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Samantha Robinson

Education: B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wake Forest University, 2023

From: Mooresville, NC

Joined David Lab: January 2024

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  • Two monster black holes just collided — it’s so massive, it shouldn’t exist July 16, 2025
    Two colossal black holes—among the most massive ever seen—collided in deep space, creating gravitational waves that rippled across the cosmos and shook the foundations of astrophysical theory. Detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observatories, this record-breaking merger has stunned scientists not only because of its size, but also due to the black holes’ extreme spins, challenging our […]
  • The secret motor protein that slams leaf pores shut—and saves crops July 16, 2025
    Scientists have discovered that a protein once thought to be just a cellular "courier" actually helps plants survive drought. This motor protein, myosin XI, plays a critical role in helping leaves close their pores to conserve water. When it's missing, plants lose water faster, respond poorly to drought, and activate fewer protective systems. The finding […]
  • New study cracks the “tissue code” — just five rules shape organs July 16, 2025
    Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly simple “tissue code”: five rules that choreograph when, where, and how cells divide, move, and die, allowing organs like the colon to remain flawlessly organized even as they renew every few days. Mathematical models showed that manipulating just these parameters faithfully recreates real tissue architecture, hinting that the same code […]
  • Chirality shock: Geneva chemists forge millennia-stable ‘mirror-proof’ drugs July 15, 2025
    Chemists at the University of Geneva and University of Pisa have crafted a novel family of chiral molecules whose mirror-image “handedness” remains rock-solid for tens of thousands of years. By swapping the usual carbon-bound arms for oxygen and nitrogen, they introduced an unprecedented stereogenic center and proved its extreme resilience through dynamic chromatography and quantum […]
  • Big-Bang echoes unmask a billion-light-year hole around Earth—and it’s stretching space faster July 15, 2025
    Our galaxy may reside in a billion-light-year-wide cosmic bubble that accelerates local expansion, potentially settling the long-running Hubble tension. Galaxy counts reveal a sparsely populated neighborhood, and “fossil” sound waves from the Big Bang bolster the void scenario, hinting that gravity has hollowed out this region. Confirming the bubble could refine the universe’s age and […]

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