News
Mar 22, 2016
Microfluidic devices gently rotate small organisms and cells
A method to rotate single particles, cells or organisms using acoustic waves in a microfluidic device will allow researchers to take three dimensional images with only a cell phone.
Full Article
Mar 16, 2016
Keeping ribosomes stuck may stop virulent bacteria strain in its tracks
Compounds that stop a cellular rescue operation for stuck ribosomes may bolster the nation's defenses against biowarfare and bioterrorism, as well as create alternative antibiotics to handle increasingly resistant pathogens, according to a team of researchers.
Full Article
Mar 16, 2016
DJs, drones and the sounds of data featured at 2016 Polar Day on March 22
The weather may be warming with spring on the horizon, but ice will be center stage at Penn State’s annual Polar Day on March 22, 2016 on the University Park campus.
Full Article
Mar 07, 2016
Announcing the Huck Institutes' Integrated Safety Plan (ISP) initiative
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has established a group to develop an Integrated Safety Plan (ISP), which aims to engage all in ensuring a safe work environment for employees and visitors, alike.
Full Article
Mar 02, 2016
Gorilla and human Y chromosomes are highly similar, new method reveals
A new, less expensive, and faster method has been developed to determine the DNA sequence of the male-specific Y chromosome in the gorilla.
Full Article
Mar 02, 2016
Data-sharing video library aids developmental studies
The first large-scale, open data-sharing video library is expanding at a rapid pace, providing developmental researchers at Penn State and across the world unprecedented access to data in a rich, new way.
Full Article
Feb 29, 2016
Second annual Penn State Addiction Symposium set for April 4
The second annual Penn State Addiction Symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, April 4, in the Junker Auditorium on the Penn State Hershey campus.
Full Article
Feb 29, 2016
Demirel receives proof-of-concept grant
Melik Demirel, professor of engineering science and mechanics is one of four researchers receiving a QED Proof-Of-Concept grant from the University City Science Center in Philadelphia.
Full Article
Feb 18, 2016
Fruits, vegetables, "farm-to-fork continuum" vital to cancer prevention
After decades of research aimed at improving the yield, appearance and safety of fruits, vegetables and grains, it's time to focus science on the health benefits those foods can provide, according to a cancer researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Full Article
Feb 15, 2016
Impact of climate change on parasite infections depends on host immunity
New research demonstrates how climate change and the immune reaction of the infected individual can affect the long-term and seasonal dynamics of parasite infections.
Full Article