An X-ray instrument, designed and fabricated at Penn State, recently scanned an exploded star, testing technology for future NASA missions.
Penn State’s high-precision X-ray instrument makes its first trip to space
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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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New approach more than doubles stem cell editing efficiency, researchers report
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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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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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Penn State team awarded $2.3M to assess disease vulnerability, improve response
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Partner-drug resistance accelerates resistance of first-line malaria drug
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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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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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A Penn State team will study how the Lassa virus spilled over from rodents into humans.