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July 08, 2020

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

July 08, 2020

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

July 07, 2020

Custom nanoparticle regresses tumors when exposed to light

July 07, 2020

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

July 06, 2020

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

July 06, 2020

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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July 02, 2020

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.

July 02, 2020

How to manage plant pests and diseases in your victory garden
The Effects of Race, edited by Nina G. Jablonski and Gerhard Maré

July 02, 2020

Why does racism prevail? Leading scholars apply their minds
Different wavelengths of light register as different colors in an animal’s visual system. Top is the human view; bottom is a dog’s eye view.

July 02, 2020

Do dogs really see in just black and white?
Seed Grant Info Graphic depicting $300K from CSRE, $300K in matching funds, 13 projects funded, 30 Penn State researchers

July 02, 2020

Center for Security Research and Education announces seed grant awardees

July 01, 2020

Politicians, scientists back masks: They work
Sally Mackenzie is shown in a field surrounded by plants.

July 01, 2020

As climate change makes growing seasons less predictable, scientists dig into a novel approach to boosting crop resilience
A cuckoo bee, a native member of the Apidae family, visits a flower for nectar on Mt. Nittany in Centre County.

June 30, 2020

Checklist of Pa. bees documents 49 new species and some that may be endangered
Fish swimming around a coral reef

June 29, 2020

Coral Researchers Recognized for Significant Contributions to Field

June 29, 2020

Autonomous robot equipped with UVC lights neutralises 90 per cent of coronavirus particles on surfaces and can disinfect an entire warehouse in 30 minutes
Penn State announced that students will return to in-person instruction in the fall — as a result, university faculty and staff will make a return as well.

June 29, 2020

Penn State faculty members express concerns regarding university’s fall reopening plan
Americans’ ultra-processed diet is fueling obesity across the world.

June 27, 2020

Obesity: America’s number one export?
Vice President Mike Pence takes questions from the press during the White House Coronavirus Task Force meeting on June 26, 2020.

June 26, 2020

The Coronavirus Task Force Reemerges After 2 Months, With Bad News and No President in Sight
Before the coronavirus hit, a "Now Hiring" signs hangs at the Corner Room, which stands at the intersection where town and gown meet in State College. The mayor of State College says it's unclear how rules like mask-wearing and social distancing can be enforced when students cross College Avenue from the Penn State campus into downtown State College.

June 26, 2020

Penn State Plans To Share COVID-19 Numbers, But Concerns Remain In Borough About Student Behavior
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June 25, 2020

Podcast unpacks global, open-source PPE manufacturing and sterilization effort
Given that thousands of craft breweries around the country have been very successful in selling a near-endless variety of India pale ales — better known as IPAs — researchers wanted to see if consumers could differentiate different bitters in a real food such as beer. IMAGE: GETTYIMAGES SEMENOVP

June 24, 2020

Consumers can distinguish between bitter tastes in beer -- doesn’t alter liking
Genes in copy number variant (CNV) regions of the human genome typically associated with neurodevelopment caused defects in both the fly eye (neuronal) and wing (non-neuronal) tissues, although the severity did not correlate between the two tissues. CNV genes globally affect biological processes important for development, leading to different effects across multiple organs. IMAGE: GIRIRAJAN LABORATORY, PENN STATE

June 24, 2020

Genes affecting brains and brawn?
New results suggest that conservation efforts to open up overgrown snake habitat do provide more opportunities for pregnant timber rattlesnakes to reach temperatures necessary for embryos to develop, as intended. Here, a mother snake watches over her young. IMAGE: CHRISTOPHER CAMACHO

June 23, 2020

Sunnier but riskier