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  • Remembering Biochemist Rick Schwarz

    Remembering Biochemist Rick Schwarz

    A staff scientist in the Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) Division of the Biosciences Area from 1983 to 2021, Schwarz died on May 5, 2025. He was 78 years old.

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  • Clues to How Space Radiation Induces Cognitive Damage

    Clues to How Space Radiation Induces Cognitive Damage

    The documented mechanism for radiation-induced health risks like cancer has typically been damage to the DNA contained in the nucleus of cells. But a recent analysis suggests that radiation by certain light ions, which abound in outer space, instead disrupt a separate cellular structures, smaller than a cell nucleus or a synapse.

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  • Expert Interview: Harshi Mukundan on Biosecurity

    Expert Interview: Harshi Mukundan on Biosecurity

    Biosecurity means securing society against the damaging effects of biology — anything that can harm people or resources that people care about.

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  • Chang Dou Receives AIChE Shining Star Award

    Chang Dou Receives AIChE Shining Star Award

    ABPDU’s Chang Dou was recognized for his long-term volunteerism in the AIChE community.

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  • For Better Quantum Sensing, Go With the Flow

    For Better Quantum Sensing, Go With the Flow

    Scientists encased nanodiamonds in tiny moving droplets of water to improve quantum sensing. The new technique lets researchers detect trace amounts of certain ions and molecules, and could someday find applications in environmental monitoring, medicine, bioengineering, and more.

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