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We salute you: Penn State women serving our country, album No. 2

9/24/18

Photo album: Whether it's piloting a jet, standing guard in a war zone, or rising through the military ranks, Penn Staters are continuing a long tradition of serving their country in the U.S. armed forces. This year, as part of its Military Appreciation Week, Penn State will celebrate 100 years of women officially serving in the military.

Professor expands scope of data science techniques in new book

9/21/18

John Harlim’s "Data-Driven Computational Methods: Parameter and Operator Estimations" describes data science from the classic mathematical perspective and provides rigorous understanding of many existing new techniques that have been successfully used to analyze data.

3D Structure of kanglemycin A bound to RNA polymerase

A naturally occurring antibiotic active against drug-resistant tuberculosis

9/20/18

A naturally occurring antibiotic called kanglemycin A is effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, even in drug-resistant strains.

2017-18 NSF I-Corps invent teams selected

9/20/18

Twelve entrepreneurial teams from Penn State have been selected to participate in the National Science Foundation I-Corps program.

Andrew Read named director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

9/20/18

Andrew Read has been appointed director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State effective Jan. 1, 2019. Read is an Evan Pugh University Professor of Biology and Entomology, Eberly Professor of Biotechnology and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics.

Penn State Schreyer Scholar Akhil Alugupalli

First-year Schreyer Scholar leading pharmaceutical company with patients in mind

9/19/18

First-year Eberly College of Science student and Schreyer Honors Scholar Akhil Alugupalli is the founder and CEO of a therapeutics company that aims to give cancer patients additional options for treatment and pain management.

Young children's oral bacteria may predict obesity

9/19/18

Weight gain in early childhood is related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children, suggesting that this understudied aspect of a child’s microbiota could serve as an early indicator for childhood obesity.

Infrared image of neutron star from Hubble Space Telescope

The surprising environment of an enigmatic neutron star

9/17/18

An unusual infrared emission detected by the Hubble Space Telescope from a nearby neutron star could indicate that the pulsar has features never before seen. The observation could help astronomers better understand the evolution of neutron stars.

We salute you: Penn State women serving our country

9/17/18

Photo album of Penn State women in the military: Whether it's piloting a jet, standing guard in a war zone, or rising through the military ranks, Penn Staters are continuing a long tradition of serving their country in the U.S. armed forces. This year, as part of its Military Appreciation Week, the University will celebrate 100 years of women officially serving in the military.

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.

Media Highlights

NBC News: December 25, 2019
How Oumuamua shook up the search for alien life
"SETI [the search for extraterrestrial intelligence] is becoming a serious scientific discipline,” said Penn State's Jason Wright.
The Atlantic: December 10, 2018
City frogs are the sexiest frogs
Studies show how certain animals can adapt to the din of human activity in surprising ways.

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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We salute you: Penn State women serving our country, album No. 2

Professor expands scope of data science techniques in new book

A naturally occurring antibiotic active against drug-resistant tuberculosis

2017-18 NSF I-Corps invent teams selected

Andrew Read named director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

First-year Schreyer Scholar leading pharmaceutical company with patients in mind

Young children's oral bacteria may predict obesity

The surprising environment of an enigmatic neutron star

We salute you: Penn State women serving our country

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

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