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Feb 13, 2024
Heard on campus: Nikki Crowley on 30 years of neuroscience advances
Nikki Crowley recently spoke at the Ashtekar Frontiers of Science, an annual public lecture series held by the Eberly College of Science, on 30 years of advances in cell signaling and neuroscience
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Feb 09, 2024
Drought may drive deadly amphibian disease, researchers find
Pumpkin toadlets are in trouble. Progressively severe droughts are disrupting the microbiomes of the thumbnail-sized orange frogs, potentially leaving them vulnerable to a deadly fungal disease, according to a new study by an international research team.
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Feb 08, 2024
Modified soft material promises better bioelectronics, researchers say
Soft bioelectronic devices hold potential for many advances in the health care field, but researchers have faced hurdles in identifying materials that are biocompatible while still maintaining all necessary characteristics to operate effectively
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Feb 08, 2024
Low voice pitch increases standing among strangers
If you’re looking for a long-term relationship or to boost your social status, lower your pitch, according to researchers studying the effects of voice pitch on social perceptions
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Feb 07, 2024
Series to raise awareness of characterization resources available at Penn State
Penn State researchers are invited to attend “After Café,” a casual, applications-centric series designed to raise awareness about the range of characterization assets available at the Materials Characterization Laboratory
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Feb 07, 2024
Predicting neurodevelopmental disease in children from parent’s traits
Predicting the trajectory of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders like autism or schizophrenia is difficult because they can be influenced by many different genetic and environmental factors
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Feb 05, 2024
Researchers assemble 51 animal genomes using publicly accessible workflows
Using a new set of tools, an international research collaboration including scientists from Penn State, Rockefeller University and Johns Hopkins University have reconstructed genetic blueprints for 51 species.
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Feb 05, 2024
$1.9M NIH grant to support research on impacts of the microbiome on human health
To help understand how complex communities of microbes impact human health, the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Science has awarded a five-year, $1.9 million Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award to Jordan Bisanz
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Feb 05, 2024
How does Zika virus replicate and transmit from mother to fetus?
In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus, driven by a heavy rain season and subsequent boom in the virus’s host mosquito population, caused thousands of babies in Brazil to be born with severe birth defects.
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Feb 02, 2024
Newly identified protein helps flowers develop all the right parts
Flowers rely on a newly identified protein to develop properly with all of their organs, according to the research team who made the discovery.
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