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May 19, 2013
Environmental Law Institute recognizes Penn State wetlands scientist
Robert Brooks, a wetlands scientist at Penn State and a Huck Institutes faculty affiliate, has received the 2013 National Wetlands Award for Science Research.
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May 14, 2013
Millennium Science Complex awarded prestigious LEED green building certification
The Millennium Science Complex has been awarded LEED Gold certification established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).
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May 09, 2013
Penn State professor finding new ways to repair nerve injuries
Nerve injury is a major health problem, with 12,000 new injuries occurring in the U.S. each year. Recovery can be difficult or impossible, which is why Huck Institutes affiliate Mohammad Reza Abidian is focusing his research on special materials called "conducting polymers," which could one day offer a solution to these injuries.
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May 09, 2013
Protein Crystallization Workshop receives high marks from attendees
The X-Ray Crystallography Facility's recent workshop was well-attended and well-received.
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May 07, 2013
Penn State graduate students study plant stress in the Arizona desert
At the Apache Root Biology Center in Willcox, Arizona, graduate students from the Huck Institutes' Plant Biology program and the Penn State Department of Plant Science study plants' responses to the stresses of growing in drought and low-nitrogen conditions.
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May 07, 2013
Whole walnuts and their extracted oil improve cardiovascular disease risk
According to a team of researchers that includes Huck Institutes affiliate Penny Kris-Etherton, consumption of whole walnuts or their extracted oil can reduce cardiovascular risk through a mechanism other than simply lowering cholesterol.
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May 06, 2013
Gene offers clues to new treatments for a harmful blood clotting disorder
A research team led by Huck Institutes affiliate Yanming Wang and Harvard's Denisa Wagner finds a gene that could offer new insights into treatment strategies for the harmful blood clots of deep-vein thrombosis.
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May 06, 2013
Will you stop bugging me?
In the cover article for the current issue of the journal Evolutionary Anthropology, Huck Institutes affiliates Ken Weiss and Dan Parker discuss malaria and the evolutionary challenge that won't go away.
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May 06, 2013
Four tiny tweaks for a healthier caffeine routine
Huck Institutes affiliate Frank Ritter and his Caffeine Zone app feature in the current issue of Oprah's "O" Magazine.
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May 06, 2013
In honor of Lloyd Huck: the Huck Fellowship brings exceptional young scientist-scholars to the Huck Institutes and Penn State
The inaugural Lloyd Huck Fellows and the chairs of the Huck Institutes' Ecology, Molecular Medicine, Plant Biology, and Physiology graduate programs discuss the privilege and possibilities conferred by the Huck Fellowship.
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