NSF mid-scale award sets off the first extension of IceCube
Sun setting behind the IceCube Lab at the South Pole. The Antarctic detector that identified the first likely source of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays, is getting an upgrade that will extend its scientific capabilities to lower energies. Credit: Kathrin Mallot, IceCube/NSF
Finding deletions and duplications in the human genome: Machine learning for diagnosis of genetic variations
A random-forest, machine-learning method for identifying copy number variation from exome-sequencing data. A forest of hundreds of decision trees is trained on a validated set of genetic deletions and duplication, the model built from these trees can then be used to accurately identify copy number variation in sample exome-sequencing data. Credit: Girirajan Laboratory, Penn State
Game theory shows why stigmatization may not make sense in modern society
Before modern medicine, stigmatization may have been the most effective way humans had for dealing with the spread of infectious diseases. Now, a game theory model supports the idea that stigmatizing people who have a disease may cause more harm than good. Image credit: Pixabay
Linking health and population patterns via satellite
Penn State biologist Nita Bharti and geographer Andrew Tatem compared satellite images of nighttime lights over time to estimate population changes in places like Niamey, capital of the West African nation of Niger, and then correlated those changes with public-health records of measles outbreaks. Credit: Penn State
'Pop' goes the rocket: Arts Fest workshop to ignite kids' curiosity in STEM
Drew Veenis, left, places a rocket on a hard surface while fellow graduate students Ryan Szukalo and Varun Mandalaparthy look on. Credit: Patrick Mansel
Hedglin Group Makes Strides in Cancer Research
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Ants maintain essential interactions despite environmental flux
Male black carpenter ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus. Photo Credit: Bruce Marlin
Harvesters of Light
Striking a piece of coral with a laser light demonstrates the impressive distribution of light throughout. Photo credit: Patrick Mansell
Adding a carbon atom transforms 2D semiconducting material
Schematic of plasma assisted carbon-hydrogen species doping in the WS2 lattice. Credit: Fu Zhang, Penn State
Elacqua Group Makes Strides in Overcoming Bottlenecks in Polymer Science
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