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Gun Policy, Gun Culture & Guns across the U.S.: What Makes Us Safer?
This is a timely project because of the newly reignited political debate about gun background checks. Since...
Using the Ames test to test the effects of low frequency radiation on living systems
Low frequency radiation is a very common form of radiation in people's lives, two examples being cell phones...
Fighting fake news by replicating the motivated numeracy effect
Why is fake news so popular? It is partly because people often accept any information that supports their...
Laboratory evolution of bacteria carrying synthetic parasitic circuits
We are studying the co-evolution of synthetic genetic circuits and their carrier host strains. The parasitic...
A Mother’s Work is Never Done: Using Thermal Imaging to Detect Torpor in Nesting Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds use energy at extremely high rates due to their small size and high metabolism. They must conserve...
Thermal and Fluid Dynamical Effects on the Efficiency of Hyperpolarized Xenon Production
The American Lung Association estimates that 32 million Americans are affected by lung diseases, many of...
Analog Genetic Circuits for Interactive Learning
Can you mimic a biological system using electrical analogs? Could that electrical system be so interactive...
Why do spiders decorate their webs?
Many spiders decorate their webs with conspicuous UV-reflecting designs, what makes them bright for some...
