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Apr 16, 2014
Kamat Places Third in 29th Annual University-wide Graduate Exhibition
Kamat, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Animal Science, is a member of the graduate program in immunology and infectious disease.
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Apr 14, 2014
Existence of new neuron repair pathway discovered
The Rolls Lab discovers a new neuron repair pathway that could one day help people suffering from nerve damage.
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Apr 06, 2014
Researchers receive $1.14 million to study threats to honey bees
Scientists in the Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State -- including Huck Institutes affiliates Christina Grozinger, Christopher Mullin, Katriona Shea, and Reka Albert -- received three grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation to study various threats to honey bees, including disease, pesticides and the extinction and invasion of other species into their habitats.
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Apr 02, 2014
Research suggests that green tea, exercise boost weight loss, health
Mice on a high-fat diet that consumed decaffeinated green tea extract and exercised regularly experienced sharp reductions in final body weight and significant improvements in health, according to Penn State researchers including Huck Institutes affiliate Joshua Lambert who suggest that similar results could be realized by people.
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Mar 30, 2014
Stigmas, once evolutionarily sound, are now bad health strategies
Stigmatization may have once served to protect early humans from infectious diseases, but that strategy may do more harm than good for modern humans, according to Penn State researchers including Rachel Smith and David Hughes.
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Mar 30, 2014
Cereal flake size influences calorie intake
People eat more breakfast cereal, by weight, when flake size is reduced, according to Penn State researchers including Barbara Rolls, who showed that when flakes are reduced by crushing, people pour a smaller volume of cereal into their bowls, but still take a greater amount by weight and calories.
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Mar 30, 2014
Model predicts blood glucose levels 30 minutes later
A mathematical model created by Penn State researchers including Peter Molenaar can predict with more than 90 percent accuracy the blood glucose levels of individuals with type 1 diabetes up to 30 minutes in advance of imminent changes in their levels plenty of time to take preventative action.
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Mar 25, 2014
Research reveals true value of cover crops to farmers, environment
Planting cover crops in rotation between cash crops widely agreed to be ecologically beneficial is even more valuable than previously thought, according to a team of Penn State agronomists, entomologists, agroecologists, horticulturists and biogeochemists that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Jason Kaye.
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Mar 25, 2014
3-D model links facial features and DNA
DNA can already tell us the sex and ancestry of unknown individuals, but now an international team of researchers that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Mark Shriver is beginning to connect genetics with facial features, degrees of femininity and racial admixture.
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Mar 06, 2014
Health researchers build bridges with Penn State's new visualization wall
A new suite of tools in the Millennium Science Complex is helping scientists experience data like never before.
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