Author: kjoanna224
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ACS Chemistry Club Makes a Big Hit at the Club Fair!
Today was a club fair day that was held during lunch at the gym for high school students. With approximately 35 club establishment applications, the gym was buzzing with excitement and chatters. As the other club executive members lived far away from school and had to take a school bus, I was the only available…
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A New Feature For Our Blog!
Despite it being an extremely late notice, I realized a few days ago that I had finally received some input in my feedback form, and I could not suppress my overflowing excitement. The input was from one of our readers, (I will not reveal their name due to privacy reasons), who commented that they were…
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‘Mind blowing’: Grizzly bear DNA maps onto Indigenous language families
By Rachel Fritts, Aug. 13, 2021 , 1:25 PM The bears and Indigenous humans of coastal British Columbia have more in common than meets the eye. The two have lived side by side for millennia in this densely forested region on the west coast of Canada. But it’s the DNA that really stands out: A…
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2021. 03. 27. ACS Chem Club Goes on a Field Trip
(If you want to listen to the podcast version, click here!) After a full semester of our new club and a few months of experimenting and vlogging, I realized how my club members were starting to display some signs of fatigue from a repetitive schedule of planning the experiment, conducting it, reflecting, editing videos and…
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Stanford survey suggests climate change has reduced the presence of invasive Argentine ant
a nearly 30-year survey, conducted at Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, has found that the distribution of Argentine ants has shrunk as a result of climate change. Meanwhile, native species are faring better. “In 1993, Stanford University biology professor Deborah Gordon and her first graduate student, Katy Human, began a survey of ants at Stanford’s Jasper Ridge Biological…
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Defending Yourself By Overexposing Yourself : Predator Satiation and It’s Mechanisms
Predator satiation is quite a rare type of defense mechanisms only utilized by a few species, including but not limited to wildebeest, caribou, many plants, and the periodical cicada. Instead of hiding themselves or utilizing camouflage, these species deliberately over reproduce sporadically. The purpose behind this mechanisms to provide the predator with a superfluous supply…
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YYGS: How the Imaging Core Facility Supports Research
General Inspiration: Bill Bryson – “The Body: A Guide for Occupants” All functions of the body and brain How he was interested in the scientists discovered and the stories of how the scientists discovered things, who they are, their circumstances when discovering the things Microscopy – specific Inspiration “The Microscopists” by Howard Hughes Medical Institute…
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Stanford Researchers Improve CRISPR to Transform into a Nanoscale Control Agent that Can Switch Genes On and Off
Recently, researchers at Stanford University attached biological nanobodies to the CRISPR tool to enhance the practicality of the technology. By using the fundamental concept of CRISPR’s process in repairing genes, the researchers realized they could use CRISPR to locate and replace certain genes. “What we did was attach CRISPR to nanobodies to help it perform…
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An Email Reply!
This is a bit late regarding the date of the reply, but I am still so excited to share Professor Brian Scassellati’s email response! I had known his email prior to the actual YYGS lecture because I had sent him a bunch of questions concerning microbots – insect-like micro robots that perform really interesting functions!…
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KSCY: Korea Scholars’ Conference for Youth Competition (2021. 07. 19 ~ 30)
Okay.. This may sound a bit erratic and implausible but I actually attempted a submission into this quite *major* research competition held in South Korea, hosted by one of the top universities here: Yeonsei University. KSCY, an abbreviation for Korea Scholars’ Conference for Youth Competition, is an annual event that hitherto the COVID-19 pandemic, was…
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