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TSH and Mental Health

By Kylie Luo According to Psychology Today, a predicted 13 million Americans could have undiagnosed thyroid-related conditions. To us,...

Mar 31, 20203 min read

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Contact Sports and Neurological Damage

By: Nonachi Achara There is a growing issue of athletes becoming violent years after playing a certain contact sport. These cases are...

Mar 31, 20203 min read

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Gut Microbes and Mental Health

By: Aya Hilal In our digestive tracts, 100 trillion microbes reside, commonly referred to as gut bacteria. These bacteria are complicated...

Mar 28, 20202 min read

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What is Alzheimer’s and how does music therapy alleviate the stages of Alzheimer’s Disease?

Written by Amy Le and Tamara Andrijanic as part of the collaboration with United Under Arts What is Alzheimer’s? Alzheimer’s Disease is...

Mar 28, 20203 min read

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Long-Term Potentiation: Learning About How We Learn

By Chris Jung The ability to store memories and build on them is a key proponent of mammalian life: one that certainly served our early...

Mar 25, 20205 min read

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COVID-19

By Joanne Lee It started off as a minor outbreak in Wuhan, China. There were the warning signs: Reports of mysterious SARS-like symptoms,...

Mar 23, 20204 min read

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Basic Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) Architecture

In my last article, which you can find here, we defined neural networks as the heart of deep learning. Neural networks add human...

Mar 20, 20203 min read

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The Difference between Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning

Two-letter abbreviations seem to be everywhere these days, such as ML, AI, DL (deep learning), VR, and XR. These might be some of the...

Mar 20, 20204 min read

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How Do Computers Work?

By Himanshu Sethia Chances are...you're reading this on a computer or phone. In this generation of amazing digital and physical...

Mar 11, 20202 min read

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Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Energy from Friction

Triboelectric Nanogenerators

Mar 6, 20204 min read

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Types of Stem Cells and Their Usage

By William Kang Stem cells are unspecialized cells that can develop to become many different types of cells in the body. These cells are...

Mar 6, 20204 min read

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The Biochemistry of Depression

By: Aya Hilal According to the National Institute of Mental Health, major depressive disorder affects approximately 17.3 million American...

Mar 2, 20202 min read

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