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View ArticleCyber Security Law
Cyber security is paramount in the digital age. As more and more of our lives are conducted online, we need better ways of protecting the multiplying inroads to our private data. After recent breaches...
View ArticleForensic Science: Origins and Early Methods
Forensic Science is the scientific method of gathering and examining information about the past in which is then used in the court of law. Before the emergence of forensic science methods, criminal...
View Article7 Facts About Forensic Science
While you are probably familiar with the field of forensic science through various television shows, such as Law and Order or CSI, real-life forensic science is actually quite different from how these...
View Article“CSI Effect” Impacts Forensic Science
Many people are familiar with the field of forensic science from popular crime television shows, such as CBS’ long-running crime drama, CSI. The iconic crime show recently aired its last episode, after...
View ArticleNew Invention May Revolutionize Analytical Chemistry
A new invention, developed by an FIU researcher, has the potential to revolutionize the field of analytical chemistry. The invention, which measures just 2 centimeters long and 2 millimeters in...
View ArticleMicrobes In The News: Legionnaire’s Disease
This year, a total of six veterans who were at the Veteran’s Administration hospital in Pittsburg were diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease. Now, the Legionella pneumophila bacteria that causes...
View ArticleHigh-tech methods study bacteria on the International Space Station
This article is about a recent study that evaluated the contents of the International Space Station’s (ISS) HEPA filters and compared it to NASA’s clean rooms on earth. The study showed that...
View ArticleNew Blood Test Detects Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is usually difficult to predict until it spreads to the other parts of the body. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, however, have recently figured out a way to diagnose...
View ArticleTherapeutic Cancer Vaccines
Therapeutic cancer vaccines can slow or stop cancer growth, shrink tumors, prevent cancer from returning, and even kill cancer cells that cannot be killed by other means. In order for a therapeutic...
View ArticleHelminthic Therapy
This article was about the potential use of helminthic parasites as a cure for autoimmune disease. The idea of using parasites to cure ailments, originated from the “hygiene hypothesis”, that an...
View ArticleHow Does Bacteria Kill Their Competitors?
Bacteria kill their competitors by using antibiotics, toxic proteins that can kill other microorganisms. These microorganisms can be of the same or different species. Bacteria known as Bacillus...
View ArticleBrain Implants That Can Connect Human Brain To The Digital World
A new DARPA program, Neural Engineering System Design (NESD), is seeking to bridge the gap between the human brain and the digital world. They believe this can be achieved through an implantable neural...
View ArticleThis ‘Cyborg’ Spinal Implant Could Help Paralyzed Walk Again
I recently came across this video that I found to be particularly interesting. It looks like scientists in France have recently created a remarkable, life-altering technology for patients with...
View ArticleThe Path To Becoming A Forensic Scientist
If you are looking to get into an incredibly challenging, progressive, and rewarding career, then look no further than the field of forensic science. Forensic science offers the opportunity to...
View ArticleExperiment On Chickens Reverses Evolution
Brazilian researcher Joâo Botelho has successfully achieved an experimental reversal to produce a dinosaur-like trait in birds. The scientist inhibited a maturation gene in a chicken, causing it to...
View ArticleWhat Is The Zika Virus? All Your Questions Answered
As the days go on, it appears that the Zika virus is becoming a much more serious threat. Global health officials are quickly trying to gain a better understand of the virus, which began in Brazil...
View Article“To Catch a Criminal”: Forensic Teams Catching Criminals due to Research on...
From fictional shows like CSI Miami to real life crime scenes, we have all seen the process it takes to gather forensic evidence. If you haven’t, research has been recently gathered to come up with new...
View ArticleHigh-tech methods study bacteria on the International Space Station
This article is about a recent study that evaluated the contents of the International Space Station’s (ISS) HEPA filters and compared it to NASA’s clean rooms on earth. The study showed that...
View Article“To Catch a Criminal”: Forensic Teams Catching Criminals due to Research on...
From fictional shows like CSI Miami to real life crime scenes, many of us have seen the process it takes to gather forensic evidence. Research has been recently conducted to come up with new and...
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