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University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Iron furnaces that once dotted central Pennsylvania may have left a legacy of manganese enriched soils, according to Penn State geoscientists. This manganese can be toxic to trees, especially sugar maples, and other vegetation. (more)
Most scientists see members of their research team on a daily basis, but not Kasia Kordas. Kordas, an assistant professor of nutritional sciences at Penn State, always has been interested in working internationally and helping other institutions improve their own research programs. For four years she has been building up a research program in Montevideo, Uruguay, and the majority of her research takes place there today. Stationed at the Catholic University of Uruguay, researchers in Kordas' lab study the effect of iron deficiency and lead toxicity on behavioral and cognitive development in children. (more)
Iron is one of the more abundant metals on the planet and is an essential nutrient. Its major role is in the hemoglobin of red blood cells where it serves to carry oxygen to the tissues. Babies and women in particular have a need for adequate iron intake, but some people have more iron than they need due to an inherited problem of iron metabolism -- hereditary hemochromatosis or HH. (more)
