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Cynthia Beall studies how Tibetans survive the low oxygen of high altitudes
Nergis Mavalava studies gravitational waves and what they might reveal
Nergis Mavalava studies gravitational waves using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. Although gravitational waves are predicted by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, they are very difficult to observe.
Masoud Agah merges MEMS and nanotechnology to develop microsystems for environmental and healthcare applications, including early breast cancer detection.
David Anderson and his team developed a software system called BOINC to support "volunteer computing," in which PC owners can donate their computer's idle time to science projects.
Boaz Keysar researches how people communicate, negotiate and make decisions
National Academy of Sciences President Dr. Ralph Cicerone discusses his excitement at conducting groundbreaking experiments at the frontier of atmospheric chemistry.
National Academy of Sciences President Dr. Ralph Cicerone discusses his excitement at conducting groundbreaking experiments at the frontier of atmospheric chemistry.
Helen Hansma's pioneering research on biological atomic force microscopy led her to a new hypothesis for the origin of life
Paul Werbos uses mathematics to tackle the big questions of human intelligence, the beginning of the universe, and sustainable energy.
James Collins, one of the founders of synthetic biology and a pioneering researcher in systems biology, makes discoveries about the actions of antibodies.
Teh-hui Kao, who studies how plants prevent inbreeding, answers the ScienceLives questions
The science of earthquakes has grown robustly since the 1960s. However, big questions about earthquakes still remain, such as what determines an earthquake’s size and how can we predict when an earthquake will take place.
Emily Brodsky, associate professor of Earth and planetary sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz, answers our ScienceLives questions.
Aydogan Ozcan is a pioneer with cell phone apps. Not games or widgets, but sophisticated biophotonics systems that allow doctors to analyze blood cells for malaria, test water samples and otherwise convert a cell phone into a mobile lab.
Aydogan Ozcan is designing ways to use cell phones to test for malaria in blood and parasites in water
Researcher and scuba diver Jonathan Wilker answers our ScienceLives questions.
The computer program processes data from gravitation wave detectors using your home computer's down time.
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