Life Sciences

New Research Sheds Light on How Contagious Diseases Spread through Communities
The motes used in Marcel Salathe's research.
A Key Protein Allows Nerve Cells to Repair Themselves
This image shows a neuron in an intact Drosophila larva. CREDIT: Melissa Rolls Lab, Penn State University
Buckley to Represent Penn State's Eberly College of Science as Student Marshal at Fall Commencement 2010
Buckley to Represent Penn State's Eberly College of Science as Student Marshal at Fall Commencement 2010
Research Website Takes Viewers Deep into the Gulf of Mexico
Alvin is loaded onto the R/V Atlantis on WHOI dock (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).
Forensic Science Students to Defrost Cold Case from 1975
Forensic Science Students to Defrost Cold Case from 1975
Rainforest Conservation Needs a New Direction to Address Climate Change
A farmer in West Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) uses fire to clear rainforest for planting. As climate change causes many areas to warm and dry, fires may become more frequent and more difficult to control, having serious impacts rainforest species. Credit: Jedediah Brodie
Rescue Missions Underway to Save Haiti's Species from Mass Extinctions
Critically endangered Haitian frogs recently rescued for captive breeding and cryobanking as insurance against their extinction in the wild. © 2010 Claudio Contreras
Scientists Use Skin Cells to Study Autism in a Petri Dish
Neurons generated from Rett-iPS cells form fewer synapses, the specialized signal transmission points between brain cells. Synapses are shown in red and dendrites, which function as signal receivers, are shown in green. Image courtesy of Dr. Carol Marchetto, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
Scientists Discover Dying Corals and Creatures Near Deep Water Horizon Oil-Spill Site in the Gulf
A portion of one of the impacted corals and two attached brittle starfish. Credit: Lophelia II 2010, NOAA OER, and BOEMRE, copyright WHOI.
Penn State Forensic Scientists to Study Reliability of Fingerprint Identification Techniques
Forensic Science Students to Defrost Cold Case from 1975
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