Life Sciences

Male Lizards Prefer More-Feminine Lizards to "Bearded Ladies," New Research Finds
A male fence lizard with male-type bright blue "badges" outlined in black on parts of its body. Credit: Langkilde lab, Penn State University.
Sarah Ades Wins GlaxoSmithKline's Fast Track Competition to Develop New Antibiotics
Sarah Ades, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State University
Penn State Open Online Course "Infects" Learners, Causing a "Virtual Pandemic"
Logo for Epidemics: the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases
Makova Honored as Penn State's Francis R. Pentz and Helen M. Pentz Professor of Science
Caribou May Be Indirectly Affected by Sea-Ice Loss in the Arctic
A female caribou and her calf. Credit: Eric Post, Penn State University
Scientists Discover the Origins of Genomic "Dark Matter"
Shown in the upper left corner of this illustration is a chromosome -- a densely compressed package containing one long, continuous strand of DNA. Credit: National Institutes of Health and B. Franklin Pugh, Penn State University
Marylyn Ritchie Honored as an Invited Kavli Fellow for the Third Year in a Row
Marylyn Ritchie
Graduate student studying ecological impacts of increased noise on animals
Jenny Tennessen deployed an acoustic recorder adjacent to a wetland in central Florida. The unit was programmed to passively record the nighttime animal orchestra for several evenings. Credit: Jenny Tennessen
New Characterization of the Human Genome's Ability to Mutate Catalyzes Biomedical Research
This image charts the rates at which four types of mutations segment human chromosomes: insertions, deletions, substitutions, and microsatellite-repeat-number changes. Credit: K. Makova and F. Chiaromonte, Penn State University
Protein Changes Linked to Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
This image of a human brain is an example of the kinds of brain scans that are used in some neuroscience research studies. Credit: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
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