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Maitland, Robinson explore how IST can help in the West Bank 27 Aug 2013 | 12:56 am
Businesses, governments, and educators are increasingly turning to geographic information systems (GIS) to solve problems and improve processes. GIS integrates hardware, software, and data for capturi...
New online voicemail supports employees on the go 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
New Penn State voicemail features have made it possible for employees at University Park to listen to and manage their voicemail messages online, anytime.
Scientists mimic natural conditions in the lab to more accurately test stress 23 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
Events of adolescence can change individuals in dramatic ways that persist well into adulthood, according to a study by Penn State researchers, who used rats as a model for investigating long-term eff...
Not all memories fade with age 21 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
"Everybody thinks: 'Memory declines with age,'" says cognitive neuroscientist Nancy Dennis. "And it does, to some degree. But it isn't that simple. Some types of memory fade as we age, but others are ...
Multiple genes manage how people taste sweeteners 20 Aug 2013 | 06:18 pm
Genetics may play a role in how people's taste receptors send signals, leading to a wide spectrum of taste preferences, according to Penn State food scientists. These varied, genetically influenced re...
New characterization of human genome mutability catalyzes biomedical research 20 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
As biomedical researchers continue to make progress toward the realization of personalized genomic medicine, their focus is increasingly tuned to highly mutable regions of the human genome that contri...
Spouses lose sleep over partners' chronic pain, study finds 16 Aug 2013 | 04:49 pm
Spouses whose partners suffer from chronic pain may sleep poorly, according to researchers at Penn State, Duke University, the University of Pittsburgh and Kent State University. The researchers also ...
Slow earthquakes may foretell larger events 16 Aug 2013 | 12:35 am
Monitoring slow earthquakes may provide a basis for reliable prediction in areas where slow quakes trigger normal earthquakes, according to Penn State geoscientists. "We currently don't have any way t...
Penn State set to open Census Research Data Center 15 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
Penn State will be home to one of 16 U.S. Census Research Data Centers beginning in January 2014. The centers provide approved researchers access to economic and census data that are currently restric...
Researchers study how to accurately measure a city's greenhouse gas emissions 15 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
A team of researchers from Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and several other universities has been testing a method for capturing readings of greenhouse gases in an urban atmosphere...
