Author: Arham Saeed
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Tiny Plastics, Big Problems: How MNPs Impact Our Health
Can touching something as common as a receipt lower testosterone? Microplastics and, more broadly, nanoplastics are used in numerous ways within society, composing many everyday items. However, the main concern with microplastics is their detrimental impact on the environment, and new research points to their adverse effects on human physiological and endocrine health (Lee et…
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Applications of CRISPR and Its Limitations due to Ethical Dilemma
The discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing process won the Chemistry Nobel Prize in 2020 (The Nobel Prize 2020). This discovery revolutionized the biotechnology industry by enabling DNA modification, specifically gene editing (Jiang and Doudna 2017). DNA modification spans multiple industries, such as healthcare, to treat animal/human genetic disorders, cure diseases, and develop therapeutic drugs…
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Reversing Drug Resistance in Cancer Cells
Cancer is a prevalent illness that many develop, often leading to death. Cancer remains the leading cause of death in Canada, as 1 in 4 Canadians die from cancer, and 2 in 5 are expected to be diagnosed with it at some point in their lives (Government of Canada 2021). Apart from being very widespread,…
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Room-Temperature Superconductivity?
Have you ever noticed that when your laptop is running for sometime it begins to get warm? A common issue across industry, research and even day-to-day activities is overheating technology. Due to electrical resistance in device components, most technology produces heat as a by-product. Electrical resistance was a difficult phenomenon to overcome, but it started…
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Stem Cells? There’s More to Them Than You Think.
With a reported cell mortality of roughly 60 billion every day, it’s a miracle organisms like humans continue to exist, often living to ages above 80 years (Liu et al., 2018). Nonetheless, despite these absurd numbers, babies grow into adults, and adults age until they ultimately pass away. The primary reason for this cycle of…
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The Influence of Fitness Influencers on the Gym and Fitness Community
The rise of social media in the 21st century has remarkably impacted numerous sectors, like fitness and athletics. As of 2024, there are over 320,000 fitness influencers on Instagram and over 220,000 on YouTube (Tagliaferro, 2024). With the tremendous increase in fitness influencers, the gym and athletic community have changed, particularly regarding views of steroids,…
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Phones are great! But are they really?
The impact of cell phones on our society’s progression is undeniable. As technology evolved from landlines to flip phones to touchscreen phones, countless advancements have been achieved that were mere dreams 50 years ago. Cell Phones are the most popular form of technology, and the interactions between humans and phones have led to countless psychological,…
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Electric Cars Are Fantastic! But not Perfect.
A decade ago, spotting an electric car on the roads would be a rare sight, but electric cars are now seen much more frequently. This is reflected in the fact that there was a 60% increase in electric cars from 2021 to 2022, forming a grand total of 26 million electric cars on the road…