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Three Duke University sophomores converted small chunks of frozen bird flesh into tubes of purified DNA that was then sent to China for full-genome sequencing. Their work was a part of the Avian Phylogenomics Project, an international scientific effort that compared the whole genomes of 48 bird…
Duke University | People younger than age 40 who have high blood pressure are at increased risk of heart failure, strokes and blood vessel blockages as they age, according to a study in JAMA led by a Duke Health researcher.
University Research | Duke UniversityThe Penn State Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse will bring together experts from across Penn State to combat the opioid crisis through data-driven, evidence-based innovation.
AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Serving Local Communities | The Pennsylvania State UniversityA jagged little protein appears to be key to how cancer stem cells differentiate and enable metastasis, according to researchers at Rice University and the Duke University School of Medicine.
University Research | Rice University | Duke UniversityGiven a choice between indulgent and healthy foods, your decision may depend on what other foods sit nearby on the grocery shelf, new research suggests.
University Research | Duke UniversityHaving ancestors who were frequently exposed to stressors can improve one's own immune response to stressors, according to Penn State researchers who studied fence lizards and their stress response.
University Research | The Pennsylvania State UniversityA Pennsylvania State University an undergraduate researcher working on the next generation of power cells–flexible batteries. These batteries are bendable with a fraction of the volume and weight of the ones we use today.
The Pennsylvania State University | Commercial mushroom farms, academic researchers and mushroom hobbyists rely on the Penn State Mushroom Spawn Lab. The Lab is especially important for Pennsylvania's $764 million mushroom industry, which leads the United States in mushroom production. The industry also supports 8,600 jobs in the…
Community Impact | The Pennsylvania State UniversityA new study of Twitter activity shows that viral videos of seemingly cuddly exotic animals can have a dark side too -- by fueling demand for them as pets.
University Research | Duke UniversityA new monitoring method created at Duke University identifies the onset of drought faster and more accurately than other methods now in use.
University Research | Duke University