'Cosmic lighthouses' that cleared primordial fog identified with JWST
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Black and white map of stars from James Webb Space Telescope
New role for bacterial enzyme in gut metabolism revealed
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Andrew Patterson in lab
Temperature, humidity may drive future transmission of parasitic worm infections
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sheep graze in field. credit unsplash

The findings of a new study could guide improvements in livestock management and public health interventions in endemic areas.

Eric Ford awarded New Initiatives grant from Kaufman Foundation
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Eric Ford

The team will develop new methods of analyzing astronomical data with the goal of identifying  Earth-like planets outside our solar system.

Drought may drive deadly amphibian disease, researchers find
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orange frog sitting on a mushroom
Combining materials may support unique superconductivity for quantum computing
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diagrams and graphs of material structure

Combining a ferromagnet and an antiferromagnet results in unique electrical properties.

Hubble traces ‘string of pearls’ star clusters in galaxy collisions
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image of galaxy with tail-like formation spiraling out of it

Each cluster within a tidal tail can contain as many as a milllion newborn stars.

Predicting neurodevelopmental disease in children from parent’s traits
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Illustration showing assortative mating for neurodevelopmental disorders

Evaluating traits of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in both parents may improve prediction of disease trajectory in children

How does Zika virus replicate and transmit from mother to fetus?
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Nearly $6 million in new NIH grants awared to Penn State researchers.

$1.9M NIH grant to support research on impacts of the microbiome on human health
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Bisanz and Betancurt-Anzola work in the lab
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