Rachel Thorne – NU Sci Magazine

“Turning off” select genes aids medicine

What is the best way to discover how a gene works when it is on? In many cases, the answer is to turn it off. Gene silencing is the process by which gene expression, or the proper “effect” stimulated by the activation of a gene, is diminished or prevented completely. In plants and animals, this […]

Time is running out on the New York climate clock

Environment / Rachel Thorne / January 28, 2025

Along New York City’s East 14th Street looms the foreboding Climate Clock, an art installation with the mission of catalyzing environmental change. Standing four stories tall over Union Square, this spectacle features a massive digital clock ticking down to environmental catastrophe. The screen, which spans 80 feet wide and counts downward by seconds in orange-tinted

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