Mississippi State University doctoral student Taofiq Abdulraheem deepened his understanding of chemistry’s real-world impact this summer through an internship at Biogen in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, where he gained firsthand experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

Adding to her growing list of accomplishments, Mississippi State University Associate Professor Amy Dapper is a Kavli Frontier, a distinction awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences that connects outstanding scientists in an international forum to develop new solutions to global challenges.

Imagine an epic video game with your favorite hero as a character. Another character is a mirror-image twin who shows up occasionally, exploding everything they touch. And, to add an extra level of difficulty, the game includes a mysterious hive of minions hiding at every corner, changing the rules of the game, but never showing themselves. If you think of these characters as types of matter, this video game is basically how our universe works.