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COVID-19 Pneumonia – A Different Illness Than Its Traditional Counterpart

Callie Moody, Biological Sciences, Winter 2021 Figure 1: This is an image of a child with pneumonia. The fluid build-up in the lungs (known as pleural effusion) is…

A Prediction-Based Model of Human Hearing

Zachary Brown ’24, Biological Sciences, Winter 2021 Hearing as a subjective, personal experience (Source: Pixahive) “Is reality objective or subjective?” The question sounds like an introduction to a…

Nuclear fusion startup may hold the key for long-term nuclear fusion

Palin Narsian, Applied Sciences, Winter 2021 The image above shows the steps for inertial confinement fusion. In the first step, energy is concentrated toward a target with the…

Role of Endonuclease G in Autophagy Regulation

Matthew Lutchko ‘23, Biological Sciences, Winter 2021 Figure: The bottom arrow points to an autophagic vesicle engulfing and beginning to degrade the mitochondria (indicated by the arrowhead on…

Magnetic Reconnection Offers New Insight into Harnessing Energy from Black Holes

Sai Rayasam, Physical Sciences, Fall 2020 Figure 1: Basic architecture of a rotating black hole. In the middle is the singularity, a one-dimensional point of infinite density (but…