An evening with a Steminist
Photo Credit: NASA via Wikimedia Commons ‘I’m a STEM-INIST’- read the clever amalgamated (STEM + Feminist) caption on the T-shirt...
How old is HIV? The United Kingdom and HIV/AIDS research
Photo Credit: NIAID via Wikimedia Commons The discovery of a viral cause for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in 1983 by...
New hope for targeting ‘Sleeping Sickness’
Sleeping sickness, caused by single celled species Trypanosoma brucei, is a fatal vector-borne parasitic disease. The parasite is found in...
Little trouble makers
Photo Credit: Daniel Mietchen via Wikimedia Commons Welcome to 2019: the time of sophisticated technology like never before. Your handheld...
Art acne: diagnosing Georgia O’Keeffe Paintings
Photo Credit: Jerome Dacq Art may be a window into the human condition, but as it turns out, art can...
Fluorescent urine that detects organ transplant compatibility
Photo Credit: Global Panorama Often, an organ transplantation is the only life-saving treatment for organ failure. The process of transplantation...
How fungus kills
Photo Credit: NIAID A group led by Professor Oliver Werz at the Friedrich Schiller University, Jena have identified the pathway...
Festival of Creative Learning: Art and science at small scale
Photo Credit: Miles Martin Art and science intersected excitingly last Monday night at the University Main Library. As part of...
The secret brains of bees: Study finds that bees can add and subtract
The common honeybee (Apis melifera) is a fascinating creature. Bees are not only among the most common pollinators of plants...