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Elizabeth Landau

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An illustration of a human brain against “pink noise” static.
neuroscience

Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries

By Elizabeth Landau
February 8, 2021
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By digging out signals hidden within the brain’s electrical chatter, scientists are getting new insights into sleep, aging and more.

Illustration of anxious woman surrounded by mitochondria.
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Mitochondria May Hold Keys to Anxiety and Mental Health

By Elizabeth Landau
August 10, 2020
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Research hints that the energy-generating organelles of cells may play a surprisingly pivotal role in mediating anxiety and depression.

Virginia Trimble at UC Irvine.
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Virginia Trimble Has Seen the Stars

By Elizabeth Landau
November 11, 2019
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How a young celebrity became one of the first female astronomers at Caltech, befriended Richard Feynman, and ended up the world’s foremost chronicler of the science of the night sky.

About the author

Elizabeth Landau is an award-winning science writer living in Washington, D.C. She holds degrees from Princeton University and Columbia University.
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