Source: Laboratoires Servier, (CC BY-SA 3.0) Many of us cannot fathom a life without being able to wiggle our fingers, rotate our shoulders, or jump up and down with ease. However, this is reality for the 250 million people worldwide suffering from osteoarthritis (the degeneration of cartilage at the bone joints), with women and the …
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Cover Image: This image illustrates a qubit’s (quantum bit) generic definition as the quantum state of a two-level quantum system (Wikimedia Commons: Clemen Adolphs). In a layman’s view, Quantum Entanglement may refer to a scenario where we may have incomplete knowledge of the state of two similar states¹. Our classic computation technology uses a “definite …
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Source: 허동은교수, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Introduction Recent years have seen notable advancements in the field of regenerative medicine, with an emphasis on the creation of artificial organs and organ-on-a-chip technologies. These innovative developments have the potential to transform healthcare by tackling pressing medical issues including the lack of organ donors for transplantation and …
A diagram showing how a fungal cell combines with the hydrocarbon compounds in oil (Image Source: Li et al., CC BY 4.0) Oil spillage has always been a major challenge to environmental health, especially in top oil producing countries like China, Saudi Arabia, and India. For instance, it has been shown that a 2010 oil …
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Figure: A water treatment facility. These are commonly found in higher-resource communities (Source: Unsplash, Ivan Bandura) For over a quarter of the world’s population, access to clean water is limited. Water can be contaminated by metal ions like arsenic and lead, carcinogenic toxins which are dangerous for consumers, as well as nitrates and phosphates, which …
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