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Mar 17, 2025
Graduate students to present their journeys in science
Graduate students Nazifa Tabassum and Katie Yan are this year's I AM STEM contest winners. They will serve at this year's keynote speakers for ENVISION on Saturday, March 29, where they will share their experiences in STEM and provide advice to middle school and high school students eager to get involved as scientists.
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Mar 04, 2025
Synthetic microbiome therapy suppresses bacterial infection without antibiotics
Precise, targeted treatment using limited strains of gut bacteria effectively protected against C. difficile infection, severe symptoms and recurrent infections in mice.
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Mar 03, 2025
'Growing Impact' discusses environmental contaminants, human health
The latest episode of Growing Impact discusses how environmental contaminants affect human health, a research focus for Penn State professors Andrew Patterson and Costas Maranas.
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Feb 28, 2025
Penn State Ag student Auja Bywater wins global research award
Auja Bywater, a doctoral student in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been awarded second prize in the Global Challenges University Alliance (GCUA) 2030 research competition for her work titled “Improving Food Safety in Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems.”
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Feb 28, 2025
New computer vision system can guide specialty crops monitoring
The technology applies an internet of things and artificial intelligence to enhance controlled environment agriculture in advanced greenhouse scenario.
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Feb 20, 2025
Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken, kill major crop pest
The compounds, called flavonoids, have an insecticidal effect on corn earworm larvae.
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Feb 19, 2025
Feb. 24 EarthTalks: Cross-disciplinary collaboration employing stakeholder input
Camelia Kantor, associate director of strategic initiatives at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and associate research professor at Penn State, will give the talk, “Bridging Worlds: How Geography and Nematology Research Converge Through Stakeholder Input,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, in 112 Walker Building at Penn State University Park. Talk will also be available via Zoom.
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Feb 11, 2025
Sustainable Labs Program increases participant engagement, welcomes new labs
Two upcoming virtual sessions will cover how labs can learn more and join next year’s cohort.
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Feb 04, 2025
Novel ‘living’ biomaterial aims to advance regenerative medicine
A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State.
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Jan 28, 2025
Researchers recognized for excellence by Institute of Energy and the Environment
The Institute of Energy and the Environment recognized six Penn State faculty members for their research excellence.
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