A Mars-sized planet orbiting extremely close to its host star
Artists depiction showing comparison of KOI-4777 to Earth-Sun

Mars-sized object orbiting extremely closely to an M-dwarf star validated as a planet using the Penn State Habitable-zone Planet Finder

Distortion: Researchers discover new strategy for antibodies to disable viruses
Illustration of how an antibody neutralizes both Zika and dengue viruses
New technique better assesses exposure of a population to a virus
many test tubes. Credit: Getty Images

Researchers from Penn State developed a tool to assess virus exposure, using influenza as a model.

Can defects turn inert materials into useful, active ones?
illustration of lattice structure being probed with photoluminescence
Study challenges standard ideas about piezoelectricity in ferroelectric crystals
schematics of crystal domain structures. Credit: Chen Lab
New tool weighs costs and benefits of managing evolution of pathogens and pests
Computer-generated image of bacteria that produces whooping cough. Credit CDC/Unsplash
Hopper-Dean family helps combat global hunger with PlantVillage matching fund
PlantVillage Famers with tree seedlings. Credit David Hughes
Going gold: Chemists and engineers to investigate using gold as catalyst in hydrogenation
Three researchers stand outside
Remote Research, Remotely
Grey-headed flying fox at the Tolga Bat Hospital

Eberly biologists use satellites to monitor bat habitat and study virus spillover events during a global pandemic.

Quasars, Black Holes, and a Cosmological Conundrum
Yuexing Li, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics

A quest for the origin of the most-distant quasars in the early universe

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