The sun has many positive impacts on our lives every day, including helping us grow plants and telling us the time of day. But the sun also helps people’s moods, preventing seasonal affective disorder. Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that comes around during different seasons, according to the United Kingdom […]
A WCU professor’s small step for making space travel history
April 12, 2023 by
After many decades, humans are exploring the stars again, and one WCU professor got the chance of a lifetime to help them reach the Moon again! Dr. Amy Fagan is a geology professor who also teaches astronomy courses. It’s clear from the LEGO lunar lander on her desk that her interest in the project goes […]
‘Cooking’ up the future of biotechnology
May 10, 2022 by
Apadaca’s 353 chemistry lab is home to lots of research equipment, chemical substances along with hardworking students and faculty. Dr. Channa De Silva, chemistry professor, is the faculty advisor for one section of lab. The focus is on nanotechnology. What is nanotechnology? As De Silva explains, nanotechnology is not new but today its applications can bring […]
Can cloud seeding help with future droughts?
April 1, 2022 by
With the environmental crisis worsening, more places will be impacted by harsh weather conditions. AP reported that if the planet heats up an additional 3.4 ℉ (2 ℃), future generations will experience “five times the floods, storms, drought and heatwaves, according to a group of scientists at the IPCC.” Aside from the world’s governments coming […]
Could smartphones become the new therapists?
April 29, 2019 by
According to Statista, it is predicted that in 2019, around 2.5 billion people in the world use smartphones and the number will continue to rise in the coming years. We’ve heard of how our smartphones cause us more harm than good, even stories of how phones have caught fire in the hands of its user. […]
