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Author: Cortney Cavanaugh

Cortney Cavanaugh is a 5th year graduate student in the chemistry department at UNC where she works in the Nicewicz lab on methods development utilizing photoredox catalysis.

Blog / Mimicking Electric Eels to Provide Power to Medical Devices

March 14, 2018 / Cortney Cavanaugh / 1

While the shock of an electric eel sounds like more of a medical nightmare than a fortunate asset, researchers at the University of Michigan were inspired to simulate the power…

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Medical Devices Medicine Science News Weird Science

Blog / The Curious Life of Plants: Exploring the Science within the Garden Walls

March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 / Cortney Cavanaugh / 1

The science that plants rely on goes far beyond photosynthesis, the familiar process where plants use sunlight to help make food. In honor of spring’s pending arrival, it’s time to…

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Botany Chemistry Weird Science

Blog / Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How Mirror Images of Molecules Affect Our Daily Lives

July 27, 2017 / Cortney Cavanaugh /

All we know around us is constructed of atoms that are connected to form molecules. The types of atoms and their arrangement can change the function and characteristics of these…

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Chemistry Everyday Questions Food Medicine

Blog / A Dinosaur “Tail”

January 26, 2017 / Cortney Cavanaugh /

What happens when scientists get their hands on the remains of a dinosaur encased in ancient amber? Fortunately, life doesn’t imitate art to the extent to which we should be…

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Evolutionary Biology Science News

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