Written by: Scott McInerney undergraduate @University of Wisconsin Madison Blazing bright millions of miles away, the sun burns with remarkable power to create a constant source of energy for the …
CAICE Director, Prof Kim Prather, Earns the Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry
Congratulations to our inspiring and powerful Director, Prof. Kim Prather, on this incredible achievement. Read the announcement here: https://cen.acs.org/acs-news/programs/ACS-2020-national-award-winners/97/i33
The functionally linked features of aerosol formation and composition
Written by: Scott McInerney undergraduate @ University of Wisconsin-Madison Aerosol formation is directly linked to particle properties such as size and composition. CAICE observes the implications this has on atmospheric …
2021 CLEAR Symposium
What do freeways, airports, chickens, population density, wealth, weather, COVID-19 and biomes have in common??? They are all topics that high school students investigated as a part of the Collaborative …
Algae and me: A telling of graduate school inspiration, struggles, and successes
Written by: Mickey Rogers PhD Student @ The Ohio State University Every time I start writing about myself, I always bring up how much I love Lake Erie, as it …
What do we know about the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2
CAICE Director, Prof. Kimberly Prather, discusses current knowledge of the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Face Masks = Freedom. Dr. LaPook Explains on #StarsInTheHouse
As we watch COVID-19 cases in the United States rise, I am filled with great sadness. It is a tragedy that wearing as mask has become so politicized that some …
We caught bacteria from the most pristine air on earth to help solve a climate modeling mystery
Written by: Kathryn Moore, Colorado State University; Jun Uetake, Colorado State University, and Thomas Hill, Colorado State University The Southern Ocean is exceptionally cloudy. But climate models over-predict the amount …
When the odds are against you: thriving in higher education STEM as an undocumented Hispanic woman
Written By: Stephanie Mora Garcia, PhD Candidate @ UCSD Today my identity includes many aspects of which I am proud; and at the top of the list is inquisitive scientist. …
So the CDC has recommended wearing cloth masks. Here’s why and what you can do.
Written By: Jeanette McConnell, PhD The CDC has recommended “wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), …