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Many models are better than one for COVID-19 scenario projections, study finds

New research examines the performance of COVID-19 projections used to aid pandemic response by the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub.

Health data, faster: Wearable stretchy sensor can process, predict health data

Engineering researchers created a machine learning platform that can more efficiently analyze and predict data points collected by wearables.

Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Day Sheds Light on Crucial Health Challenge

On November 30, the One Health Microbiome Center brought together a multidisciplinary group of clinicians, experts, and researchers to discuss the issue of antimicrobial resistance, a major public health challenge.

Podcast unpacks legal questions prompted by scientific breakthroughs

Novel scientific discoveries and technological advances often challenge society’s previously held assumptions, and present new questions that might have not been considered.

Penn State researchers propose a path to authenticate the Microbiome Sciences

Penn State's One Health Microbiome Center is taking a lead role in the promotion of Microbiome Sciences as an autonomous discipline, publishing an editorial in the latest issue of PLOS Biology.

Penn State researchers announce new comprehensive -Omics database

A group of Penn State scientists have announced kmerDB, an extensive catalogue of sequence information representing all domains of life.

Novel tool informs land use and nutrient control in troubled waters

Penn State researchers develop 3D agro-hydrologic model to simulate water, nutrient transport through entire watersheds.

Climate Consortium announces call for workshop proposals

The Penn State Climate Consortium has launched the Climate Solutions Accelerator, an innovative effort aimed at catalyzing research projects geared towards offering impactful climate solutions for communities in Pennsylvania and globally.

Spinning up control: Propeller shape helps direct nanoparticles, researchers say

An international team of researchers has developed an approach to rein in the synthetic self-propelled nanoparticles

Growing biofilms actively alter host environment, new study reveals

A new study led by Penn State researchers reveals exactly how growing biofilms shape their environments and fine-tune their internal architecture to fit their surroundings.