Catalyst

Current Issue: 2012 Spring

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Catalyst Features, Spring 2012

SCIENCE ISSUES
Affordable genome sequencing—it’s a debate for a reason.

SCIENCE STARS: Student Projects Affecting You!
Havoc in the Cyber World
AU student explores new threat to computer security.

Taking to the Straws
Pollution in Guam: Is Human-Induced Pollution Present in the Mangroves?

Insight to Addiction
Caught in the rat race.

From Student to Researcher to Professor
AU grad student makes use of statistics inside and outside the classroom.

PROFESSOR PROFILES
Abigail Miller: Aptamers in the Attic

EXTRAS
The Library Science Resources Go Virtual

Cool Classes—AU's New Major
Expanding Your Discipline into Health Care:
American welcomes the Public Health major

Catalyst, American University's science magazine, is designed to inform you about scientific research and results that affect us all. Catalyst is written by students, features many student projects, and aims to spark the scientific imagination of the AU community.

Catalyst Needs Writers

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