by Violet Wallerstein Dr. Barker of the Biology Department is a trained immunologist. Her research focuses on immune responses to viruses—specifically inflammation responses to hopefully help HIV research. Her lab works on…
by Maimouna Kante Unusually thick ice in the Antarctic has caused a mass starvation of Adelie penguins. According to the BCC, there was an increase in the amount of ice towards the…
by Abigail Mullen According to Nature, a recent study at the Imperial College London shows promising results for those suffering from treatment-resistant depression. In their recent paper published in Scientific Report, Dr.…
From National Geographic By: Maïmouna Kanté According to National Geographic, the past few weeks in Namibia have been marked by the death of more than 100 hippos in the Bwabwata National Park…
By Colleen Dabrowski & Anna Gombert From Maryland Biodiversity Projects. Cisseps fulvicollis, the Yellow-collared Scape Moth, historically can be found all across the United States. However, today they are much more common in the…
By Abigail Mullen From sbs.com. On Friday, September 22nd, Mount Agung, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali, started showing signs that it would erupt soon. As of Wednesday, more than 75,000 people…
By Mel Dikert From uber.com Many of us are familiar with the facility that Uber has brought to our lives. It is a quick, easy and generally cheap way for people…
by Maimouna Kante On this week’s review of research around the world, one of the studies that was recently published is “Jellyfish caught snoozing give clues to origin of sleep”. A jellyfish…
by Jesse Murray On Friday, September 15, the Cassini spacecraft came to a spectacular end as it made a controlled entry into the atmosphere of Saturn and burned up. This event marked…
by Violet Wallerstein Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall, a member of the Drew faculty since 1988, is an organometallic chemist by training, so she works with metal atoms that are bonded to carbon. Her…