Penn State's supercomputer takes on COVID-19 — and its aftermath
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ICDS supercomputer

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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students wearing mask at security checkpoint

A new process to harness multiple disease models for outbreak management will be applied to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Plants pass on 'memory' of stress to some progeny, making them more resilient
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Mackenzie and students look at plants

Geneticists can induce a form of “stress memory” in plants, giving them the potential for more vigorous, hardy and productive growth.

Cremer group developing sensors to detect coronavirus in enclosed spaces
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Real-Time Continuous Sensing of SARS-CoV2 using a Microfluidic Assay Platform
How do epidemics spread and persist before and after introduction of a vaccine?
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Measles epidemics in England and Wales, 1944-1994
COVID-19 response at Penn State propelled by interdisciplinary connections
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Doctor wearing filtration mask

The Manufacturing and Sterilization for COVID-19 (MASC) Initiative has more than 350 members from across the University.

New decontamination protocol permits reuse of N95 respirators
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N95 masks in fume hood

A new protocol uses aerosolized hydrogen peroxide to decontaminate N95 respirators for reuse.

Iron deficiency in corals?
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symbiodinium cells under microscope

When iron is limited, the microalgae that live within coral cells change how they take in other trace metals.

Joyce Jose awarded funding to search for antiviral and vaccine targets in SARS-Cov-2
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Joyce Jose
Study finds evidence for existence of elusive 'metabolon'
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microscopy image of purinosomes

For the first time, Penn State researchers have directly observed functional metabolons involved in generating purines.

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