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May 13, 2025
Penn State submits declaration in response to proposed NSF funding cuts
Penn State has submitted a declaration in support of a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to seek to halt the NSF's proposed 15% indirect cost rate.
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May 08, 2025
Manufacturing PA Innovation Program funds two Stuckeman-led research projects
Two projects led by Stuckeman School architecture researchers have garnered grants through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Manufacturing PA Innovation Program
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May 08, 2025
First fossil evidence of endangered tropical tree discovered
The finding offers new insights into Asia’s rainforest history, researchers say.
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May 08, 2025
Cultural burning by Indigenous peoples increased oak in forests near settlements
New study shows fire-tolerant trees were more abundant around historic Native American villages in southern New England
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May 07, 2025
Some water conservation programs may get more value by targeting rural farms
Conservation programs aimed at boosting environmentally friendly practices by incentivizing farmers may get more bang for their buck by targeting rural farms rather than more urban ones, according to a study led by researchers at Penn State.
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May 07, 2025
Biological physicist Réka Albert elected to National Academy of Sciences
Réka Albert, Evan Pugh University Professor and professor of physics and biology at Penn State, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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May 07, 2025
Common diabetes drug helps chickens lay more eggs
Metformin, a drug commonly prescribed to humans, could be a game-changer for farms and food production, researchers said.
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May 02, 2025
The future of brain activity monitoring may look like a strand of hair
A new hairlike electrode makes long-term, high-quality EEG monitoring less cumbersome and inconspicuous.
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May 01, 2025
$2.7M NIH grant to fund first comprehensive syphilis test
In collaboration with his clinical partners at Penn State Health, Carle Foundation Hospital and University of Alabama Birmingham, Dipanjan Pan aims to develop a one-step confirmatory laboratory test that can definitively diagnose active syphilis infection within 10 minutes.
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May 01, 2025
Students, faculty find evidence of beech leaf disease in two state parks
Penn State Wilkes-Barre student and lecturer and Penn State Scranton student present research poster during Pennsylvania Academy of Science meeting.
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