Larger streams are critical for wild brook trout conservation
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Brook trout need big streams.

Online science outreach helps fill a void during COVID-19 quarantine
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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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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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Killing coronavirus with handheld ultraviolet light device may be feasible
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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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Antibody tests available today are good enough to inform decisions about public health, including when to relax interventions.

COVID-19 Data 4 Action Project will help inform local decision-making
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A new project gives voice to community members about their experience with the COVID-19 pandemic, which may influence local decision-making.

The COVID-19 pandemic affects all college students, but probably not equally
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Mapping the varied challenges faced by students, particularly from underrepresented groups, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Penn State's supercomputer takes on COVID-19 — and its aftermath
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Researchers are using Penn State's supercomputer to address COVID-19 and problems created by the pandemic.

Which COVID-19 models should we use to make policy decisions?
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A new process to harness multiple disease models for outbreak management will be applied to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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