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Mostafa El-Sayed's cancer research team

Mostafa El-Sayed's promising cancer treatment based on gold nanoparticles was inspired by, and dedicated to, his late wife, who died from the disease.

Megen Wittling

Megen Wittling, winner of the ScienceMatters Episode 8 quiz, now works at the Food & Drug Administration, in Washington, DC. She listens to ScienceMatters while riding the Washington Metro. 

Kim Cobb

Finalists for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Science Advisory Board include researchers who reject mainstream climate science and who have fought against environmental regulations for years. Exceptions include Kim Cobb, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. 

Elephant tail (Courtesy of Smithsonian Magazine)

Coverage of David Hu's investigation of elephant tails by Nature

Alexandra Towner and Simone Jarvis

Spearheaded by Georgia Tech biologist Terry Snell, the scholarship program is attracting biology majors.