A new method allows researchers to determine the structure and abundance of transfer RNAs in living cells.
Determining the structure of small RNAs
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Grad student awarded grant to study adolescent binge drinking with biology professor
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Hubble Finds Isolated Black Hole Roaming Our Milky Way Galaxy
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has provided, for the first time, strong evidence for a lone black hole drifting through interstellar space.
Climate-associated genetic switches found in plants
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Conditional, climate-associated genetic switches--riboSNitches--that can alter RNA structure have been experimentally validated in Arabidobsis.
Theory and Application
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Penn State statistician Nicole Lazar studies theoretical foundations of statistical inference and applies them to the analysis of functional
Why Does Our Memory Decline as We Age, and Could It Be Reversible?
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Janine Kwapis, assistant professor of biology at Penn State, studies the molecular mechanisms of memory formation.
Research Now - 2022 Issue 1
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A selection of press releases from the Eberly College of Science from 2021.
Real-time, accurate virus detection method could help fight next pandemic
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The benefits of such a device are many, according to the researchers, especially in a fast-moving outbreak.
Overestimating population immunity contributed to US Delta variant surge
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New research suggests the recent COVID surge may be related to overestimating how many people were immune to the virus.
Seth Bordenstein named director of the Penn State Microbiome Center
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Seth Bordenstein will begin as director of the Penn State Microbiome Center on Aug 1.