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Nov 12, 2014
Learning languages is a workout for brains, both young and old
Learning a new language changes your brain network both structurally and functionally, according to Penn State researchers.
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Nov 12, 2014
Never-before-seen insights into deer movement offered on research website
Two years into a study of factors influencing forest regeneration in Pennsylvania, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are offering never-before-seen insights into deer movement.
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Nov 06, 2014
Battling drug-resistant pathogens
Biologist Andrew Read argues for new treatment strategies in race against rapidly evolving 'bugs.'
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Nov 02, 2014
Link seen between seizures and migraines in the brain
Seizures and migraines have always been considered separate physiological events in the brain, but now a team of engineers and neuroscientists looking at the brain from a physics viewpoint discovered a link between these and related phenomena.
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Nov 02, 2014
Researchers probe link between newborn health and vitamin A
The impact vitamin A has on newborns is virtually unknown, but Penn State nutrition researchers including Huck faculty researcher A. Catharine Ross have enableded two papers that may provide a framework for future investigations of the vitamin and neonatal health.
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Nov 02, 2014
First detailed picture of a cancer-related cell enzyme in action on a chromosome
A landmark study by Huck faculty researcher Song Tan provides new insight into the function of an enzyme related to the BRCA1 breast cancer protein.
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Nov 02, 2014
Announcing Cyberhealth Seed Grant recipients
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Institute for CyberScience (ICS), through the cooperation of the Tobacco CURE fund, are proud to announce the recipients of the Cyberhealth Seed Grants.
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Nov 02, 2014
In disease outbreak management, flexibility can save lives and money
A new approach for responding to and managing disease outbreaks is being proposed by a team of epidemiologists led by two Penn State researchers at the Huck Institutes. The team's flexible approach could save many lives and millions of dollars.
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Nov 02, 2014
PlantVillage solves crop problems by democratizing science-based knowledge
David Hughes understands, maybe better than most, the devastating effects a plant disease can have on crops and the people who rely on them for food and income.
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Oct 16, 2014
Climate change not responsible for altering forest tree composition
Change in disturbance regimes -- rather than a change in climate -- is largely responsible for altering the composition of Eastern forests, according to researcher Marc Abrams.
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