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Bill Nye Breaks Down The Science Behind Skin Color, Points Out 'We’re All One Species'

The Salis Lab at Penn State University created thousands of highly non-repetitive genetic parts for engineering organisms with much greater genetic stability, using a newly developed algorithm that uses graph theory to solve a challenging computational problem. IMAGE: HOWARD SALIS

Researchers offer solution for one of synthetic biology's biggest problems

Gary Thompson will step down July 31 as associate dean for research in the College of Agricultural Sciences to become executive director of the Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors. IMAGE: PENN STATE

Gary Thompson leaves his mark on Penn State's agricultural research enterprise

How to manage plant pests and diseases in your coronavirus victory garden

How Viruses Evolve

Fact check: Paper bags and other decoy nests do not deter wasps

Here are some top coronavirus risks when flying

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Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on connecting medical providers

Most IPA Beer Drinkers Share a Common Personality Trait, According to New Study

The Penn State Ecology Institute announced a call for proposals for the 2020 Flower Grant program. IMAGE: BRENNA BUCK

Ecology Institute announces grant recipients

The Greatest Coronavirus Risks When You Fly

How do you deal with people who refuse to wear a mask? Experts weigh in with advice

While blue-winged warblers have predominantly yellow underparts, golden-winged warblers have white bellies and a black throat patch and face mask. Hybrid offspring of blue-winged and golden-winged warblers have a mix of coloration from the two parent species, and can thus be used to help identify which parts of the genome are associated with which color patterns. IMAGE: DAVID TOEWS, PENN STATE

What determines a warbler's colors?

Love IPAs? You’re Probably a Risk-Taker Too, According to Science

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Huck Institutes tackles pandemic with true 'We Are' spirit

Over time goldenrod plants and the gall flies that feed on them have been one-upping each other in an ongoing competition for survival. Now, a team of researchers has discovered that by detecting the plants’ chemical defenses, the insects may have taken the lead. IMAGE: ERIC YIP, PENN STATE

Gall fly outmaneuvers host plant in game of 'Spy vs. Spy'

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Podcast explores COVID-19 messaging’s effects on perceptions, anxieties and behaviors

Researchers gauge the effect of protests and reopenings on reviving the pandemic

A team of Penn State researchers is collaborating on a potential new method to treat cancer by delivering a unique nanoparticle to a localized cancerous area in mice and activating the treatment through light exposure.IMAGE: ADOBE STOCK

Custom nanoparticle regresses tumors when exposed to light

Ticks - biology, threats, protections - are focus of 10-week Penn State webinar series

Image of Virgil writing a poem from "The Georgics: Book IV." IMAGE: THE GEORGICS: BOOK IV

Virgil inspires donor to create endowed professorship in College of Ag Sciences

Coronavirus update: An antibody cocktail gets a final test, COVID-19’s death rate could be twice as high as earlier estimates

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Newly acquired Leica SP8 DIVE Multiphoton Microscope enables deep in vivo imaging

Plant pathologist Carolee Bull works in her home garden in State College, Pennsylvania.

How to manage plant pests and diseases in your victory garden