The transition to agriculture from hunting and gathering in pre-colonial North America led to changes in age-independent mortality, or mortality caused by factors that are not associated with age, according to a new study ...
Archaeology
Jan 23, 2023
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Black women involved in the legal system disproportionately experience intimate partner violence (IPV) but currently have few options for tailored interventions that consider intersectionality, according to a Penn State College ...
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2023
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When used as wearable medical devices, stretchy, flexible gas sensors can identify health conditions or issues by detecting oxygen or carbon dioxide levels in the breath or sweat. They also are useful for monitoring air quality ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 20, 2023
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Particles of light—photons—that are forced to interact with each other through specially structured glass demonstrate behavior evocative of the "fractional quantum Hall effect," a phenomenon that garnered the 1998 Nobel ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 18, 2023
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Nanoparticles are complex materials smaller than 100 nanometers, or about the size of a virus, but they have a large range of potential applications, from medicine to energy to electronics. Now, hundreds of new nanoparticles ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 16, 2023
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Responding to a need revealed in their earlier studies, a team of Penn State researchers developed and pilot-tested a customized food safety training program for farmers market vendors.
Agriculture
Jan 12, 2023
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Cellulose nanocrystals—bio-based nanomaterials derived from natural resources such as plant cellulose—are valuable for their use in water treatment, packaging, tissue engineering, electronics, antibacterial coatings and ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 11, 2023
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When it comes to preserving the world's coral reefs, what's going on above the surface is as important as what's going on below it, according to new research conducted at Penn State.
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2023
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Sometimes friction is good, such as the friction between a road and a car's tires to prevent the vehicle from skidding. But sometimes friction is bad—if you did not put oil in that very same car, there would be so much ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 10, 2023
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A large family of chemicals used for decades to improve our lives—from nonstick cooking pans to waterproof clothing—are now known as "forever chemicals" because they do not easily break down in the environment and pose ...
Environment
Jan 5, 2023
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