Kirstin Roundy
Kirstin Roundy is a research scientist and freelance science writer. Her interest in the natural world and desire for knowledge led her to pursue a degree in biology; now, she wants to share that knowledge with others.
Saving the Rain Forest By Using It to Find Drugs
Scientists at the University of Utah apply knowledge from their basic science research to save rain forests in Panama.
Harnessing the Power of Social Media to Predict Elections
Who will win the elections tomorrow? A USU affiliated company devised a novel number crunching system that scores candidates and predicts who will win and who will lose.
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