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Jul 24, 2023
Spurge purge: Plant fossils reveal ancient South America-to-Asia ‘escape route’
Anyone who has taken a long road trip or bike ride has used a product of the spurge plant family — rubber.
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Jul 20, 2023
NIH grant to facilitate high-speed bioprinting of bones, tracheas, organs
Developing technology to quickly and efficiently bioprint human tissues at scale is the goal of a new project led by Penn State researchers. When fully developed, the technology will be the first to enable the fabrication of scalable, native tissues such as bones, tracheas and organs.
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Jul 20, 2023
USDA grant funds study of effectiveness of vegetation to curb water pollution
At a time when Pennsylvania is actively working to achieve water-quality improvements to meet the state’s obligations for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, a multidisciplinary Penn State research team is studying whether agricultural pollution-prevention devices called riparian buffers are working properly.
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Jul 19, 2023
Penn State researchers examine how environmental chemicals affect gut microbiome
Worldwide, high rates of obesity and other inflammatory conditions are associated with increased risk for cancer, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
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Jul 19, 2023
Crop physiologist to study phosphorus availability and storage root growth
A researcher in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has received a $650,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lead a multi-university team in a study focused on the anatomical, physiological and genetic factors underlying phosphorus-stress-induced reprogramming of storage root architecture.
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Jul 18, 2023
Some corals may survive climate change without paying a metabolic price
If, as the saying goes, "nothing in life is free," then corals might pay a price for being resilient to climate change.
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Jul 18, 2023
Two honored with Eberly Distinguished Faculty Mentoring Award
Two members of the Eberly College of Science have been selected to receive the college's Distinguished Faculty Mentoring Award in 2023.
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Jul 14, 2023
Penn State announces faculty recipients of 2023-24 U.S. Fulbright Scholar awards
Eleven Penn State faculty have received Fulbright Scholar Awards for the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.
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Jul 14, 2023
Bioluminescent bacteria coordinate signaling to colonize squid’s light organ
Bioluminescent bacteria and the Hawaiian bobtail squid have formed a longstanding mutually beneficial relationship.
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Jul 12, 2023
Growing cover crops under vineyard vines is a sustainability strategy
A new study by Penn State researchers shows that in regions with fertile soils that receive plenty of rainfall, growing cover crops under the vines so that the vineyard floor is completely covered with vegetation is a sustainable strategy.
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