Black hole or neutron star?
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Artist's impression of mysterious astonomical object detected by LIGO
Human presence weakens social relationships of wild giraffes
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Three adult giraffes on savanna

Living in close proximity to human settlements disturbs giraffe social networks, according to a new study by a team including Derek Lee.

Research team to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events
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colorful plants in greenhouse

An interdisciplinary team of Penn State professors has received $3 million to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic events.

New image of a cancer-related enzyme in action helps explain gene regulation
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model of nucleosome with LSD1 and CoRest linking them

New images of an enzyme in action as it interacts with the chromosome could provide important insight into how cells regulate their genes.

Larger streams are critical for wild brook trout conservation
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trout in human hands

Brook trout need big streams.

Online science outreach helps fill a void during COVID-19 quarantine
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Mission: Materials Science logo

Penn State’s Center for Nanoscale Science releases a new website full of family-friendly, at-home science experiments

New recommendations for designing animal studies could improve research reproducibility
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Rack of mice cages

New recommendations for the design of animal studies could improve reproducibility of scientific results.

Geometry of intricately fabricated glass makes light trap itself
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Still from animation of rotating soliton
Killing coronavirus with handheld ultraviolet light device may be feasible
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Bus under UV light

A personal, handheld device emitting high-intensity ultraviolet light to disinfect areas by killing the novel coronavirus is now feasible.

COVID-19 antibody testing. What is it good for?
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vials on a rack

Antibody tests available today are good enough to inform decisions about public health, including when to relax interventions.

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