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Our paper - Deficiency of peripheral serotonin caused by Tph1 abrogation attenuates cerebral malaria severity - published in iScience
We have just published in iScience (Volume 29, Issue 11) that peripheral serotonin could be a new treatment avenue for cerebral malaria, a devastating complication of Plasmodium falciparum infections.
This research led by Assoc. Prof. Roberta Spa...
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My Second Year at Kyiv's Young Scientists' Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics 2026: Presenting the Shape and Spin of Asteroid 2025 FA22
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My Second Year at Kyiv's Young Scientists' Conference on Astronomy and Space Physics 2026: Presenting the Shape and Spin of Asteroid 2025 FA22
Arushi Nath · 28 April 2026
On April 24, 2026, I gave a 12-minute oral present...
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Building My Remote Observatory at 15: Engineering for Millimagnitude Photometric Precision
The August 2026 issue (volume 120, issue 4, pages 135-141) of the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada carries my article on the robotic telescope I specified in Nerpio, Spain.
Nath, A. (2026). Building My Remote Observatory at 15...
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Building My Remote Observatory at 15: Engineering for Millimagnitude Photometric Precision
I was four years old when I pressed my eye to the eyepiece of a 14-inch telescope at the Carr Astronomical Observatory in Collingwood, Ontario. Saturn came into view with its rings perfectly inclined against the blackness of space. I drew what I s...
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MonitorMyMoon.com: Tracking Artemis II from Launch Pad to Splashdown Using Open Science, From Toronto
On April 1, NASA launched four astronauts toward the Moon aboard Artemis II, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, the first Canadian to leave low Earth orbit. I have been using open science and open data to track the spacecraft every night ...
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Presenting Project M.O.O.N. at NASA Ames and Meeting Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover
On 22 July 2026 I presented Project MOON at the 2026 NASA Exploration Science Forum (NESF) at NASA Ames Research Center, and the same week to the Canadian Space Agency. Project MOON tracked NASA's Artemis II mission from the launch pad to splashdo...
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Three Years Ago I Asked a Question at the Planetary Defense Conference - The Answer Just Arrived
Three years ago, on Day 1 of the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference being held at the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, I stood up to ask a question to the NASA DART team on an issue that interested me. This month, scientists published...
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My Planetary Defense Project Wins Best of the Fair Award at the 2023 Canada Wide Science Fair
Arushi Nath, Grade 8 Student, Toronto
The 2023 Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, from May 14 to 19, 2023. It was the first in-person event since 2019 because of the pandemic. The 61st edition of the national science...
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Winning Second Prize for Canada at the 2023 European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS)
The 34th edition of the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) took place in Brussels, Belgium, from 12 to 17 September 2023. EUCYS is the most important annual student science fair in the EU, showcasing the best student scientific ac...
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