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Matt Langland, who recently graduated from Penn State with a bachelor’s degree in environmental resource management, examines salt-encrusted soils in New Mexico's migratory bird habitats. Credit: Contributed photo. All Rights Reserved.

July 16, 2025

College of Ag Sciences grant program supports student learning, experiences
Nanyin Zhang, the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Chair in Brain Imaging and professor of biomedical engineering, of electrical engineering and of engineering science and mechanics; Patrick Drew, professor of engineering science and mechanics, of biomedical engineering, of neurosurgery and of biology; and Nikki Crowley, associate professor of biology and of biomedical engineering, Huck Early Career Chair in Neurobiology and Neural Engineering and director of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute at University Park, received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to gain insight into the purpose of dreams. Credit: Keith Hickey/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

July 16, 2025

When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health
Credit: Sharon Siegfried / Penn State. Creative Commons

July 15, 2025

Grant to help establish AI, health research lab at Harrisburg
Credit: Keith Hickey / Penn State. Creative Commons

July 15, 2025

Optical tweezers help elevate single-molecule research at Penn State
Apples

July 15, 2025

What if Pennsylvania apples disappeared?

July 14, 2025

Evening Pistachios Shift Gut Bacteria in People with Prediabetes
Graduate student Chad Smies and postdoctoral scholar Jiyeon “Joan” Baek manipulate a solution that will be used to visualize protein expression in the mouse brain. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

July 14, 2025

The breadth of the brain

July 10, 2025

Penn State research shows potential damaging effects of some fungicides
Researchers reconstructed a high-resolution 3D image of a tick-borne Powassan virus. Credit: Courtesy of the Hafenstein lab at the University of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.

July 09, 2025

Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time
A flexible, skin-like sensor can monitor movement and electrical signals inside the body, with the potential to aid healing and bladder control. Credit: Huanyu “Larry” Cheng and Jennifer M. McCann. All Rights Reserved.

July 09, 2025

Skin-like sensor monitors internal, external body movement, electrical signals

July 09, 2025

Penn State professors receive $2.9 million grant to research the effects of adolescent binge drinking
Study first author Maureen Kahiu, who earned her master’s degree from Penn State with this research project, maneuvers a light box on a research fairway, used to take closeup photos of turfgrass damage resulting from fungicides that golf course managers use to suppress diseases such as dollar spot. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

July 08, 2025

Fungicides intended to suppress turfgrass diseases may damage fairways
Postdoctoral fellow Laurel Seemiller studies the biology and long-term consequences of adolescent alcohol usage. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

July 08, 2025

Q&A: Does adolescent alcohol use impact future risk of addiction?
Jason Keagy, assistant research professor of wildlife behavioral ecology, is shown on the bank of an Icelandic lake holding a fish trap during a collection of threespined sticklebacks in a previous study. Credit: Janette Boughman. All Rights Reserved.

July 07, 2025

‘Scialog’ grant to study how rising ocean temperatures affect fish behavior

July 07, 2025

Penn State study finds toxic PFAS in 18% of private wells in Pennsylvania
Four emerging leaders in science and innovation have been selected for the inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State. The cohort includes a tenured faculty member, a recent doctoral graduate and two current Penn State graduate students. Credit: Curtis Chan / Penn State. Creative Commons

July 07, 2025

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State
Eating pistachios as a nightly snack for 12 weeks altered which bacteria lived in the digestive system of people with prediabetes, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State. Credit: Jose Calatrava Cano/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

July 07, 2025

Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

July 06, 2025

PestWatch Provides Updates to Vegetable Growers
The findings challenge previous beliefs that scientists can make assumptions about bees’ nutritional needs based on what they choose to consume, according to the researchers. Credit: Neringa Normantaite/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

July 02, 2025

What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match ideal diet

July 02, 2025

An avocado a day, keeps insomnia away: Here’s what study says
Credit: Curtis Chan / Penn State. Creative Commons

July 02, 2025

Eight graduate students receive U.S. National Science Foundation fellowships
ARISE students in the genetics and microbiome module learn how to extract, amplify and assess DNA quality in the the Department of Anthropology's new laboratory in the Susan Welch Liberal Arts Building. Credit: Penn State Department of Anthropology. All Rights Reserved.

July 01, 2025

ARISE program provides hands-on training to aspiring anthropologists
Dino Ravnic, professor of surgery, Huck Chair in Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Sciences at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, blends clinical expertise with technical innovation. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 30, 2025

Huck Chair builds regenerative medicine bridge from lab to surgical suite
Credit: Dani Zemba / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

June 30, 2025

Lab Bench to Commercialization program broadens its scope