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Immune cell role in intestinal movement may lead to better understanding of IBS

7/18/14

Learning the role of immune-system cells in healthy digestive tracts and how they interact with neighboring nerve cells may lead to new treatments for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine, in collaboration with other scientists, have reported the role of macrophages in regulating the contractions of the colon to push digested material through the digestive tract.

Maureen Carr

Music professor pens new Stravinsky book

7/10/14

Distinguished Professor of Music Maureen Carr’s most recent book, "After the Rite: Stravinsky’s Path to Neoclassicism (1914-1925)," was released by Oxford University Press on July 10. The book traces the evolution of Stravinsky's compositional style as he searched for his own voice in the explosive musical world of the early 20th century. Throughout the book, Carr presents new transcriptions and sophisticated analyses of selected musical sketches to show the genesis of Stravinsky's musical ideas as he forayed into surrealism, classicism and abstraction to develop his signature neoclassical style.

Letrozole may help women with PCOS become pregnant

7/9/14

The drug letrozole results in higher birth rates in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) than the current preferred infertility treatment drug, according to a nationwide study led by Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

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Radio tags, telemetry used in river-bass-movement research

7/9/14

If you catch a smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna or its tributaries, with a wire trailing from its underside, it is a participant in a study of fish movement related to wider research into the causes of fish diseases in the river system.

Mark Greenberg

Prevention Research Center receives $1.4 million mindfulness research grant

7/9/14

Mark Greenberg, Edna Peterson Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research and Professor of Human Development and Psychology, is the principal investigator of a new grant received by the Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State to teach adolescents mindfulness practices that may strengthen their attention, executive function, and emotion regulation skills.

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Probing Question: What is Bitcoin?

7/9/14

Could digital currency be poised to replace paper money? The pursuit of an independent digital currency began in the early 1990s, explains John Jordan, clinical professor of supply chain and information systems at Penn State. Today's big contender, the Bitcoin, was introduced in 2008 by a person (or group of people) known only by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin is a digital payment network that allows users to engage in direct transactions without the oversight of a banking organization or government.

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Penn State blog relates how 'Research Matters'

7/7/14

Penn State's Research Matters blog aims to tell interesting stories relating to research and researchers at the University -- directly and occasionally tangentially. Topics have ranged from observations on red-tailed hawks to Burmese pythons, from Evan Pugh Professor of Physics Moses Chan to founding Penn State President Evan Pugh.

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Womack publishes Beatles Encyclopedia

7/7/14

Kenneth Womack’s book, The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four, was recently published in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the band’s triumphant first visit to the U.S.

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