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December 10, 2024

WHO recommends universal introduction for rubella vaccination
Through studies on rats, a team of researchers at Penn State has pinpointed the exact moment of loss of consciousness due to anesthesia, mapping what happens in different brain regions during that moment. Credit: Provided by Nanyin Zhang . All Rights Reserved.

December 10, 2024

Brain mechanisms underpinning loss of consciousness identified
The awards ceremony was held Nov. 19 to celebrate a year of outstanding success and accomplishments in research. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

December 10, 2024

College of Ag Sciences celebrates faculty, staff achievements in research
Schematic of cortical microcircuit showing connections of interneurons and output neurons

December 10, 2024

Relieving chronic stress in the brains of male and female mice
The nine-acre Sustainability Experience Center lies on the edge of Penn State’s University Park campus and provides a living laboratory for students, faculty and the community to research and learn about sustainability. The site is home to the campus Community Garden and five ongoing research and outreach projects hosted by various departments and colleges at the University. Credit: Penn State Sustainability. All Rights Reserved.

December 10, 2024

Penn State ranks second in the US in 2025 QS sustainability rankings
WHO recommends universal introduction for rubella vaccination

December 10, 2024

WHO recommends universal introduction for rubella vaccination
Keefe Manning, Penn State professor of biomedical engineering with a courtesy appointment as a professor of surgery, was elected fellow of the American Heart Association by the association's stroke council. Credit: Poornima Tomy/Penn State . All Rights Reserved.

December 09, 2024

Biomedical engineering professor elected American Heart Association Fellow
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December 09, 2024

The stories that defined 2024 for the One Health Microbiome Center at Penn State
Inhye Kim, an assistant research professor of biomedical engineering at Penn State, works in the lab at the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building at University Park. Credit: Poornima Tomy/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

December 06, 2024

Tracking immune cell brain cancer therapies with ultrasound

December 05, 2024

The Bird Flu Virus Is One Mutation Away from Getting More Dangerous
Aditya Sapre, a doctoral student studying chemical engineering, participates in the 2024 Three Minute Thesis competition. Sapre would go on to take home first place at the Penn State competition last spring. Credit: Jillian Wesner / Fox Graduate School at Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

December 04, 2024

Finalists named for Penn State 2024-25 Three Minute Thesis competition

December 03, 2024

Better habitats for forest farming wild leeks could help future foraging demands
Researchers printed a centimeter cube cartilage construct via high-throughput Integrated Tissue Fabrication System for Bioprinting (HITS-Bio). Credit: Courtesy of Ozbolat Lab at Penn State / Penn State. Creative Commons

December 03, 2024

New bioprinting technique creates functional tissue 10x faster
Mónica Medina, third from right, and Julian Prieto, first on left, participate in a COP16 panel discussion on coral reef conservation after a screening of the movie "Saving Atlantis" at the Museum of Art La Tertulia. Credit: Mónica Medina. All Rights Reserved.

December 02, 2024

Q&A: Penn State COP16 delegation contributes to biodiversity efforts
Fossil evidence is reshaping the understanding of modern forest management practices used in Australian rainforests, according to researchers

December 02, 2024

Q&A: What fossils reveal about ancient Australian forests and fire

November 29, 2024

State begins testing milk to prevent avian flu outbreak
Penn State and U.S. National Science Foundation representatives cut a ribbon celebrating the official launch of the U.S. National Science Foundation National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences (NCEMS) with the Penn State Nittany Lion mascot. The NCEMS launch took place on Monday, Nov. 18, and provided information about open calls for working groups, fellowships and internships, as well as a growth trajectory over the next five years. Credit: Keith Hickey/Huck Institutes. All Rights Reserved.

November 27, 2024

Heard on Campus: Launch of new center in molecular and cellular sciences, NCEMS
Xiaojun “Lance” Lian, associate professor of biomedical engineering and of biology at Penn State, will work on generating universal donor stem cells through genome editing of pluripotent stem cells in his lab. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

November 26, 2024

$2.6M grant to advance potential stem cell-based heart disease treatment
Biochar comprises organic waste material and is made by pyrolysis, a process that involves heating the organic material in a limited oxygen environment. Credit: Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

November 26, 2024

Researchers to study how to make carbon-storing product safer, more sustainable
The agroforestry practice of forest farming may be a solution to conservation challenges surrounding the wild exploitation of ramps, often called wild leeks, but it requires proper site selection to be successful. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

November 26, 2024

Better habitats for forest farming wild leeks could help future foraging demands
The researchers said they hope their recent findings will give homeowners the confidence to participate in tick management around their homes and yards. Credit: Dillon Fancher/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

November 25, 2024

Tick tubes help reduce the parasites on mice, but time and frequency matters
To recognize Penn State for its impactful cacao and chocolate research, the government of Ecuador gifted a replica of an ancient ceramic vessel containing remnants of cacao dating back 5,300 years. Present at the ceremony were, from left, Monica Sanchez, minister of the foreign service, Ecuador; Soledad Peña, office of deputy chief of mission, Embassy of Ecuador; Cristian Espinosa, ambassador of Ecuador in the United States; Mark Gultinan, professor of plant molecular biology and director of the Penn State Plant Institute; Siela Maximova, research professor of biotechnology and director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Penn State Global; Mariuxi Cárdenas Rodas, cultural and educational attaché; and Deanna Behring, assistant dean and director, Ag Sciences Global. Credit: Daryl Branford. All Rights Reserved.

November 22, 2024

Penn State receives replica of historic ceramic vessel from Ecuador government
Research team leader Heather Preisendanz, professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Penn State, deploys a sampling device in Spruce Creek to detect contaminants of emerging concern in the water. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

November 22, 2024

Alternate stream water-testing method detects emerging contaminants
Igor Aronson, Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Mathematics, and his co-principal investigator Erwin Frey, professor of physics at Ludwin-Maximilians Universität in Munich, Germany, received a $1,058,000 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to advance this research by considering different populations of agents, how they evolve and the different characteristics of such agents. The research team is focused on understanding how simple interactions between microrobots lead to complex, or intelligent-like behavior such as threat detection, disassembling and reorganizing on signal, and shape retention. Credit: Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

November 22, 2024

Q&A: How does ‘collective intelligence’ emerge among tiny robots?