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Apr 14, 2016
Gene-edited CRISPR mushroom escapes US regulation
A fungus engineered with the CRISPR–Cas9 technique can be cultivated and sold without further oversight.
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Apr 04, 2016
Probing Questions: Why are bees and other pollinators suffering from malnutrition?
Listen in as Christina Grozinger -- a distinguished professor of entomology, and director of Penn State's Center for Pollinator Research -- updates us on the pollinator malnutrition crisis and notes some ways we might mitigate and reverse the downward trend in pollinator health.
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Mar 31, 2016
Your viruses could reveal your travel history, and more
The genomes of two distinct strains of the virus that causes the common lip cold sore, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), have been identified within an individual person -- an achievement that could be useful to forensic scientists for tracing a person's travel history.
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Mar 23, 2016
In human development research, big data could mean better results
While there is no Hubble telescope gathering data about the universe of human development, projects to make large amounts of information -- big data -- more accessible to developmental researchers could bring behavioral science's biggest questions into focus, according to a Penn State psychologist.
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Mar 22, 2016
Microfluidic devices gently rotate small organisms and cells
A method to rotate single particles, cells or organisms using acoustic waves in a microfluidic device will allow researchers to take three dimensional images with only a cell phone.
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Mar 16, 2016
Keeping ribosomes stuck may stop virulent bacteria strain in its tracks
Compounds that stop a cellular rescue operation for stuck ribosomes may bolster the nation's defenses against biowarfare and bioterrorism, as well as create alternative antibiotics to handle increasingly resistant pathogens, according to a team of researchers.
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Mar 16, 2016
DJs, drones and the sounds of data featured at 2016 Polar Day on March 22
The weather may be warming with spring on the horizon, but ice will be center stage at Penn State’s annual Polar Day on March 22, 2016 on the University Park campus.
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Mar 07, 2016
Announcing the Huck Institutes' Integrated Safety Plan (ISP) initiative
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has established a group to develop an Integrated Safety Plan (ISP), which aims to engage all in ensuring a safe work environment for employees and visitors, alike.
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Mar 02, 2016
Gorilla and human Y chromosomes are highly similar, new method reveals
A new, less expensive, and faster method has been developed to determine the DNA sequence of the male-specific Y chromosome in the gorilla.
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Mar 02, 2016
Data-sharing video library aids developmental studies
The first large-scale, open data-sharing video library is expanding at a rapid pace, providing developmental researchers at Penn State and across the world unprecedented access to data in a rich, new way.
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