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Scott Selleck, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, studies neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in hopes of finding a way to stop their progression. Credit: Michelle Bixby/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

June 25, 2025

Q&A: The quest to halt neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease

June 25, 2025

GPS collars on Pa. deer answer variety of questions on when, where deer usually move
Charlie Anderson headshot

June 25, 2025

Charlie Anderson to lead plant biology intercollege graduate program
The study's findings could be used to help inform precision agriculture approaches to help conservation efforts, the researchers said. Credit: Freestocks/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

June 24, 2025

Warmer spots within fields have more blooms and more bees
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June 24, 2025

Nutritional sciences faculty receive national recognition for research
Members of the Shao Group, including, from left to right, Zhezheng Song, Tasfia Zahin, Mingfu Shao and Xiang Li, recently presented three papers at RECOMB, one of the top conferences in computational biology. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

June 24, 2025

Q&A: How does computer science advance biology?
From left are: Jill Hamilton, Wenrui Hao and Gustavo Nader Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 24, 2025

Huck announces 2025-26 Leadership Fellows
More than 30 researchers from seven Penn State colleges received seed funding from the Institute of Energy and the Environment to advance innovative, early-stage work addressing critical energy and environmental challenges. Credit: Brenna Buck. All Rights Reserved.

June 24, 2025

Ten interdisciplinary research teams awarded IEE seed grants
This herbicide-resistant pigweed was found growing in a Pennsylvania soybean field. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 23, 2025

Multistate herbicide-resistant weeds study aims to protect soybean crops

June 20, 2025

Brood XIV cicadas emerge in parts of Pennsylvania after 17 years
Queen bees emit a pheromone that attracts worker bees — the queen's daughters — to her side. Credit: Sean Bresnahan. All Rights Reserved.

June 20, 2025

How a genetic tug-of-war decides the fate of a honey bee

June 18, 2025

Study: 'Forever chemicals' detected in 65% of sampled private wells, 18% had levels beyond standards

June 17, 2025

Millions in Pennsylvania May Be Drinking Contaminated Water
Study first author Kelly Kosiarski, graduate student in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, packs boxes with water testing kits to send to study participants. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 16, 2025

‘Forever chemicals’ detected in 65% of sampled private wells in Pennsylvania
GAP funding provides principal investigators with essential support on technology commercialization, including intellectual property protection, go-to-market strategies, marketing assistance and connections to industry experts, along with feedback from industry professionals, investors and entrepreneurs. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 13, 2025

Eight Penn State research commercialization projects awarded GAP funding
Curtis Huttenhower is a professor of computational biology and bioinformatics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Credit: Provided by Curtis Huttenhower. All Rights Reserved.

June 12, 2025

Human microbiome pioneer to deliver World Microbiome Day lecture
Anton Bankevich and Yana Safonova, two assistant professors of computer science at Penn State, helped develop a specialized algorithm to analyze and verify complex genome sequences. Credit: Caleb Craig/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

June 11, 2025

Understanding us: Researchers apply algorithm to decode complex genome sequences

June 11, 2025

New study from landmark trial suggests avocados may play a role in sleep, a key factor in cardiovascular health
Study first author Yanxin Lin, left, and senior author Misha Kwasniewski examine the structure of the chemical catechin, an important polyphenol and building block of tannins. The new tannin-measurement method breaks large, complex structures into catechin ions and other fragments to characterize the original structure. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 11, 2025

‘Fingerprinting’ plant compounds helps explain food, drink tastes
The arc of health frameworks grew over time from one that siloed human, agricultural and environmental ecosystems from each other to a One Health structure that focused on pathogen spillovers shaping the risk of disease across ecosystems. An expanded vision of One Health microbiome sciences from Penn State incorporates the ecology of all microbes. It emphasizes that the flow of both disease-causing and health-promoting microbes links humans, environment and agriculture together to shape the sustainability of ecosystem wellness and resilience. This One Health framework intentionally unifies the microbiome sciences to advance core disciplinary theories and principles with cross-system validation and comparative studies, according to the researchers. Credit: Provided by the researchers. All Rights Reserved.

June 10, 2025

Q&A: Unifying the microbiome sciences for global health and sustainability

June 09, 2025

Edible and Biodegradable Packaging from Milk Protein and Plant Cellulose
Two Penn State doctoral students

June 09, 2025

Two Penn State doctoral students selected for industry internship in Germany
With a research portfolio encompassing biosensors, synthetic blood, advanced imaging and more, Dipanjan Pan aims to continuously innovate across disciplines. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 04, 2025

Huck Chair in Nanomedicine plans to take research from bench to bedside
Nikki Crowley, left, principal investigator and director of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute at University Park, Huck Early Career Chair in Neurobiology and Neural Engineering and assistant professor of biology and of biomedical engineering, and collaborator, Nanyin Zhang, right, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Brain Imaging and professor of biomedical engineering, along with other team members, will use a new five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the long-term effects of excess alcohol drinking during adolescence. Credit: Keith Hickey/Huck Institutes. All Rights Reserved.

June 04, 2025

$2.9M grant funds study on long-term effects adolescent binge drinking