Sensory response to environmental stimuli modulated by form of vitamin B3 in worms
An adult Caenorhabditis elegans worm. A form of vitamin B3, nicotinamide, modulates the worm's sensory response to environmental stimuli. Credit: Kbradnam, https://creativecommons.org/licnses/by-sa/2.5/
New, carbon-nanotube tool for ultra-sensitive virus detection and identification
Scanning electron microscope image (scale bar, 200 nm) of the H5N2 avian influenza virus (purple) trapped inside the aligned carbon nanotubes. Credit: Penn State University
Using satellite images to better target vaccination
Composite image of the Earth at night assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite over nine days in April 2012 and thirteen days in October 2012. Population estimates based on similar satellite data can help improve vaccination campaigns. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/NOAA NGDC.
Researchers harness 'big data' to see the big picture on lakes, nutrient cycles
Lake
RNA, gravitational waves focus of two new grants
Freedman Group Makes Outreach Activities a Priority
Collaboration Leads to Great Achievement: Amie Boal and Squire Booker
Closing in on high-temperature superconductivity
This composite image contains an equation in the foreground related to Penn State theory research in high-temperature superconductivity, and images in the background resulting from high-temperature superconductivity experiments. Credit: Penn State University
Tae-Hee Lee's August ACS Presentation covered by C&EN Magazine
Swift telescope detects slowest-spinning neutron star
Composite photo of the slowest spinning neutron star discovered so far (9-2016): background stars photographed in optical wavelengths; colorful cloud is the supernova remnant RCW 103, photographed in X-ray wavelengths, with the white neutron star at its center. Image credit: X-ray:NASA/CXC/University of Amsterdam/N.Rea et al; Optical:Digital Sky Survey
Subscribe to Research