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Resist the resistance: Fighting the good fight against bacteria

Penn State researcher Scott Medina, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has developed a peptide, or small protein, that can target a specific pathogen without damaging the good bacteria that bolsters the immune system.

January 6, 2021

Research

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Faculty explores Slender Man and supernatural belief in the digital age

Assistant Teaching Professor of Wildlife Technology Emily Thomas with her pet python, Zeus.

Wildlife presentations bring the outdoors in for New York elementary schoolers

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Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety

structure of TsrM protein and chemical steps

Synthesis of potent antibiotic follows unusual chemical pathway

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Registration open for seminar about informed consent in human subjects research

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Increased blood flow during sleep tied to critical brain function

Penn State researchers co-author book teaching 'Skills to Obstruct Pandemics'

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A Symbiotic Short: How Much Do We Know About the Origins of SARS-CoV-2?

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Fitness class, networking and more featured in alumni events lineup

Opt-Out Easy

What if opting out of data collection were easy?

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Nursing faculty and team identify time-efficient, delirium-screening protocol

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Report calls for multipronged action to mitigate small aircraft lead emissions

Penn State alumna Larisa Heiphetz

Scholar alumna exploring moral cognition in children and adults

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Engineer awarded NSF grant to investigate acoustic graphene properties

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Report suggests Pa.'s agricultural diversity is key to understanding its impact

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