oceanic plate and the volcanoes (red) associated with the Cascadia subduction zoneBy NASA/Black Tusk (NASA World Wind) [Public domain], via Wikimedia…

1950s-era morgue that has not been remodeled since it was built [Brook Ward under a CC BY-NC 2.0 license] Women now tend to live longer than their male counterparts in every country in the world, but anatomy alone cannot fully explain why.  Looking to…