Beyond the Limits of Observation
This full-sky image of the temperature fluctuations (shown as color differences) in the cosmic microwave background was made from nine years of observations by NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite. These temperature fluctuations are the seeds of galaxies, from a time when the universe was less than 400,000 years old. Credit: NASA

Theory is informed by data in describing the early universe

Modifying the Mosaic
Sean Giery in the field from the Winter 2021 edition of the Science Journal.
Research Now - Winter 2021
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Lab Bench to Commercialization grant recipients announced
Anand and Zarzar

Two from the Department of Chemistry have been selected to receive Lab Bench to Commercialization grants in 2021.

The 3Rs of the genome: Reading, writing, and regulating
Illustration of protein architecture at yeast transcriptional enhancer
IceCube telescope spots first-ever ultra-high-energy antineutrino directly observed on Earth
Path of cosmic neutrino to Earth

IceCube has directly observed an ultra-high-energy cosmic antineutrino for the first time on Earth.

Another common cold virus?
man in mask with hands on head

COVID-19 could become like the common cold in the future, regularly circulating in humans.

Wolf social group dynamics matter for infectious disease spread, models suggest
wolves in snow

Wolf social dynamics affect disease spread, according to a new study.

Study finds short window for donating convalescent plasma to COVID-19 patients
woman donating blood
Mortality rises among public when health workers get sick in an outbreak
Woman ties on surgical mask
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