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The results of this study strongly suggest that Native Americans did, indeed, extensively use fire to manage their environment and both directly and indirectly promoted fire-adapted trees such as oak and beech. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

May 08, 2025

Cultural burning by Indigenous peoples increased oak in forests near settlements

New study shows fire-tolerant trees were more abundant around historic Native American villages in southern New England

 Réka Albert, Evan Pugh University Professor and professor of physics and biology at Penn State, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. She pioneered network science, a method that involves studying systems as networks, where individual components — like people, proteins or genes — are represented as "nodes," and their interactions are depicted as "edges." This approach led to new ways to visualize and analyze the intricate web of connections in various systems.​ Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

May 07, 2025

Biological physicist Réka Albert elected to National Academy of Sciences

Réka Albert, Evan Pugh University Professor and professor of physics and biology at Penn State, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

 The findings may have implications for policymakers hoping to make these conservation programs more impactful, according to the researchers. Credit: Jon Flobrant/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

May 07, 2025

Some water conservation programs may get more value by targeting rural farms

Conservation programs aimed at boosting environmentally friendly practices by incentivizing farmers may get more bang for their buck by targeting rural farms rather than more urban ones, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State.

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The results of this study strongly suggest that Native Americans did, indeed, extensively use fire to manage their environment and both directly and indirectly promoted fire-adapted trees such as oak and beech. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

May 08, 2025

Cultural burning by Indigenous peoples increased oak in forests near settlements

New study shows fire-tolerant trees were more abundant around historic Native American villages in southern New England

 Réka Albert, Evan Pugh University Professor and professor of physics and biology at Penn State, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. She pioneered network science, a method that involves studying systems as networks, where individual components — like people, proteins or genes — are represented as "nodes," and their interactions are depicted as "edges." This approach led to new ways to visualize and analyze the intricate web of connections in various systems.​ Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

May 07, 2025

Biological physicist Réka Albert elected to National Academy of Sciences

Réka Albert, Evan Pugh University Professor and professor of physics and biology at Penn State, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

 The findings may have implications for policymakers hoping to make these conservation programs more impactful, according to the researchers. Credit: Jon Flobrant/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

May 07, 2025

Some water conservation programs may get more value by targeting rural farms

Conservation programs aimed at boosting environmentally friendly practices by incentivizing farmers may get more bang for their buck by targeting rural farms rather than more urban ones, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State.

 By extending egg production in broiler breeder hens, farmers may be able to reduce flock turnover, improve animal welfare and increase efficiency, according to researchers at Penn State. Credit: Hispanolistic/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

May 07, 2025

Common diabetes drug helps chickens lay more eggs

Metformin, a drug commonly prescribed to humans, could be a game-changer for farms and food production, researchers said.

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Tuesday May

13

From Stem Cell to Tissue: Development at the Plant Shoot Apical Meristem

Distinguished Lectures in Life Science

Friday May

16

Center for RNA Molecular Biology (CRMB) Symposium

Center for RNA Molecular Biology

Thursday May

29

Center for Pollinator Research Symposium

Events

Tuesday May

13

From Stem Cell to Tissue: Development at the Plant Shoot Apical Meristem

Distinguished Lectures in Life Science

Friday May

16

Center for RNA Molecular Biology (CRMB) Symposium

Center for RNA Molecular Biology

Thursday May

29

Center for Pollinator Research Symposium

Friday May

30

Symposium: Exploring Life at the Single-Molecule Level

Center for Cellular Dynamics