Mann V. Ford: Colorful Contamination
There are a variety of car brands you see on the street as you walk around Atlanta. From Acura to Telsa, you can find every make and model of just about every car you can imagine. However, one all-American car…
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A Look Back At How America’s Covid Response Failed
Do you remember the days of 2020? Do you remember the uncertainty, the anxiety, and the constantly changing advice? Do you remember waking up every day, checking the news hoping for something better, but just seeing bad news after bad…
The science and history of the PB&J sandwich
The PB&J sandwich is a humble combination of sweet, salty, and creamy. Where exactly did this classic sandwich originate, and what are the details behind its nutritional value? Before the invention of the PB&J, its three essential ingredients had to…
Kidneys: The Innocent Bystanders
When we purchase over-the-counter medicines, there’s often an assumption of their relative safety and harmlessness. After all, most ‘dangerous’ compounds are protected behind a prescription, right? Surely, if the directions on the back of the box or bottle are followed,…
The Mask Against COVID-19
Dr. Sundaresan Jayaraman, a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, here at Georgia Tech worked on finding a form-fitting mask that provided superior protection against respiratory viruses like COVID-19. These masks, which have been in development even…
Researching the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
This semester I took a course called Locomotion Neuromechanics. Like me, you might think that it would be a course where you would learn more about the movement within one’s body, different things that can affect mobility, etc. However, after…
The Importance of Heat Stroke Prevention and New Innovations to Help Reduce the Incidence of Heat Stroke!
At the Atlanta Science Festival, me and my team members, Ashmita and Claudia, had the pleasure of getting to talk about Heat Stroke to a large audience of individuals and explain the seriousness of it, and why it’s so important…
Why taking 5 to 10 minutes to eat out of your busy schedule is so important! The risk of developing Gastroparesis from undereating
Imagine that you’re a Georgia Tech student. Your day starts at 8:25 AM, with your first class, Systems Physiology, which you know you have a weekly quiz in. You wake up at 8:05 AM, and by the time you finish…