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Video: Matthew Ayres on the Magical World of Brood X

In this video, Matthew Ayres, a professor of biological sciences, explains the lifecycle of cicadas known as Brood X. "Magicicada is the...

Matthew Ayres on the Magical World of Brood X

Study Solves Textbook Problem: How Cells Know Their Size

Scientists have searched for years to understand how cells measure their size. Cell size is critical. It’s what regulates cell division in a...

Amanda Amodeo, assistant professor of biological sciences, and Yuki Shindo, a postdoctoral research fellow in Dartmouth's Amodeo Lab.

Video: An Earth Day Celebration of Dartmouth Outdoors

The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970—before the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean...

‘Beautiful Collaboration’ Advances Research on Freshwater Blooms

As an undergraduate biology major in 2005, Cayelan Carey ’06 began an honors thesis to study why cyanobacteria were increasing in low...

Kathryn Cottingham and Cayelan Carey '06 have studied cyanobacteria together for close to two decades.

Mummified Baboons Shine New Light on the Lost Land of Punt

Egyptian mummified baboons may help unlock secrets of a lost civilization known as the Land of Punt, according to a new study by Nathaniel...

Mummified baboon skull

Michael Hoppa’s Lab Identifies ‘Volume Control’ in the Brain

Whether you have a photographic memory, the memory of an elephant, or just a plain old bad memory, your brain relies on the complex...

Michael Hoppa, assistant professor of biological sciences.

Professor G. Eric Schaller Named AAAS Fellow

Citing his “distinguished contributions to the field of plant signaling, particularly for novel insights into plant hormone biology,” the...

Professor G. Eric Schaller, a professor of biological sciences and of molecular and cellular biology, is among 489 scholars awarded the honor this year.

Celia Chen on Using Dragonflies to Measure Mercury

A citizen science program that began over a decade ago found that dragonflies can be used to measure mercury pollution. Research Professor C...

Tech Transfer Helps Professor Launch Start-Up

Gevorg Grigoryan, an associate professor of computer science, says support from Dartmouth’s technology transfer office played an important...

portrait of Gevorg Grigoryan in the Life Sciences Center

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