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Physiological changes in late pregnancy such as higher systemic inflammation can lead to adverse effects, among them poorer health and low milk production, the researchers said. Credit: Photo by Carolien van Oijen on Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

February 20, 2025

Simple treatment may reduce inflammation and its side effects in expecting cows
New research lends insight into the regulatory control of gene expression in the deadliest of the malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum, and provides opportunities for the development of new therapeutic approaches against the disease. PfSnf2L, in red, is an essential malaria parasite protein for developing from the asexual ring to the sexual transmission stage — shown at top with the arrow illustrating the trajectory of various stages of sexual development. When the PfSnf2L enzyme is inhibited by the small molecule, NH125, in green, this leads to disordered DNA packaging. Changes in DNA packaging with active — the white line — and inactive PfSnf2L enzyme — the blue line — are depicted. When the DNA packaging is disrupted, the necessary information for parasite development can no longer be read out and the malaria parasites die thereby blocking transmission. Credit: Längst and Kannan Venugopal/Marti laboratory. All Rights Reserved.

February 19, 2025

Disrupting parasite gene regulation reveals new malaria intervention strategy
The flavonoids that provide insecticide-like protection to some corn lines against corn earworm larvae also provide pigments to the plants that show up in the silks, husks and kernels. Pictured here are the lines used in the research. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 19, 2025

Select corn lines contain compounds that sicken, kill major crop pest

February 19, 2025

Cicadas, a land lobster to humans and delicacy for animals and fish, to emerge in Pa.

February 19, 2025

A New Study Pinpointed Exactly How To Calculate Your Biological Age

February 19, 2025

Penn State researchers find prunes may protect your bones
The Penn State Climate Consortium has awarded five workshops as a part of its Climate Solutions Accelerator Program to foster impactful research and bring effective climate solutions to communities in Pennsylvania and around the world. Credit: Brenna Buck. All Rights Reserved.

February 19, 2025

Penn State Climate Consortium awards 5 workshops focused on climate solutions

February 19, 2025

Penn State Leads Fight Against Phorid Flies in Mushrooms
Thomas Gould and Carlos Novoa in Gould's laboratory at Penn State University Park. Credit: Dennis Maney / Penn State. Creative Commons

February 18, 2025

Young adults may be more vulnerable to nicotine addiction than the middle aged

February 18, 2025

Some global Penn State research is on hold after USAID funding freeze
Camelia Kantor, associate director of strategic initiatives at the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and associate research professor at Penn State, will give the talk, “Bridging Worlds: How Geography and Nematology Research Converge Through Stakeholder Input,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, in 112 Walker Building at Penn State University Park. Credit: Camelia Kantor. All Rights Reserved.

February 18, 2025

Feb. 24 EarthTalks: Cross-disciplinary collaboration employing stakeholder input
Luke Reynolds, a doctoral degree student in entomology at Penn State, pauses while conducting research in a growing room at a mushroom farm. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 18, 2025

Penn State researchers developing strategies to diminish mushroom phorid flies

February 17, 2025

PA farmers urged to minimize manure input on fields during winter
Penn State's Office of Faculty Affairs has named 10 distinguished professors for 2025. The distinguished professor or distinguished librarian title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the University. Credit: Curtis Chan / Penn State. Creative Commons

February 17, 2025

Penn State names 10 new distinguished professors for 2025
Alex Storm, left, coordinator of the forest technology associate degree program at Penn State Mont Alto, and Laura Leites, research professor of quantitative forest ecology and assistant dean for access and equity in the College of Agricultural Sciences, are working together to provide undergraduate research opportunities. Credit: Michael Houtz / Penn State. Creative Commons

February 14, 2025

Growing people and forests: The power of undergraduate research

February 13, 2025

Bird flu cases on the rise in Pa. as the state expands testing, containment efforts

February 13, 2025

Most Efficient Solar Panels for 2025: US Customers Still Waiting on Record-Setting Panel

February 13, 2025

‘I’m going to change everyone’s life on here’: People say avocado seed and alcohol hack actually relieves pain

February 13, 2025

Why birds need to hear themselves sing—and what it teaches us about human language
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February 13, 2025

Team Dynamics course to be available for Huck graduate students in Fall 2025
A research team at Penn State has developed generative models much like ChatGPT to create accurate birdsongs, which could improve understanding of the structure of birdsong and its underlying neurobiology and lend insight in the neural mechanisms of human language. Credit: Zachery Jin. All Rights Reserved.

February 12, 2025

ChatGPT for birdsong may shed light on how language is wired in the human brain
Robert Sainburg Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 12, 2025

Sainburg named fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology

February 12, 2025

Why you should worry less about ultra-processed foods
“Tres Comunidades, Un Rio: Life within Peru’s urban Amazonian floodplains" showcases photography, community drawings and research data to portray the relocation, biodiversity, One Health perspective, connections to nature and the overall strength of three floating and stilted communities along the Amazon River in Iquitos, Peru. Credit: Gemina Garland-Lewis. All Rights Reserved.

February 11, 2025

Stuckeman School exhibition to showcase urban floodplain communities in Peru