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Save the Breast! How Dr. Vera Peters Revolutionized Breast Cancer Treatment By Sanaa MahmudÂ
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers for women in the world. Approximately 1 in 8 women...
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Apr 18, 20243 min read
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From Faucet to Glass: Unveiling Water’s Hidden Dangers
By Sierrah Agustin, Research Team Member The world belongs to those who shape it. And however uncertain that world may feel at a given...
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Apr 18, 20242 min read
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Eunice Newton Foote: The Invisible Women Who Demonstrated Climate Change First
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member Climate change has been a pressing issue for the past few decades, yet there are many who don’t...
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Feb 27, 20242 min read
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Celebrating Black History Month: Dr. Ruth E. Moore, A Pioneer in Science and Education
By Fabiha Saddat, Research Team Member Dr. Ruth E. Moore. Photo credit: The Ohio State University. In honor of Black History Month, we...
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Feb 22, 20242 min read
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The Connection of Human Health and Microbes
By Sierrah Laurent, Research Team Member Many of us these days are familiar with the microbiome, the billions of bacteria that reside on...
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Feb 22, 20242 min read
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Unmasking Bias in AI: The Influential Journey of Joy Buolamwini
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member The rapid development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) has taken over the technological...
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Feb 7, 20244 min read
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The Journey for Transformational Care to Canada’s Health Care
By Sierrah Agustin, Research Team Member Canada’s universal healthcare paradigm is supported by many, however, what happens when it fails...
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Jan 29, 20242 min read
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Dr. Maia Majumder’s Impactful Journey in Public Health and Epidemiology
By Fabiha Saddat, Research Team Member Dr. Maimuna (Maia) Majumder has recently emerged as a leading luminary in computational...
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Jan 28, 20242 min read
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How Dorothy Hodgkin Discovered Important Biochemical Structures While Battling Arthritis
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member Dorothy Hodgkin may not be a household name, but her contributions to the field of biochemistry...
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Nov 20, 20234 min read
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A Physicist’s Unique Perspective on Cancer Research
By Sierrah Laurent, Research Team Member The unfortunate tale of cancer diagnoses is that it brings pain and sorrow whenever it strikes....
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Nov 20, 20232 min read
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From Ph.D. Dreams to Humanitarian Streams: Dr. Rana Dajani's Inspiring Journey in STEMM and Beyond
By Fabiha Saddat, Research Team Member Dr. Rana Dajani is a Palestinian-Syrian woman in STEMM whose incredible determination has left an...
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Nov 15, 20233 min read
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Nergis Mavalvala: Breaking Boundaries in Astrophysics and LGBTQ+ Acceptance
By Sanaa Mahmud, Research Team Member Award-winning physicist, professor, PhD holder, and the Dean of MIT’s School of Science: Nergis...
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Nov 6, 20233 min read
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Female Pioneer of Gene Editing
By Sierrah Laurent, Research Team Member The discipline of science performs several tasks for the benefit of our society, including the...
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Nov 1, 20233 min read
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16-year old girl wins $50,000 award for shaping the landscape for the future of research in suicide
By Fabiha Saddat Imagine a young mind tackling one of society’s most heartbreaking phenomena- Natasha Kulviwat, a 16-year old high school...
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Oct 23, 20232 min read
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Unveiling the Atomic Enigma: The Extraordinary Journey of Lise Meitner
Article By Neha Gupta The systematic underrepresentation of women in STEM is a global problem. Social definitions of gender and their...
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Jun 6, 20233 min read
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Nature's Secrets: The Pioneering Legacy of Rosalind Franklin
By Katerina Carrozzi Did Rosalind Franklin discover the DNA helical structure? Was her work stolen? Did Franklin ever receive full credit...
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Jun 5, 20235 min read
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Radiant Innovators: The Inspiring Legacy of Marie and Irene Curie
The duo that dared The duo that dreamed The duo that discovered “Not like Homer would I write, Not like Dante if I might, Not like...
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Jun 3, 20237 min read
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Stereotypes were Made to be Broken: Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna, Austria, first graced the Silver Screen at the tender age of 17. After gripping the...
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Oct 23, 20182 min read
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Imaging nanospaces with x-ray ptychography – a comprehensive tool
Dr. Johanna Weker Li-ion batteries rule the world of mobile devices. However, they are still in their infancy when it comes to powering...
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Aug 2, 20187 min read
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How to Get Started in STEM
Are you ready to kickstart your academic or professional career in a STEM field, but get overwhelmed by all of the options that pop up on...
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Aug 2, 20181 min read
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