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Nov 22, 2015
The Sepia Rainbow: The fascinating story of human skin
Nina Jablonski’s focus on skin began with a request to give a lecture. It was 1991, and she and her husband and collaborator George Chaplin had recently moved from Hong Kong to take positions at the University of Western Australia.
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Nov 10, 2015
Penn State, Harvard team up to enhance science education for minority students
Jablonski and Gates hoping to inspire love of STEM through genetics and genealogy research
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Nov 10, 2015
Headed for the field: Commercializing a new diagnostic test for cows
Troy Ott, professor of reproductive physiology in the College of Agricultural Sciences, is developing a blood test that dairy farmers and livestock veterinarians can use to tell whether a cow failed to conceive after insemination.
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Nov 03, 2015
Rice Research to Production short course helps young scholars advance their careers in rice science
Getting their feet wet in rice paddies, three Asia Rice Foundation USA (ARFUSA) grant winners and other scholars learn how rice is connected to the international community.
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Nov 02, 2015
Penn State receives prestigious HEED Award for diversity
Penn State has received the 2015 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education.
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Oct 29, 2015
Gut bacteria could be blamed for obesity and diabetes
An excess of bacteria in the gut can change the way the liver processes fat and could lead to the development of metabolic syndrome, according to health researchers.
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Oct 26, 2015
Molecular motor grows cell's microtubules
Motor proteins that pause at the ends of microtubules and produce pushing forces can also stimulate their growth, according to researchers at Penn State.
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Oct 26, 2015
Response to environmental change depends on individual variation in partnership between corals and algae
New research reveals that some corals are more protective than others of their partner algae in harsh environmental conditions.
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Oct 21, 2015
Bees to scientists: "We're more complicated than you think"
Chemical signaling among social insects, such as bees, ants and wasps, is more complex than previously thought, according to researchers at Penn State and Tel Aviv University, whose results refute the idea that a single group of chemicals controls reproduction across numerous species.
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Oct 18, 2015
New technology discovered for brain repair: Chemical transformation of human glial cells into neurons
For the first time, researchers have used a cocktail of small molecules to transform human brain cells, called astroglial cells, into functioning neurons for brain repair.
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