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Tag: College of Arts and Sciences
Drexel Researchers Join Team Looking for Proof of Undiscovered Subatomic Particle
Recently, scientists have noticed that nuclear power plants’ reactors often emit fewer sub-atomic particles than expected. A group of Drexel researchers is now part of a team that will look into whether there is a […]
Visiting a Real Jurassic Park — In Virtual Reality
Armed with 3D scans of the most complete supermassive dinosaur skeleton ever unearthed, and the latest paleontology and biomechanical research, a graduate student in Westphal College’s Digital Media program, is bringing a giant dinosaur to […]
Q+A: The Middle Ground of the Science and Religion Discussion
Often, religion and science are treated as binaries. A person must solely believe in creationism or pure evolution. There was a great flood or there wasn’t. Stem cell research is good or bad. Fraser Fleming […]
The Good (and the Bad) of Plasticity in Cell Movement
Cells make up every piece of your body. And those cells are not static — they move, pretty much all the time. But when it comes to how they move, scientists have been a bit […]
Q+A: Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Diversity
Speculative fiction is a term used to describe works that imagine universes that are unlike our own. The term covers science fiction, fantasy, even the cities of comic book heroes. But far too often, this […]
How to Build a Flexing Robotic Dinosaur Limb In Seven ‘Easy’ Steps
With their discovery of Dreadnoughtus schrani in 2014, a team of Drexel University researchers unearthed not only the most complete skeleton of a new species of supermassive dinosaur, but also a trove of research opportunities. […]
Q+A: Can NASA Really Predict — and Divert — Harmful Asteroids?
The name “Planetary Defense Coordination Office” evokes such sci-fi motifs as laser canons pointed skyward and angry, space ship-riding aliens. In actuality, the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) that NASA announced earlier this month deals […]
5 Things to Know About Being Bitten By A Viper
Sean O’Donnell is a member of the white fang club — which is to say that he’s one of a group of biologists whose been bitten by a venomous snake and lived to tell the […]
Why Diet Apps Fail
It’s actually not complicated at all. The reason most smartphone diet apps fail has nothing to do with the diet, and little to do with the app. A team of Drexel researchers is working on […]