by phoenigman | Apr 22, 2025 | spectrum, spring 2023
By Jialin Yang, Spring 2023. Imagine looking in a mirror and not seeing yourself. That was the shock astronomers had last year when analyzing the large-scale structure of galaxy distributions. Two research teams – one led by Oliver Philcox of Columbia University [1]...
by phoenigman | Mar 4, 2025 | fall 2024, spectrum
By Urja Vohra, Fall 2024. Imagine the human brain as a bustling metropolis, where neurons communicate like citizens in constant interaction. But what happens when this city is besieged by an unrelenting storm—chronic stress—that gradually erodes its infrastructure? It...
by phoenigman | Mar 4, 2025 | fall 2024, spectrum
By Bartek Fecko, Fall 2024. Perhaps no intellectual symbiosis has been as profound as that between physics and mathematics in recent centuries. Since the development of modern physics, the two fields have largely co-evolved: first, mathematicians develop the symbolic...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2023, spectrum
By Samuel Hagood, Fall 2023. Figure 1: By studying the Vietnam War, John Boyd developed the OODA decision-making loop in the early 1970s. Today, businesses, law firms, and militaries all use the OODA cycle to achieve faster and more effective results.[1] U.S. Air...
by phoenigman | Jan 2, 2025 | fall 2023, spectrum
By Maria Victoria Bardon Soto, Fall 2023. Humans have wanted to communicate with animals throughout history. From ancient myths to fiction books to TV shows and movies to owning pets, we have always been in search of a connection with the natural world. As Marine...
