
The Winding Synthetic Road to New Antibiotics
Photo by Matthew Zoerb. Since the very first use of antibiotics, researchers have known about antibiotic resistance in bacteria. However, it takes a large investment

Photo by Matthew Zoerb. Since the very first use of antibiotics, researchers have known about antibiotic resistance in bacteria. However, it takes a large investment

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

Image Courtesy of Flickr. Next time you’re cruising at forty thousand feet in the air, think about how amazing it is that a few hundred

Image Courtesy of iStock. There is a common misconception that all bacteria are bad bacteria. Perhaps this narrative is bolstered by the branding of disinfectants

Image Courtesy of Wikipedia Commons. Have you ever read Facebook’s Terms of Service after downloading the app? Chances are, probably not. While we often mindlessly

Image Courtesy of Pixabay. The pandemic drastically altered the daily tasks of many adults who, in addition to their everyday professions, took on new responsibilities

Image Courtesy of Flickr. While extinction is a natural phenomenon, human activity has accelerated the deterioration of ecosystems worldwide and driven an epidemic of species

Image Courtesy of Flickr. Convolutional neural networks, or CNNs, are deep learning networks trained with millions of images. Designed to imitate primate brains, they proved