Faces of Discovery

Creating edible food films for food packaging from natural sources
Rammohan Aluru and Grigoriy Zyryanov ones on scientists group, who have developed edible food films
First artificial intelligence system for contactless monitoring of heart rhythm using smart speakers
Lead author Anran Wang sits with the smart speaker prototype (white box in foreground) the
On the brink of new hope for pancreatic cancer?
Tatiana Hurtado de Mendoza, PhD, is the first author of the study and assistant project
Is the next-step for fusion reactors computer and AI driven?
Physicist C.S. Chang with figure showing turbulence eddies in an ITER plasma edge (green) with
Could age-related cognitive decline be reversed?
Katrin Andreasson is the senior author of a study that identifies a particular set of
Is this a viable treatment for severe COVID-19?
Camillo Ricordi, M.D., director of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) and Cell Transplant Center at
A small protein can destroy a specific pathogen without harming good bacteria
A research team led by Scott Medina, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Penn State,
COVID-19 is exacerbating the threat of superbugs helping to create a rising tide of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Corrie Detweiler, a professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, eyes some samples in the
A new gene therapy to rescue hearing?
Professor Karen Avraham and Shahar Taiber of Tel Aviv University A new gene therapy to
A major milestone toward global clean energy
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Sen Zhang’s (left) and Commonwealth Professor of Chemistry T. Brent Gunnoe
A potential therapy for heart valve disease
Srivastava (left) and Theodoris (right). Photo: 2017 A potential therapy for heart valve disease Calcific
Stool transplants can battle serious infections
Photo caption: UBCO researchers Negin Kazemian and her supervisor, Assistant Professor Sepideh Pakpour, are investigating
World’s first mobile genome sequence analyzer or DNA “tricorder”
Aspyn Palatnick holding the world's first mobile genetics laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's 125th
A new method to convert natural gas into a non-explosive solid that can be easily stored and transported
Associate Professor Praveen Linga (left) and Dr Gaurav Bhattacharjee (right) holding solidified natural gas pellets.
Making diamonds at room temperature in a laboratory in mere minutes
ANU PhD scholar Xingshuo Huang holds the diamond anvil that the team used to make