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Osmosis Magazine - Spring 2021
Get PDFOsmosis is a student read, led, and written publication from the University of Richmond, focusing on all aspects of healthcare and science
Understanding the Theory of Relativity: Simplified Space-Time
Get PDFWe’ve all heard of Albert Einstein and I’m sure most of us have heard of his theory of relativity. It’s a very popular concept that’s often talked about and mentioned, but what really is the theory of relativity? Well to understand it, first we have to get the backbone of the idea set up. The theory is composed of mainly two parts: Special Relativity and General Relativity. These two concepts are ideas that shaped scientific understanding of space, time, and gravity and fundamentally changed thinking in areas like atomic and nuclear physics in the 20th Century
Campus as a Living Lab at UR: What’s Working & What’s Next
Get PDFLiving labs—real-world experimental environments where diverse stakeholders ranging from local communities and businesses to universities and governments can collaboratively develop, test, and refine solutions—have become an increasingly popular method for tackling complex societal challenges in areas such as energy, urban planning, and environmental sustainability. Unlike controlled laboratory settings, living labs leverage real-world conditions to test innovations in authentic contexts, fostering systemic change by aligning research with local needs
Letter from the Editor
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Thank you for opening this unique issue of Osmosis Magazine! The 10th issue of UR’s premier science and healthcare magazine looks quite different from previous issues, as the Osmosis Team has disaffiliated from UR in support of the Black Student Coalition and the Protect Our Web movement. Nevertheless, Osmosis Magazine remains dedicated to our mission of sharing interesting and educational science and healthcare stories. This “mini issue”
stays true to that goal, while giving the incredible Osmosis Team something to show for their hard work this semester. If you like what you read, please feel free to share this issue with friends and family. Thank you for your support during this historic time on campus. We hope that our future issues will be bigger and better than ever!
Your Editor-in-Chief, Ryan Sha
A Creature That Has Seen it All
Get PDFWhat if there was a creature that is so indecisive about its habitat, that it decides to live both in rainforests and in the Antarctic? What if this creature was taking a swim in the Mariana Trench, and warming itself up at the bottom of a mud volcano? Their appearance gave them many names, so today we call them water bears, moss piglets or simply, Tardigrades. Be that as it may, the number of their names is negligible compared to the number of harsh conditions they are able to withstand. Just how resilient are these creatures
Kennewick Man: A Rare Window into Prehistoric Life in North America
Get PDFWhat would you do if you found a human skull on the banks of the James River? On July 28, 1996, two college students stumbled across a skull on the banks of the Columbia River in Kennewick, Washington. They believed it was a murder victim at first, but archeologists and scientists discovered that the skull was part of a nearly complete, 9,000 year-old skeleton
An Ever-growing Web: Spider Silk in Medicine
Get PDFFor decades, graduates from the University of Richmond have crafted a robust web of alumni spanning various regions and professions. Much like its graduates, Richmond’s famed spider mascot has been capitalizing on the strength of its own web and engineering solutions to the most pressing problems in a new and rather unexpected territory–medicine.
Spider silk has unique chemical and physical properties that allow it to be used in many different capacities
Unpacking the Unreliability of our Memory
Get PDFOur memories are precious to us. They are a representation of individuality, unable to be separated from us. The only ones who can access them are ourselves, making them private, intimate, and personal. But what happens to our lives, or rather our understanding of our lives, when these memories are not as reliable as they seem? False memories are real, and we are much more susceptible to them than we may at first think possible