Tag: Penn State
Girls who gain weight rapidly at childhood are more likely to be obese at...
High childhood BMI, especially in girls, is linked to obesity at the age of 24. This new discovery enlights the importance of prevention in childhood and...
Citrate based biomaterial fuel bone treatment with low rejection
Scientists used a material based on a natural product of bones and citrus fruit, called citrate to provide the extra energy that stem cells need...
Building a safer heart pump
The heart pumps, also known as a ventricular assist device to support heart function and blood flow in people who have weakened hearts. The...
Optimizing technologies to detect cancer cell mutations
Cancer cells frequently have transformations in their DNA that can give researchers hints about how the tumor began or which treatment might be best....
Water world planets could have stable climate, perhaps support life, study
According to a new study by the University of Chicago and Penn State, planets with water worlds could maintain surface conditions as like as...
Consuming iron-fortified grain improves students’ attention, memory
Iron deficiency remains the most prevalent micronutrient deficiency globally, but few studies have examined how iron status relates to cognition in adolescents.
Benefits of consuming...
Expecting a stressful day may lower cognitive abilities throughout the day
According to Penn State researchers, there may be some truth to the saying "getting up on the wrong side of the bed". A new...
Sintering atomically thin materials with ceramics now possible
Sintering is the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by heat or pressure without melting it to the point of...
Gut microbes may link with a protein to help regulate vitamin D
An accumulation of bacteria in the gut may utilize a cell signaling protein to help manage vitamin D, a key supplement that, among different...