Penn State’s high-precision X-ray instrument makes its first trip to space
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McEntaffer holds tool to spectrometer

An X-ray instrument, designed and fabricated at Penn State, recently scanned an exploded star, testing technology for future NASA missions.

Low grades in intro STEM courses may disproportionally deter minority students

Low grades in intro STEM courses have a larger negative impact on underrepresented students' likelyhood of earning a STEM degree.

What are potential animal reservoirs for monkeypox?
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monkeypox virus Credit: Getty Images, kontekbrothers
New approach more than doubles stem cell editing efficiency, researchers report
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gloved hands pipetting into spectrophotometer

A Penn State team has developed new techniques to improve the efficiency of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing.

New space station experiment TIGERISS will probe origins of elements
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TIGERISS logo with tiger and ISS

Penn State physicists and colleagues are developing a new experiment for the ISS to measure ultra-heavy galactic cosmic rays.

Corals pass mutations acquired during their lifetimes to offspring
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Elkhorn coral
Penn State team awarded $2.3M to assess disease vulnerability, improve response
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woman in protective gear gives vaccine to sitting man
Partner-drug resistance accelerates resistance of first-line malaria drug
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girl holding out hand to recieve vaccine

Resistance to the first line drug for malaria, artemisinin, should be considered alongside resistance to other drugs.

NASA selects STAR-X for $3M mission concept study
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Artilst impression of STAR-X spacecraft

STAR-X, a proposed Medium-Class Explorer (MIDEX) mission, has been selected by the NASA Explorers Program for $3M mission concept study.

Penn State research team will study Lassa virus spread in Nigeria
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scanning electron micrograph of Lassa virus

A Penn State team will study how the Lassa virus spilled over from rodents into humans.

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