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N501Y COVID-19 Variants — Should We Be Worried?

Frankie Carr ‘22, Biological Sciences, Winter 2021 Figure 1: 3D printed models of the SARS-CoV-2 virion (the blue sphere in the background) decorated with spike proteins and a…

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…