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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

February 13, 2025

Most Efficient Solar Panels for 2025: US Customers Still Waiting on Record-Setting Panel
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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
Kathleen Hill, director of the Center for Science and the Schools, and teaching professor of science education, will give the talk, “Center for Science and the Schools: Translating STEM Research to Improve K-12 Education,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, February 17, in 112 Walker Building on the University Park campus. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 11, 2025

Feb. 17 EarthTalks: Translating STEM research to improve K-12 education
2024 My Green Lab Consultants Zaman Ataie and Ananya Gollakota check the expiration date on a chemical bottle. Credit: Lydia Vandenbergh. All Rights Reserved.

February 10, 2025

Sustainable Labs Program increases participant engagement, welcomes new labs
Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

February 09, 2025

NIH cost recovery update
A native bee sits on a purple flower on the left, while a honey bee sits on a yellow flower on the right. Credit: Provided by Margarita López-Uribe. All Rights Reserved.

February 06, 2025

Native bee populations can bounce back after honey bees move out
Many commercial biological age tests collect genetic information through saliva samples or oral swabs. For accurate measurements, however, blood samples are typically necessary according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Biobehavioral Health. Credit: dusanpetkovic/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

February 05, 2025

Understanding aging requires more than counting birthdays
The flexible sensor, ideal for use in the human body, uses laser-induced graphene to simultaneously but separately measure temperature and strain, potentially enabling better wound healing monitoring by providing clearer insights into inflammation and recovery. Credit: Jennifer M. McCann. All Rights Reserved.

February 05, 2025

New smart sensor takes the pain out of wound monitoring
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February 05, 2025

Supportive co-parenting may help secure infant attachment development
Researchers visit the Laguna del Hunco fossil rainforest site in Argentina. Credit: L. Alejandro Giraldo. All Rights Reserved.

February 04, 2025

Fossils show leaf-eating insects tracked gum trees for millions of years

February 04, 2025

Cholesterol levels could be slashed with this chocolate treat
Carolyn Mahan, professor of biology and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, and Mike Retterer of Pheasants Forever explain the research approach to understanding habitat management along the Falcon Pipeline Right-of-Way in southwestern Pennsylvania. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 03, 2025

Penn State, Shell collaboration funds environmental research project
A new biomaterial developed by Penn State engineers mimics a key building block of human tissue, extracellular matrices, which act like scaffolding and enable cells to heal after damage. Credit: Sheikhi Research Group/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

February 03, 2025

Novel ‘living’ biomaterial aims to advance regenerative medicine
Vitamin D levels are important for women who might become pregnant or are in the early stages of pregnancy, according to researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences. Credit: AndreyPopov/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

February 03, 2025

Vitamin D matters during first trimester, researchers find
Nina Jablonski, Atherton Professor and Evan Pugh University Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Penn State. Credit: Courtesy of Nina Jablonski. All Rights Reserved.

January 31, 2025

Anthropologist Nina Jablonski to deliver 2025 Darwin Day Lecture

January 31, 2025

Ozempic May Protect Against Alzheimer's

January 31, 2025

Penn State researchers use QR codes to track honeybee movements

January 31, 2025

What is it like to be a bee? These tiny QR tracking tags helped science find out