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January 12, 2021

Her State’s in a COVID Death Spiral. Biden Just Hired Her.
The researchers analyzed a 14-year United States Geological Survey data set of wild bee occurrences from more than 1,000 locations in Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C., specifically examining how different bee species and communities respond to land-use and climate factors. The image features a spring bee, one of the species (Andrena nida) the team studied. IMAGE: USGS BEE INVENTORY AND MONITORING LAB

January 12, 2021

Climate change reduces the abundance and diversity of wild bees, study finds
Only about half of fawns across the white-tailed deer's range, on average, live to see their first birthday, and predators such as coyotes, bears and bobcats have been blamed for that. But this research suggests that other factors such as disease and physiology may be more influential in very young fawn mortality than previously suspected. IMAGE: TESS GINGERY/PENN STATE

January 11, 2021

Levels of stress hormone in saliva of newborn deer fawns may predict mortality

January 09, 2021

As Coronavirus Mutates, the World Stumbles Again to Respond
A blood sample is taken from a Data 4 Action Project participant to test for the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. Antibodies detected in the blood indicate that the participant is likely to have been exposed to SARS-COV-2 in the past. IMAGE: BRENNAN R. DINCHER, PENN STATE

January 08, 2021

Students join research team examining the COVID-19 pandemic in Centre County

January 08, 2021

Are we at the beginning of the end of COVID-19? The tricky road to herd immunity, explained.

January 06, 2021

Smart Antibacterial Avoids Collateral Damage, Potential Blowback
A research team led by Scott Medina, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Penn State, has developed a small protein that can target a specific pathogen to attach to and destroy without harming good bacteria. IMAGE: THE MEDINA GROUP/PENN STATE

January 06, 2021

Resist the resistance: Fighting the good fight against bacteria

December 28, 2020

With COVID-19 vaccines arriving, life could return to ‘normal’ by summer … maybe

December 24, 2020

Modelers: RI probably missing about half of COVID infections
The researchers have created a streamlined sample-collection protocol that only requires a single leaf disc. The leaf discs are preserved in a solvent that prevents degradation of clovamide, allowing large-scale sampling in greenhouses and fields without the need for refrigeration. IMAGE: BEN KNOLLENBERG/PENN STATE

December 23, 2020

Discovery of chemical clue may lead to solving cacao's black pod rot mystery

December 22, 2020

UF neuroscientists study scratch-and-sniff tests to detect COVID-19

December 22, 2020

Why it matters that the coronavirus is changing — and what this means for vaccine effectiveness (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Bee on flower center.

December 22, 2020

Study: Bumble bees lacking high-quality habitat have higher pathogen loads

December 22, 2020

Why it matters that the coronavirus is changing — and what this means for vaccine effectiveness (The Conversation)
a bowl full of cut strawberries being offered up to the viewer

December 22, 2020

Researchers investigate an at-home 'scratch-and-sniff' test for COVID-19

December 21, 2020

Can the NBA win its rematch with COVID-19?
10x Genomics Chromium

December 18, 2020

Genomics Core Unveils New Capabilities
Section of a brain showing neurons that have nNOS-expressing neurons labeled in green, DREADD-expressing neurons in magenta. Neurons that express both show up as white. IMAGE: JORDAN NORWOOD, PENN STATE

December 16, 2020

Some neurons target tiny cerebral blood vessel dilation

December 14, 2020

What happens if you skip the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine?

December 14, 2020

Forecasting the next COVID-19

December 11, 2020

‘PlantVillage’ AI Helping African Farmers Adapt To Climate Change
California Spotted Owl

December 10, 2020

Could spotted owls benefit from forest fires?
Collaborative Informatics and Neuroimaging Suite Toolkit for Anonymous Computation (COINSTAC) diagram

December 10, 2020

Psychology professor receives grant to 'harmonize' brain injury data