24 New Species of Lizards Discovered on Caribbean Islands are Close to Extinction
An Anguilla Bank skink. Blair Hedges and his team have discovered and scientifically named 24 new species of lizards known as skinks. Credit: Karl Questel
Biological Battle: PSU Researchers Work to Catch up With Drug Resistance
As mosquitoes become more resistant to insecticides, Read and Thomas are working to develop a fungus to kill mosquitoes in an effort to contain the spread of malaria among humans. Credit: Hugh Sturrock
Record-Breaking Radio Waves from Ultra-Cool Star
An artist's impression of a brown dwarf similar to J1047+21. Credit: R. Hurt/NASA.
Oil-Spill Clean-up May be Made Easier by Carbon-Nanotube Technology
Sponge absorbing oil
Forensic Science Program Establishes Partnership with Life Technologies
Forensic science
When Dark Energy Turned On
These schematic images show the universe at three different times in its history. Credit: E.M. Huff, the SDSS-III team, and the South Pole Telescope team; graphic by Zosia Rostomian
New Research Reveals Deep-Ocean Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion
The Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin is shown working at the coral site found to be impacted by the oil spill from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Image courtesy of Chuck Fisher of Penn State University and Timothy Shank of WHOI; deep-sea time-lapse camera system provided by WHOI-MISO
Barriers to the Use of Fingerprint Evidence in Court Unlocked by Statistical Model
a black and white fingerprint
Materials for First Optical Fibers with High-Speed Electronic Function are Developed
Three dimensional image showing optical fiber.
Important Gene-Regulation Proteins Pinpointed by New Method
Scientists use this type of map to show the DNA-sequence-specific binding patterns of proteins. Credit: B. Franklin Pugh, Penn State University
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