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Sep 04, 2019
Methane-producing microorganism makes a meal of iron
Manipulating iron could alter production of this greenhouse gas
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Sep 03, 2019
Livestock disease risk tied to herd management style in Tanzania
A new study provides an updated picture of the prevalence of the sheep and goat plague virus (PPRV), a widespread and often fatal disease that threatens 80 percent of the world’s sheep and goats, in Northern Tanzania.
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Aug 28, 2019
New insights into genetic basis of bird migration
A gene newly associated with the migratory patterns of golden-winged and blue-winged warblers could lend insight into the longstanding question of how birds migrate across such long distances.
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Aug 26, 2019
Research predicts stability of mosquito-borne disease prevention
More than half of the people in the world, including in the United States, live alongside Aedes aegypti — the mosquito that transmits dengue, Zika and other often deadly viruses. Dengue virus, alone, infects nearly 400 million people worldwide each year.
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Aug 26, 2019
New Faculty Position at Huck Institutes and Department of Biomedical Engineering
A tenure-line faculty position is available in the field of cell therapies and biomanufacturing.
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Aug 22, 2019
Engineering faculty named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors
Two professors in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics honored for work as inventors.
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Aug 21, 2019
Foodborne pathogen sheltered by harmless bacteria that support biofilm formation
Pathogenic bacteria that stubbornly lurk in some apple-packing facilities may be sheltered and protected by harmless bacteria that are known for their ability to form biofilms, according to Penn State researchers, who suggest the discovery could lead to development of alternative foodborne-pathogen-control strategies.
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Aug 20, 2019
Biology graduate student receives three awards for outstanding presentation
Penn State biology graduate student Hannah Reich has been honored with three awards for a presentation she gave at three scientific conferences during summer 2019.
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Aug 20, 2019
Penn State Chemistry Alum Recognized with Young Scientists Award
Kathleen Leamy has been awarded the 2019 Gordon Hammes Scholar Award, based on a 2018 article she co-authored with the Huck Institutes' Neela Yennawar and Phillip Bevilacqua.
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Aug 19, 2019
Resolution Revolution: Penn State welcomes a new era of atomic-level imaging with cryo EM facility
Using extreme cold to arrest fluid samples in motion, cryo EM allows researchers to see proteins, clusters of molecules, and viruses with astounding clarity—to the point where individual atoms may become visible.
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