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Facing Overloads, CDC Restricts COVID-19 Testing to Those With Symptoms

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Penn State black walnut trial turns 40, now ideal climate-change experiment

Measles is a major cause of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, responsible for about 62,000 deaths in the region in 2017. IMAGE: ANNA PSIAKI / CC BY-SA

Measles outbreaks in Niger linked to rainfall and temperature, study finds

A switchgrass field near the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, about 10 miles southwest of University Park.  IMAGE: PENN STATE

Advanced biofuels show promise for replacing some fossil fuels

Why Do Some People Weather Coronavirus Infection Unscathed?

With a $1.2 million grant from Fondation Botnar, an international team of researchers will assess the feasibility of creating and launching a global-scale artificial intelligence (AI) app for mobile devices that diagnoses diet-related problems and offers nutritional advice to adolescent girls living in urban settings in Ghana and Vietnam. IMAGE: COURTESY: PHUONG NGUYEN, IFPRI

Grant to enable creation of AI tools to improve adolescents' diets and nutrition

Nita Bharti, assistant professor of biology at Penn State. IMAGE: PENN STATE

Faculty funded to study how people's movement impacts COVID-19 transmission

Carolee Bull, professor and head of the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology. IMAGE: PENN STATE

Bull elected fellow of American Phytopathological Society

Acroporid corals IMAGE: ILIANA BAUMS, PENN STATE

New tool for identifying endangered corals could aid conservation efforts

A new study reveals specific livestock husbandry practices — including attendance at seasonal grazing camps and introduction of sheep and goats to the herd — associated with increased risk of transmitting the livestock disease PPRV.IMAGE: PXHERE

Reducing transmission risk of livestock disease

Penn State plans to screen students for COVID-19 with a scratch-and-sniff test. Scientists say it could be better than taking temperatures

Farm tour highlights the need for agricultural research

Lead researcher Erynn Maynard-Bean trains Penn State undergraduate researcher Richard Novak to collect leaf phenology data during a field trip in 2016. IMAGE: WARREN REED/PENN STATE

Invasive shrubs in Northeast forests grow leaves earlier and keep them longer

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Podcast unpacks potential for social evolution in the midst of crisis

What happened to our butterflies this summer?

Are Neck Gaiters Really ‘the Worst’ COVID-19 Face Covering?

Lead researcher Joseph Amsili taking core samples of cover crops at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center. The study revealed that cover crop mixtures increased total carbon inputs to soil because they simultaneously had high root and shoot inputs and they promoted higher carbon inputs from residues left by the following corn cash crop. IMAGE: JASON KAYE RESEARCH GROUP, PENN STATE

Cover crop roots are key to understanding ecosystem services

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Physio Student Cesar Matamoros Receives USDA Predoctoral Fellowship and Sloan Scholarship

Jean-Paul Armache, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology. IMAGE: NATE FOLLMER, PENN STATE

Determining how a coronavirus protein takes over human protein-making machinery

Students taking soil samples.

Flavonoids' presence in sorghum roots may lead to frost-resistant crop

Ticks and mosquitoes may await the pandemic-weary seeking outdoor exercise

5 lessons from the pandemic to tackle the climate crisis

Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

Penn State Microbiome Center and GALT enter collaboration to advance research

Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

Faculty teams awarded seed grants to fund biodevice development