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January 17, 2021

Where did COVID-19 come from?

January 15, 2021

How devastating could Brazil's 'super-covid' be? Study finds coronavirus overwhelmed the country, killing nearly 40% of hospitalized patients as fears grow its variant could ALREADY be in America

the word "stop" but the o is replaced by a coronavirus with a line through it

January 15, 2021

Penn State researchers co-author book teaching 'Skills to Obstruct Pandemics'

January 14, 2021

COVID’s toll on smell and taste: what scientists do and don’t know

January 14, 2021

Coronavirus updates: COVID-19 reduces US life expectancy; Biden introduces spending plan; Pope Francis gets Pfizer vaccine

January 13, 2021

Could too much time between doses drive the coronavirus to outwit vaccines?

January 13, 2021

For first time, COVID-19 vaccinations around the U.S. near 1 million doses a day

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)

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

Where did COVID-19 come from?

How devastating could Brazil's 'super-covid' be? Study finds coronavirus overwhelmed the country, killing nearly 40% of hospitalized patients as fears grow its variant could ALREADY be in America

Penn State researchers co-author book teaching 'Skills to Obstruct Pandemics'

COVID’s toll on smell and taste: what scientists do and don’t know

Coronavirus updates: COVID-19 reduces US life expectancy; Biden introduces spending plan; Pope Francis gets Pfizer vaccine

Could too much time between doses drive the coronavirus to outwit vaccines?

For first time, COVID-19 vaccinations around the U.S. near 1 million doses a day

Her State’s in a COVID Death Spiral. Biden Just Hired Her.

Climate change reduces the abundance and diversity of wild bees, study finds

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

As Coronavirus Mutates, the World Stumbles Again to Respond

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

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

Smart Antibacterial Avoids Collateral Damage, Potential Blowback

Resist the resistance: Fighting the good fight against bacteria

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

Modelers: RI probably missing about half of COVID infections

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

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

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

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

Why it matters that the coronavirus is changing — and what this means for vaccine effectiveness (The Conversation)

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

Can the NBA win its rematch with COVID-19?

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