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Penn State team explores creative solutions for health provider safety

A rapidly evolving initiative seeks to design and scale-up solutions to guard health care workers against COVID-19.

AP: Sprint and T-Mobile merge, creating new wireless giant

Mobile carrier T-Mobile has completed the takeover of smaller rival Sprint, creating a new wireless giant that rivals AT&T and Verizon in...

CNN: What happens in the 4th wave of the pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic is already in its third disruptive wave in the United States. First came a few cases on the...

Faculty commentary with Richard Curtin: Reduced consumer spending will outlast coronavirus

Richard Curtin is director of the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers, which conducts national monthly surveys of consumer attitudes, expectations and behavior....

HOW TO TEACH REMOTELY

Compare online classes to lobsters. For years, they were distrusted and/or reviled. Now, they’re refined and in high demand.

Physical force alone spurs gene expression, study reveals

Cells will ramp up gene expression in response to physical forces alone, a new study finds. Gene activation, the first step...

Penn State announces 2020 University-wide faculty and staff awards

Each year, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. These awards highlight many of the...

As many labs go quiet, research to find a coronavirus therapy ramps up

Virologists Susan Weiss, Sara Cherry, and others at the Perelman School of Medicine are collaborating to inform the search for therapies against...

BBC: K-Pop star sorry for coronavirus April fool’s joke

K-pop star Kim Jaejoong has apologised for posting on Instagram that he was in hospital having contracted Covid-19, admitting it was an...