Wolf coat color reflects immunity to canine distemper virus, new study finds
gray and black wolves in snow. credit: luemen rutkowski, unsplash

A new Penn State study reveals that wolf coat color reflects immunity to canine distemper virus (CDV).

The Hobby-Eberly Telescope reaches 25th anniversary milestone
The Hobby-Eberly Telescope — one of the world’s largest optical telescopes and a premier planet-finding facility, conceived by Penn State astronomers. Credit: Penn State
Eating fire ants could prepare lizards for future fire ant attack
Eastern fence lizard with ant in mouth.
Rabbit virus has evolved to become more deadly, new research finds
several rabbits outdoors. credit: CSIRO
Some everyday materials have memories, and now they can be erased
dish of mayonnaise melds into graph of particle distribution
Birdsong reveals rare hybrid coupling 10 million years in the making
hybrid warbler sings in a tree Credit: Stephen Gosser

Penn State biologists uncovered the mystery of an extremely rare hybrid bird, the offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and scarlet tanager.

Penn State’s high-precision X-ray instrument makes its first trip to space
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?
monkeypox virus Credit: Getty Images, kontekbrothers
New approach more than doubles stem cell editing efficiency, researchers report
gloved hands pipetting into spectrophotometer

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

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