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Penn State anthropologists to discuss big cultural impact of small-scale brewing

9/14/18

Penn State anthropologists French Kirk and Sam Sholtis will be talking about the anthropology of alcohol with a focus on small-scale brewing at this month’s Science on Tap event.

14 Penn Staters honored with Alumni Fellow Award

9/14/18

The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 14 graduates on Oct. 3 with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Alumni Association.

Staghorn corals being grown at Mate Marine Laboratory

Coral bleaching increases disease risk in threatened species

9/11/18

Recent research highlights the need to increase genetic diversity among staghorn corals to prevent further loss in the Florida Reef Tract.

Clinical variability of disease-associated mutations can be explained by other variants in the genetic background

Family genetics vital for understanding autism progression

9/7/18

A new study led by researchers at Penn State reveals that the total amount of rare mutations — deletions, duplications or other changes to the DNA sequence — in a person’s genome can explain why individuals with a disease-associated mutation can have vastly different symptoms.

Goddard Forum's inaugural Pa. One Health Symposium focuses on zoonotic diseases

9/7/18

A unique gathering of physicians, veterinarians, ecologists and conservationists took place in Hershey recently with the goal of improving human, animal, plant and ecosystem health in Pennsylvania.

Patrick Dudas giving Python coding presentation

Python coding workshops to fill gap for research community

9/7/18

Institute for CyberScience staff members will host a series of workshops this fall to benefit researchers who are eager to improve their computer programming skills or even start developing a new interest in programming. The workshops, which are free and open to all Penn State faculty, staff and students, will focus on the Python programming language.

Reducing entropy in a randomly half-filled 5x5x5 lattice of atoms.

Could a 'demon' help to create a quantum computer?

9/5/18

Reduced entropy in a three-dimensional lattice of super-cooled, laser-trapped atoms could help speed progress toward creating quantum computers.

A turtle at the Litzinger Herpetology Center at Shaver's Creek

Tom and Mary Ellen Litzinger create $1.2 million endowment for Shaver's Creek

9/4/18

Mary Ellen and Tom Litzinger have established the $1.2 million Mary Ellen and Thomas A. Litzinger Endowment at Shaver’s Creek through a bequest to ensure educational opportunities and a sustainable future for Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center at Penn State.

Water world video

8/31/18

Artist's depiction of a world completely covered with ocean. A new study finds that these water worlds could maintain stable climates and perhaps sustain life.

Artist's conception of a planet covered with a global ocean.

'Water worlds' could have stable climate, perhaps support life, study says

8/31/18

“Water world” planets, those covered with a deep global ocean, could maintain surface conditions similar to that of the Earth for over a billion years, say researchers.

John Badding holding 3-D model of nanothread

New NSF-funded center to explore chemistry of 'nanothreads'

8/27/18

The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $1.8 million to a team of scientists led by John Badding, professor of chemistry, physics, and materials science and engineering at Penn State, to establish the NSF Center for Nanothread Chemistry.

Into the Woods: Nature in Your Library graphic ad

'Into the Woods' exhibit follows trail of nature education, conservation

8/24/18

A new exhibit that explores the eastern U.S. forest, its wildlife and botanical wealth, and gives special tribute to early women naturalists and conservationists, will feature nature-related materials from the University Libraries’ life sciences, maps and archival collections, Sept. 5 through Feb. 11.

Eberly College of Science student and Schreyer Scholar Tice Harkins

UPI: November 21, 2018
Frogs get stressed out by traffic, too
Frogs from quiet ponds get stressed when exposed to traffic noise, but frogs from noisy ponds are used to the racket, according to Penn State research.
The New York Times: October 21, 2018
From agriculture to art — the A.I. wave sweeps in
PlantVillage, a project based at Penn State, is beginning to bring artificial intelligence to the small farms that produce most of the developing world's food.

Other Voices

Birth, deaths and collisions of stars
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory's Ultraviolet Optical Telescope (UVOT) recently delivered its 1 millionth image, writes Penn State's Michael Siegel.
from:
The Conversation
Finding the cosmic source of high-energy neutrinos
The IceCube Collaboration had a dream to identify the sources of high-energy cosmic neutrinos; this dream is now a reality, write Penn State researchers.
from:
The Conversation

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Penn State anthropologists to discuss big cultural impact of small-scale brewing

14 Penn Staters honored with Alumni Fellow Award

Coral bleaching increases disease risk in threatened species

Family genetics vital for understanding autism progression

Goddard Forum's inaugural Pa. One Health Symposium focuses on zoonotic diseases

Python coding workshops to fill gap for research community

Could a 'demon' help to create a quantum computer?

Tom and Mary Ellen Litzinger create $1.2 million endowment for Shaver's Creek

Water world video

'Water worlds' could have stable climate, perhaps support life, study says

New NSF-funded center to explore chemistry of 'nanothreads'

'Into the Woods' exhibit follows trail of nature education, conservation

Scholar, alumni honored for research at pair of international conferences

IPhone blood tests to pet-proof trashcans: 2018 Summer Founders launch startups

Plant virus alters competition between aphid species

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