Penn State biologists uncovered the mystery of an extremely rare hybrid bird, the offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and scarlet tanager.
Birdsong reveals rare hybrid coupling 10 million years in the making
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Penn State’s high-precision X-ray instrument makes its first trip to space
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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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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.