Life Sciences

Barriers to the Use of Fingerprint Evidence in Court Unlocked by Statistical Model
a black and white fingerprint
Important Gene-Regulation Proteins Pinpointed by New Method
Scientists use this type of map to show the DNA-sequence-specific binding patterns of proteins. Credit: B. Franklin Pugh, Penn State University
Philip Mohr, Affiliate Professor of Microbiology, Retires
Philip Mohr, Affiliate Professor of Microbiology, Retires
McGinty Awarded Damon Runyon Fellowship Award
McGinty Awarded Damon Runyon Fellowship Award
Decades-Old Conclusion about Energy-Making Pathway of Cyanobacteria is Corrected
Bryant's team performed biochemical and genetic analyses on a cyanobacterium called Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002, scouring its genome for genes that might be responsible for making alternative energy-cycle enzymes. Credit: Bryant lab, Penn State
Satellite Images of Nighttime Lights Help Track Disease Outbreaks
Researchers analyzed the seasonal changes in nighttime-light brightness in Niger’s largest cities. The height of the peaks represents the brightness of nighttime lights over the course of one year. Credit: Nita Bharti, Princeton University.
Penn State University's Eberly College of Science and Its Forensic Science Program Establish Partnership with the University of Split in Croatia
Dragan Primorac (right), adjunct associate professor of forensic science at Penn State University and Mitchell Holland, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and director of the Forensic Science Program at Penn State University, pose next to the Nittany Lion Shrine on the Penn State University Park campus. Credit: Penn State University
Galaxy DNA-Analysis Software is Now Available "in the Cloud"
The Galaxy platform helps researchers to analyze vast quantities of DNA-sequence data. Credit: National Institutes of Health
Jawbone Found in England is from the Earliest Known Modern Human in Northwestern Europe
Maxilla from Kent's Cavern
Humans and Climate Contributed to Extinctions of Large Ice-Age Mammals, New Study Finds
The musk ox is one of the species studied by Beth Shapiro and her team. Credit: Beth Shapiro lab, Penn State
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