The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now providing a new measurement service that can improve the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and provide a path for using MRI to make precise and traceable measurements inside the…

NSF funds research on driver and urban supply-chain networks to reduce congestion Pamela Krewson Wertz UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded more than $446,000 for a new collaborative engineering project that will allow drivers to…

$2.3 million NINDS grant to aid interpreting fMRI signal in infants and children by Chris Spallino UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State researchers have received funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to determine how the communication…

Researchers investigate cold plasma's ability to fight infectious bacteria in the cardiovascular system UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The use of low-temperature plasma created by corona discharge — an electrical discharge formed by ionization of fluid that surrounds an ­electrically charged…

Researchers investigate cold plasma's ability to fight infectious bacteria in the cardiovascular system UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The use of low-temperature plasma created by corona discharge — an electrical discharge formed by ionization of fluid that surrounds an ­electrically charged…

Welcome to the Oregon FBI’s Tech Tuesday segment. This week: building a digital defense against the risks that come with cloud computing. In recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of small and medium-sized businesses using cloud…

In the wild, cone snails harpoon their prey as it swims by. In the lab, the cone snail has learned to exchange venom for dinner. Here, a snail extends its proboscis and discharges a shot of venom into a latex-topped…

Matt Swayne UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Scientists may be able to minimize the failure rate of drugs for diseases linked to high-calorie diets, such as colon cancer and type 2 diabetes, if they test treatments using a pig model, according…

Lipid nanoprobes (blue, green and yellow colored) spontaneously insert into lipid bilayer of three extracellular vesicles. The cargo content of extracellular vesicles includes proteins, DNA and RNA. The lipid nanoprobe-labeled extracellular vesicles are captured onto the surface of a magnetic…

By Sara LaJeunesse UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A core set of genes involved in the responses of honey bees to multiple diseases caused by viruses and parasites has been identified by an international team of researchers. The findings provide a…

NIST researchers have devised a way to synchronize the time of two different clocks – separated by as much as 4 km of open, turbulent air – to within a few millionths of a billionth of a second using optical…

Structure of the RNA-modifying protein RlmN, shown in a ribbon-diagram. The RlmN (blue ribbon) is trapped in the middle of its reaction while it is bound to transfer RNA (shown in grey, stick format). Iron and sulfur atoms are shown…