YSM Issue 93.2

T A B L E O F
VOL. 93 ISSUE NO. 2
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COVER
16 The Role of Death in Plant Life
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Cindy Kuang
As agriculture adapts to fit modern demands, organizations such as the USDA are pushing forth
policies based on the idea that more soil organic matter will lead to increased crop productivity.
Yale researchers investigate the scientific basis behind this idea.
10 Tracking Drugs
Anna Sun
Yale researchers from the Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a quantitative
microscopy approach to efficiently measure circulation half-life of fluorescently tagged agents.
With the power to detect subtle changes in concentrations for nanoparticles and antibodies,
scientists may soon be able to rapidly screen a wide range of therapeutic agents for clinical trials.
13 Drivers Predicting the Future
Maria Fernanda Pacheco
Yale researchers create a model that uses driver mutations to estimate tumor growth patterns and
to predict the development of cancer.
18 Building Better Qubits
Shoumik Chowdhury
A key step towards building robust quantum computers is designing quantum bits (qubits)
protected against noise. We report on a recent development from quantum information
researchers at Yale that demonstrates a new kind of qubit that may achieve this.
2 Yale Scientific Magazine September 2020 www.yalescientific.org