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NEO.LIFE -- AI can help overcome both scientific and financial hurdles to tackle this serious threat to global health

BY BHARGAVI DUVVURI (FGJ ‘23) -- Imagine a simple scratch becoming a life-threatening illness, the way it used to be decades ago. Well, that could happen again. The future threatens emerging outbreaks as bacteria become increasingly resistant to the antibiotics normally used to counter run-of-the-mill infections. But the future could also offer a powerful potential solution in the battle against antimicrobial resistance: artificial intelligence. READ MORE. 

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NEO.LIFE -- THE WORLD HAS A DATA STORAGE PROBLEM. IS DNA THE ANSWER?

BY HANNAH THOMASY (FGJ’20) -- Each year, humanity is producing more and more data. In 2003, humans since the dawn of time had, in total, produced about five exabytes of data. By 2010, we were producing that much in just two days. By 2025, our Google searches, text messages, and social media posts, along with things like clinical trials, NASA images, and experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, will be generating an estimated 175 zettabytes of information per year. READ MORE. 

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NEO.LIFE -- How To Jumpstart Time After The Pandemic Pause 

BY ROBIN BLADES (FGJ ‘21) -- In a scientific experiment set in a Dallas, Texas, amusement park, a participant leaped off a 14-story daredevil jump tower and landed safely in a net. While the fall only lasted a few seconds, the study participant said that fear made it feel longer. Emotion warped that person’s experience of time, dragging out each moment like a horror film in slow motion. READ MORE. 

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NEO.LIFE -- COVID-19 caused a huge spike in demand for telehealth services, but it opened the door for bad actors as well.

BY MICHAEL RUGNETTA (CHI ‘21) -- When Joe Kvedar, a dermatologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, announced on his blog two years ago that he would soon be taking over as president of the American Telemedicine Association, he did so with the reflection that his industry was like a stacked bonfire waiting for its match. READ MORE.