Dev Kapadia ’23, Engineering, 7/7/20 (A) Traditional bioenergy production captures CO2 during the plant growth and releases it back into the environment during combustion, resulting in a net zero carbon emission. (B) Bioenergy production through BECCS stores part of the CO2 emissions from power plant production underground, making the process … Continue reading
Sai Rayasam, Waukee High School Junior, Applied Science, Summer 2020 Caption: Though it looks like a hologram with a ghostly appearance, this aerogel is actually a solid. It has a very low density and is extremely porous, making it the lightest material known to man and the best conductor in … Continue reading
Love Tsai, Applied Science , July 12, 2020 Self-driving cars require reliable ways to assess the ethics of acting in certain ways in both low and high impact events. With nobody behind the literal and proverbial steering wheel anymore, philosophers and scientists must work to find an adequate ethical system … Continue reading
Dev Kapadia ’23, Engineering, 6/5/20 This graph is representative of digital and analog signals. The red curve, which is much smoother than the blue curve, represents an analog signal because the function that represents the signal is continuous. This means that in moving from 0 to 1, the signal not … Continue reading
Anahita Kodali, Medical Sciences, News, Summer 2020 Figure 1: SARS-CoV-2 (whose structure is shown above) is undoubtedly the most impactful virus in the coronavirus family currently known. Symptoms of COVID-19 include high fever, fatigue, and shortness of breath. In many cases, the disease can become more severe, causing persistent chest … Continue reading