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New genetic cause of blindness in dogs
Aguirre and Murgiano working in a lab with pipettes.

Gustavo D. Aguirre and Leonardo Murgiano of the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

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New genetic cause of blindness in dogs

In collaboration with a foundation that breeds service dogs for the visually impaired, researchers at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Padova in Padova, Italy, have identified a novel variant associated with progressive retinal atrophy in three Labrador retrievers.

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Tracing the connections between Chinese high-speed rail and electric vehicle sales
Two bullet trains sit side-by-side in a silver-and-white train station. The train closest to the camera has red markings on the side and top.

China’s high-speed bullet trains like this one at a station in Beijing are a significant factor in boosting electric vehicle sales, a new research paper says. 

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Tracing the connections between Chinese high-speed rail and electric vehicle sales

“Range anxiety” from electric vehicle owners can be alleviated by alternative transportation methods such as high-speed rail, Penn research shows.
School cell phone bans: Annenberg expert reframes the issue

School cell phone bans: Annenberg expert reframes the issue

PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton discusses school cell phone bans, how communities can encourage the safe use of smartphones, and the importance of embracing the positive aspects of life online.

Study challenges conventional thought on nurse continuity in ICUs
Empty hospital beds in an IC unit.

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Study challenges conventional thought on nurse continuity in ICUs

Research from Penn’s School of Nursing finds that the relationship between nurse continuity and patient outcomes is more complex than previously assumed.

From Penn Nursing News

How a ‘conspiracy mindset’ promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it
Four friends holding their face masks in their hands looking at the phone.

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How a ‘conspiracy mindset’ promotes acceptance of vaccine misinformation, and how to counter it

A new paper from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center analyzes data from three COVID-19 pandemic years and finds that those with conspiracy mindsets discount messages from sources they don’t trust; challenges to misinformation are most effective from their own trusted community.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city
Two ancient mosaics recently unearthed.

Underneath layers of built-up dirt, Mantha Zarmakoupi and colleagues began to uncover the tiled edge of at least two mosaics, spread across separate rooms dating back to the 3rd century BCE. One that stood out depicted two fighting cupids (top), figures of Eros, the Greek god of love, whose imagery is related to Dionysos, the Greek god of wine and the patron deity of Teos, with a major temple in the city.

(Image: Courtesy of Teos Archaeological Project)

Unearthing the secrets of an ancient Greek city

Classical archaeologist and architectural historian Mantha Zarmakoupi from the School of Arts & Sciences has spent the past four summers excavating the ruins of a city council building at the center of Teos in western Türkiye.

Marilyn Perkins

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