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3D Printed Organs

With each new breakthrough in biologically printed organs, the organ donor waitlist gets closer to becoming obsolete. In May 2013, doctors saved a six-week old child with a…

Curiosity on Gale: One Year Later

On August 6th, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover successfully delivered 10 of the most advanced geochemical instruments ever sent to the surface of another planet (1). Curiosity’s mission is…

Polymers Gaining Wiggle Room in Nanotechnology

Since the beginning of mankind, humans have taken “large substances” and whittled them down to obtain selective parts, such as wood from trees or mineral ores from rocks….

MacArthur Fellow: Hometown Security and Environmental Equality

Last Spring, Majora Carter, a winner of the McArthur Genius Grant, spoke at Dartmouth College about her experiences with urban revitalization and social justice in South Bronx, New…

Bioengineered Kidney

The general shortage of organs for organ transplant is of great concern in the medical community. Recent attempts to address shortages have focused on creating all or part…