Quantum insulators create multilane highways for electrons
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QAH insulators as legos

Penn State researchers demonstrated a quantum phenomenon in a multilayered insulator, producing a multilane highway for electrons.

Less snowy winters produce camouflage mismatch in mountain hares
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mismatched white hare on brown snow-less ground
Q&A with Derek Lee: Could spotted owls benefit from forest fires?
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New research reveals that, contrary to current perceptions and forest management strategies, wildfires may be beneficial to populations of Spotted Owls, including those of the subspecies of California Spotted Owls pictured here. Image Credit: John S. Senser, U.S. Forest Service

In a Q&A with Penn State biologist Derek Lee, we explore the impacts of forest fires on spotted owls.

2D-materials center ready to move to new phase, add industry partners
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Illustrated vision for the center

The Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings is expanding to add more collaborative partners.

Biomedical engineers find active particles swim against the current
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illustration of self-propelled nanorods
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment survey begins full operations
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Hobby-Eberly Telescope at dusk
'Anti-antibiotic' allows for use of antibiotics without driving resistance
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diagram explaining anti-antibiotics

An inexpensive cholesterol drug taken in conjunction with an antibiotic prevents the antibiotic from driving antibiotic resistance.

Astronomers develop model for the distribution of inner planetary systems
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many planetary systems

A new study helps explain some of the intriguing questions about exoplanets raised by the Kepler space telescope.

Warbler coloration shaped by evolution via distinct paths
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Blackburnian warbler on branch

Two genes that are important for the diverse colors and patterns of warbler plumage have evolved through two very different processes.

Scientists organize to tackle crisis of coral bleaching
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Bleached coral in the Galapagos Islands
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