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Feb 05, 2024
How does Zika virus replicate and transmit from mother to fetus?
In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus, driven by a heavy rain season and subsequent boom in the virus’s host mosquito population, caused thousands of babies in Brazil to be born with severe birth defects.
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Feb 02, 2024
Newly identified protein helps flowers develop all the right parts
Flowers rely on a newly identified protein to develop properly with all of their organs, according to the research team who made the discovery.
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Feb 01, 2024
Noted anthropologist Joanna Setchell to deliver 2024 Darwin Day Lecture
Joanna “Jo” Setchell, professor of anthropology at Durham University in England, will deliver a lecture titled “Sexual Selection and the Differences between the Sexes in Mandrills (Mandrillus Sphinx)” as part of this year’s annual Darwin Day celebration
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Feb 01, 2024
Start up your research: Apply now for March I-Corps Short Course
Penn State’s NSF I-Corps Short Course is accepting applications for its virtual March cohort. The no-cost program helps researchers test a startup idea through customer interviews and educational programming on the lean startup methodology
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Jan 31, 2024
Proteins in milk — not just fat — may help reduce oral burn from spicy food
Spicy food lovers know that milk can ease the oral burn, but why? Some believe that fat is the soother, with whole cow’s milk reducing the bite more than low-fat cow’s milk or plant milks
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Jan 31, 2024
Edge habitats along roads and power lines may be key to conserving rare plants
Edge habitats created by natural or human-caused disturbances provide prime opportunities for encouraging the establishment and reproduction of rare native plants, the researchers reported in a new study published in Plant Ecology
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Jan 30, 2024
$4M grant funds project to make robotic prostheses more like biological limbs
Prosthetic hands that incorporate robotics can perform dexterous self-care tasks, but they are often hard to operate, requiring a user’s constant attention with a limited number of hand functions. With a five-year, $4 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant, Penn State researchers aim to make robotic protheses more useful for people living with amputations.
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Jan 29, 2024
Six researchers recognized with Institute of Energy and the Environment Awards
Six Penn State researchers were recognized with Institute of Energy and the Environment’s (IEE) Research Awards at the IEE reception on Jan. 18 at the Hintz Family Alumni Center
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Jan 29, 2024
Fungi into the future
Penn State researchers have aided the state’s important mushroom industry for nearly 100 years, and they’re still going strong. But mushrooms aren’t just for eating anymore
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Jan 29, 2024
Penn State entomologists appointed to national committee on pollinator research
Two entomologists in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have been appointed to serve on a new U.S. Department of Agriculture subcommittee on pollinators
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