Mechanical force controls the speed of protein synthesis
Researchers discovered that proteins, represented by the black line, exert a mechanical force as they exit the molecular machine where they are synthesized, represented in red. That force moderates the speed of protein synthesis. Image: Benjamin Fritch
Altered body odor indicates malaria even if microscope doesn't
An Anopheles stephensi mosquito is obtaining a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis. Note the droplet of blood being expelled from the abdomen after having engorged itself on its host’s blood. This mosquito is a known malarial vector with a distribution that ranges from Egypt all the way to China. Image: Jim Gathany / CDC
Fifty years of statistics at Penn State
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A designer’s toolkit for constructing complex nanoparticles
New sodium-ion electrolyte may find use in solid-state batteries
An interdisciplinary team discovered a new structure of a material that may one day replace the materials used in rechargeable consumer electronics batteries. Credit: Penn State
Nobel Laureate Rainer Weiss presents “Probing the Universe with Gravitational Waves” on April 18, 2018
Rainer Weiss / credit Bryce Vickmark
Nova-like explosion of spinning live bacteria explained
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NASA scientist to present Friedman Lecture in Astronomy on April 10, 2018
Joseph Masiero
Penn State–developed plant-disease app recognized by Google
A Tanzanian cassava farmer, left, learns to use a plant disease mobile app developed as part of the PlantVillage initiative led by Penn State researchers. Credit: Penn State
Penn State to participate in consortium to demonstrate remote monitoring of nuclear reactors
Boulby potash, polyhalite and salt mine on the northeast coast of England is Great Britain's deepest mine and the home of the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Boulby Underground Laboratory. The mine, operated by ICL-UK /Cleveland Potash Ltd, is expected to be the site of the Advanced Instrumentation Testbed project, a new international multi-laboratory and university collaboration for nonproliferation research.
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