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When Sulfide Binds, Memory Rewinds
Art by Madeleine Popofsky Memories make us who we are. Yet, memory loss is a strikingly common phenomenon in our society, often manifesting in people
Helen Zhang
April 12, 2025
Art by Madeleine Popofsky Memories make us who we are. Yet, memory loss is a strikingly common phenomenon in our society, often manifesting in people
SYNAPSE ESSAY CONTEST WINNING ESSAY: This article was written by Victor Gonzalez of Clear Creek High School, Texas, the winner of an annual national high
Art Courtesy of Kara Tao Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… hundreds of autonomous self-burying seed carriers? These small
Art Courtesy of Jungbin (Jaime) Cha. Why do treatments fail? Sometimes there is an issue with the treatment’s target. Other times, the translation from an
Art Courtesy of Hannah Dirsa. Measles was first introduced to Fiji in 1875. It died out only six months after its debut. The introduction of
Image Courtesy of Flickr. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a deadly respiratory virus, has swamped hospitals globally. “Most of the [Connecticut] hospitals are packed, and they
Art Courtesy of Madeleine Popofsky Machine learning (ML) algorithms are addressing one of the biggest challenges astronomers currently face: digging through the vast mountains of
Art Courtesy of Madeleine Popofsky. In today’s sustainability-driven world, resource recovery—the extraction of valuable materials from waste—has become increasingly important. Certain metals, including cobalt, nickel,
Image 1: Art by Madeleine Popofsky. When we think about immunizations, we typically imagine shots administered to the upper arm or the thigh. But in
Art Courtesy of Kara Tao. It was March 8, 2014—a day like any other—when 239 people took to the skies aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Art Courtesy of Madeleine Popofsky. The great irony of recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) is that even as programs have gained capabilities that ten