New mathematical method reveals structure in neural activity in the brain
Illustration of neurons. Credit: Benedict Campbell, Wellcome Images/CC
New approach discovered for brain repair: Chemical transformation of human glial cells into neurons
Astroglial cells after treatment with small-molecule cocktails in the lab of Gong Chen at Penn State University, showing transformation into neurons with long axons and dendrites. Credit: Gong Chen lab, Penn State University
Ecology on the wing: Aerial photography enhances conservation research
Penn State graduate student Jeff Kerby used drones for his ecological research in Greenland and is sharing his expertise to enhance research and conservation efforts worldwide. Image: Martin Holdrege
Penn State receives two awards for materials research and education
Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) involve outreach to excite budding scientists. Here, students discover how scientists control structure and defects to create certain properties in materials using a sheet of ball bearings. The students were visiting the Strange Matter Exhibit at the Casa Roig Museum in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
Chance effect of lab's fluorescent lights leads to discovery
Artist's rendition of optically-defined quantum circuits in a topological insulator. Credit: Peter Allen
Graduate students develop sustainability solutions to change the world
Penn State graduate students Freddy Magdama and Sarah Eissler teamed up to tackle the problem of diseases killing banana crops. Their project addressed the need to help farmers save their livelihood. Credit: Penn State
Research in Action: NIH Grant Enables Cavener Lab to Discover Mechanisms to Improve Insulin Regulation
Doug Cavener, Verne M. Willaman Dean
Software can automatically critique composition of digital photographs
The software performs a pixel-by-pixel analysis to extract features from a photograph and then uses statistical analysis to classify and compare it to highly aesthetic pictures. Credit: Patrick Manesll
Quantum computing advance locates neutral atoms
Neutral atom qubits don't take up much space and they don't interact with each other unless they are told to. Credit: iStock Photo monsitj
New Milky Way Map Reveals Stars in Our Galaxy Move Far from Home
A single frame from an animation shows how stellar orbits in the Milky Way can change. It shows two pairs of stars (marked as red and blue) in which each pair started in the same orbit, and then one star in the pair changed orbits. The star marked as red has completed its move into a new orbit, while the star marked in blue is still moving. Credit: Dana Berry / SkyWorks Digital, Inc.; SDSS collaboration
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