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Beyond the black hole singularity
Bacterial protein could help find materials for your next smartphone
A structural model of the compact metal-bound form of the lanmodulin protein, which is 100-million times better at binding to lanthanides—the rare-earth metals used in smartphones and other technologies—than to other metals like calcium. Credit: Penn State
Unprecedented screen of 500,000 compounds reveals new candidates for malaria prevention drug
An international research team has identified more than 600 new antimalarial drug candidates from a screen of over 500,000 chemical compounds. Credit: Llinás lab, Penn State
Lizards quickly adapt to threat from invasive fire ants, reversing geographical patterns of lizard traits
Corals and their microbiomes evolved together
Traffic noise stresses out frogs, but some have adapted
Frogs from ponds near highways show a dampened stress response and altered immune profile when experimentally exposed to noise compared to frogs from quiet ponds. This suggests that frogs from noisy ponds have adapted to reduce the negative effects of traffic noise. Credit: Tracy Langkilde, Penn State
New gene therapy reprograms brain glial cells into neurons
DNA structure impacts rate and accuracy of DNA synthesis
The speed and error rate of DNA Synthesis differs between regions of the genome that form the usual DNA structure (B DNA) and those regions that can form other structures (non-B DNA). Credit: Wilfried Guiblet, Penn State
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