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Ashkan Negahban, assistant professor of engineering management, and Satish Srinivasan, assistant professor of information science

Two Great Valley professors awarded seed grants for COVID-19 research

The team's CRISPR technique generated mutations that resulted in juvenile insects with white eyes that turned red as they developed into adults. The mutations were passed on to offspring, which means that a change can be made that is inherited by future generations IMAGE: JASON RASGON, PENN STATE

Gene-editing protocol for whitefly pest opens door to control

Can we find those infected with coronavirus, so everyone else can get back to work, school and life?

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A new protocol that uses aerosolized hydrogen peroxide to decontaminate N95 respirators successfully inactivates viruses without indication that it impairs mask fit. This protocol could be used in hospital settings to overcome shortages of respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic. IMAGE: MORIAH SZPARA, PENN STATE

New decontamination protocol permits reuse of N95 respirators

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Researchers to study impact of COVID-19 and social distancing on families

A new study reveals that the microalgae that live within coral cells change how they take in other trace metals when iron is limited, which could have cascading effects on vital biological functions. IMAGE: TODD LAJEUNESSE

Iron deficiency in corals?

The Theorem That Applies to Everything from Search Algorithms to Epidemiology

Our sleep is linked to how we process coronavirus dread

Yong Wang IMAGE: KATE MYERS

Penn State engineer aims to tackle COVID-19 from two angles

Coronavirus: How CDC Lab Contamination, And A Failure To Cooperate Globally, Led To Catastrophe

An Infectious Disease Experts Explains What a Super Spreader Is

Are legumes the healthier choice when it comes to meat substitutes?

Penn State professors: Americans need to practice more physical distancing

The seed grants are supporting 47 projects aimed at preventing and treating COVID-19 and creating tools that address the social and economic impacts of the pandemic.IMAGE: FUSION MEDICAL ANIMATION, UNSPLASH

Seed grants jump-start 47 interdisciplinary teams to conduct COVID-19 research

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'The reason we do this is to save lives’: An inside look at coronavirus research efforts at Penn State

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Bioinformatics Community Mourns Huck Alum James Taylor

New Study: The Human Version of SARS-CoV-2 Is Closer to the One in Bats than the One in Pangolins

Warm weather probably won’t slow COVID-19 transmission much

Donald Bryant, Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State. IMAGE: PENN STATE

Bryant honored with Kettering Award for excellence in photosynthesis research

Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show