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.

Revealed missing step in lipid formation could enable detection of past climate
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illustration of radical same enzyme bound to cofactors. Credit: Booker Lab
Compost to computer: Bio-based materials used to salvage rare earth elements
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grid of materials and how they break down into polymers
Plant molecular geneticists discover, and begin to crack, the epigenetic code
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SETI Symposium at Penn State attracts experts from around the world
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Folder showing Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center logo

The 2022 Penn State SETI Symposium brought together scientists from around the world for one of the largest gatherings of SETI researchers.

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