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When cyanobacteria live in low-light conditions, such as beneath a pond surface or under the leaf litter on a forest floor, some are able to switch from using the visible light that is most conducive to their growth and photosynthetic activities to harvesting the weaker, far-red sunlight that filters down to them. IMAGE: SHIREEN DOOLING, BIODESIGN INSTITUTE AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

February 05, 2020

Scientists solve structure enabling cyanobacteria to thrive in low light

February 05, 2020

DNA Damage Linked to Brain Overgrowth in Autism
According to a new study, the protein CSI1 and the alternating angle of the many layers that make up a cell’s wall, creating a herringbone pattern (left), are critical for cell growth. The cell wall layers of a mutant plant without the protein CSI1 are all oriented in the same direction (right), and the mutant’s growth is restricted. IMAGE: GU LAB, PENN STATE

February 04, 2020

Herringbone pattern in plant cell walls critical to cell growth
Jian Yang with a sample of his innovative wound dressing. IMAGE: TYLER HENDERSON

February 03, 2020

Academia-enterprise partnership aims to help people with diabetes

February 03, 2020

You won't catch coronavirus from packages from China: Experts say the highly-contagious virus that's infected more than 17,000 people worldwide survives only a few hours on surfaces

February 03, 2020

No, You Won't Catch The New Coronavirus Via Packages Or Mail From China

January 30, 2020

What is a super spreader? An infectious disease expert explains

January 30, 2020

Is the coronavirus outbreak as bad as SARS or the 2009 influenza pandemic? A biologist explains the clues
The Ecology Institute will hold three separate planning meetings and invites the University community to attend. IMAGE: BRENNA BUCK

January 30, 2020

Ecology Institute invites University community to attend planning meetings

January 29, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak: Window seat safest place to avoid potential transmission on flight: study

January 28, 2020

Traveling by Airplane? Sit Here to Avoid Catching Coronavirus
Dan people, Liberia and Ivory Coast, "Face Mask (tanka gle)," 20th century, wood, 8 5/8 x 5 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches. ­­ IMAGE: COLLECTION OF ALLEN AND BARBARA DAVIS.

January 27, 2020

Palmer Museum of Art premieres new exhibition of African art
Xin Zhang IMAGE: PENN STATE

January 27, 2020

Zhang receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award

January 24, 2020

Penn State Offering IMPACT Seed Grants To Support Biotechnology R&D

January 22, 2020

Insecticides Have Become More Toxic To Bees Over The Last 20 Years

January 22, 2020

Collectors find plenty of bees but far fewer species than in the 1950s
Researchers found that perfluorooctane sulfonate altered the composition of the mouse microbiome and the metabolism of the bacterial communities in their guts. IMAGE: © ISTOCK PHOTO / ROYALTYSTOCKPHOTO

January 21, 2020

Persistent environmental contaminant changes the gut microbiome of mice

January 21, 2020

Study: Walnuts Good For Gut Bacteria, Lower Heart Disease Risk
Researchers found that insecticide toxicity has increased over the last 20 years. IMAGE: NICK SLOFF, PENN STATE

January 21, 2020

Insecticides becoming more toxic to honey bees

January 21, 2020

Walnuts Promote Heart Healthy Microbiome
Hetian Hu, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, holds bacterial cellulose.

January 20, 2020

Center Seeks Proposals for 2020 IMPACT Seed Grants in Industrial Biotechnology

January 19, 2020

Why getting enough vitamin D in wintertime is so important

January 17, 2020

Penn State Professor’s Diet Plan Ranked Second-Best For Weight Loss

January 16, 2020

Why you need more Vitamin D in the winter