by Miriam Krause Scientific writing is notoriously full of jargon. Jargon includes technical terms that are specific to a certain discipline, or sometimes it can be everyday words that mean something different in science than …
Month: August 2017
Royal Rife’s Universal Microscope (and Why It Can’t Exist)
by Natalie Hudson-Smith edited by Merve Doğangün In the 1930s, microscope designer Royal Rife made a splash with reports that he had designed a new microscope that could view nanoscale objects such as viruses!1 The …
Graphene Oxide: A new tool in the war against bacteria
by Laura Olenickedited by Joe Buchman Animals evolve strong defenses against predators. Predators evolve to better kill and catch their prey. Plants evolve defenses against insects. Insects evolve defenses against plants. We evolve defenses against …
Mental Health and the Diversity of Minds
by Izzy Foreman-Ortiz Did you know that over a third of graduate students experience mental health concerns?1 Graduate school and Master’s or PhD level careers in any field may naturally attract perfectionists; specifically, the strenuous …