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November 13, 2024

Is It Time to Worry About Bird Flu?

November 13, 2024

This 2-step hack to reduce the calories in white rice is going viral — and dietitians say it actually works
Three Penn State researchers have be selected to receive grants from the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation. From left: Grayson Sipe, assistant professor of biology, was selected to receive a New Investigator grant; and David Radice, associate professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics, and Romit Maulik, assistant professor of information sciences and technology, were selected to receive a New Initiatives grant. Credit: Provided. All Rights Reserved.

November 13, 2024

Three Penn State researchers awarded scientific grants from Kaufman Foundation
Suk Lan Ser, winner of the first-place graduate poster prize, presents her research at the Biology and Ecology Student Research Showcase on Nov. 1, 2024. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

November 11, 2024

Biology and Ecology Student Research Showcase winners announced
A consistent bedtime will help children fall asleep at the same time, according to researchers in the College of Health and Human Development and College of Medicine. Credit: Getty Images - Jecapix. All Rights Reserved.

November 11, 2024

Consistent bedtime linked with better child emotion and behavior regulation

November 08, 2024

Penn State’s chemical engineering program celebrates 100 years
Nanyin Zhang, the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Brain Imaging and professor of biomedical engineering at Penn State. Credit: Poornima Tomy/Penn State . All Rights Reserved.

November 08, 2024

Uncharted territory: A Q&A with Nanyin Zhang on mapping brain activity

November 08, 2024

Can Ozempic Make You A Better Runner?
The novel Cleavage High-throughput Assay (CHiTA) developed at Penn State provides a scarless method to characterize thousands of diverse small self-cleaving RNA enzymes, called twister ribozymes, in a single experiment. The image shows 2D models of some of the tested ribozymes that had imperfections in their helical and loop elements but were still active, demonstrating that twister ribozyme's ability to self-cleave is tolerant of these slight structural imperfections. Credit: Lauren McKinley and Philip Bevilacqua / Penn State. Creative Commons

November 05, 2024

Testing thousands of RNA enzymes helps find first ‘twister ribozyme’ in mammals
The oral microbiome differs with lifestyle, according to a new study led by Penn State biologists. The research team gathered saliva samples from Nepali people over a range of subsistence strategies— from nomadic hunter gatherers to farmers to industrialized groups. Credit: Aashish Jha/New York University Abu Dhabi. All Rights Reserved.

November 05, 2024

Microbes in mouth reflect lifestyle choices
Jonathan Lynch in Mozambique reviewing a bean experiment with (from left) Celestina Jochua, Magalhaes Miguel and Soares Xerinda, all of whom are scientists with the Mozambican government, who earned their doctoral degrees under Lynch's supervision at Penn State. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

November 05, 2024

Distinguished professor in plant nutrition retires after long, impactful career
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November 04, 2024

Nutritional sciences researchers receive funds from McCormick Science Institute

November 03, 2024

More evidence mounts for water fern azolla as global food insecurity solution
Rangelands offer potential for natural climate solutions — storing vast quantities of carbon in rangeland soils while also supporting the livelihoods of communities. Credit: Conservation South Africa. All Rights Reserved.

October 31, 2024

$1.3M NSF grant to fund research into restoration of degraded ecosystems
Using a new method to turn stripped-down plant cells into other types of cells, a team led by Sarah Pfaff, postdoctoral scholar in biology at Penn State, explored how structures called banding patterns in cell walls can increase their stability. They also studied how the assembly of these patterns goes astray in mutant plants, which could inform methods to break down plant cells for biofuels. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 31, 2024

Stem cell-like approach in plants sheds light on specialized cell wall formation
Nobel Prize Medal in Chemistry

October 31, 2024

Huck researchers reflect on the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Christine Kirchhoff (left), associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and associate professor of law, policy and engineering, poses with two of the members of the Civic SciTech Traineeship, a new initiative of COPA-STEP that matches trainees with governmental offices to develop civic science tools. Vijay Bhaskar Chiluveru (center), a recent graduate of the master’s program in energy and mineral engineering in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and Soumita Mukherjee (right), a doctoral candidate in informatics in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, will work on developing civic science tools for air quality monitoring and heat island mapping in Allentown. Credit: Poornima Tomy/Penn State . All Rights Reserved.

October 30, 2024

New initiative in Law, Policy and Engineering trains state governor’s fellows
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October 30, 2024

Panel discussion to highlight art and science collaborations

October 30, 2024

1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat
Noll Lab 50th Anniversary Commemoration Logo

October 30, 2024

Physiology Conference to feature celebration marking 50 years of Noll Lab research
Mihail Kantor, assistant research professor of nematology

October 30, 2024

Kantor appointed to the executive board of the Society of Nematologists
Doctors performing surgery at the Hershey Medical Center

October 29, 2024

Penn State’s Neurosciences Biorepository expands access to University Park
Jill Arriola, left, and Daniel Guarin collecting cores at the inlet to the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum, which houses the largest remaining freshwater tidal marsh in Pennsylvania. Credit: Lisa Emili. All Rights Reserved.

October 29, 2024

Microplastics increasing in freshwater, directly related to plastic production
Joseph Cotruvo, Jr., professor of chemistry at Penn State, and Wonseok Choi, a graduate student, have been researching ways to separate rare earth elements using re-engineered bacterial proteins that are found in nature. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 29, 2024

Bacterial protein discovered, engineered to better separate rare earth metals