
“Like-Dissolves-Like”: Updating theories on miscibility
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Miscibility, or the ability for liquids to mix, is often determined by the “like-dissolves-like” rule, which is largely qualitative. It

Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Miscibility, or the ability for liquids to mix, is often determined by the “like-dissolves-like” rule, which is largely qualitative. It

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Image courtesy of Flickr. Freezing: a simple phase transition with a surprisingly complex set of mechanisms. Researchers use freezing dynamics to study the crystallization of

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Image courtesy of Pixabay. Spinal cord injury treatment without surgery—the work of science fiction or a soon reality? Spinal cord injuries continue to be a

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Image courtesy of Getty Images. It has been frequently reported that racial disparities persist in COVID-19 mortality rates, but how large are these disparities, and

Image courtesy of Flickr. The bacterial pathogen Salmonella typhimurium causes intestinal inflammation. S. typhimurium injects effector proteins such as SopD that stimulate a signaling cascade,

Courtesy of Guorui Li. The intense pressures of the deep ocean cause it to remain Earth’s largest unexplored territory. Currently, mechatronic machines with rigid vessels

Image courtesy of Andrew Armstrong. Whole genome sequencing—reading all three billion letters of a person’s genome—was first accomplished by the Human Genome Project in 2003

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Image courtesy of Flickr. Summer is for squashes, and autumn is for apples. But what happens during the winter? In fields left empty between crop