Illustration by Todd Wiseman

A new $17 million microscope center, the first of its kind in the U.S., allows scientists to study and enhance images at such a detailed level that they hope to design better drugs by knowing in advance how cancer cells behave and what drugs are most promising for treatment. (NBC 5)

Madeline Conway was a summer 2016 newsletters fellow at the Tribune. At Harvard, she studied history and sociology and was managing editor of the Harvard Crimson. Prior to the Tribune, Madeline worked...