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September 26, 2024

Six new types of bees found in Pennsylvania for the first time
A research plot after dairy manure slurry was injected into a growing cover crop in early spring when temperatures were cooler, A new study demonstrated that the practice achieved multiple conservation goals while maintaining corn yield. Credit: Sailesh Sigdel/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

September 25, 2024

Injecting manure into growing cover crops can cut pollution, support corn crops

September 25, 2024

Wastewater monitoring can detect foodborne illness, researchers find
Plant scientist named Huck Early Career Chair in Microbial Community Ecology

September 25, 2024

Plant scientist named Huck Early Career Chair in Microbial Community Ecology
In anaerobic soil disinfestation, after organic amendments are mixed in, the soil is irrigated to saturation and covered with impermeable plastic, as shown here, creating no-oxygen conditions that suppress weeds.

September 24, 2024

$1M USDA grant to perfect weed killing method in organic crop production
Penn State researchers have developed a new nanoparticle, depicted here, that can prevent mineral buildup in oil extraction equipment and stabilize a commonly used emulsion, or liquid mixture. Credit: Provided by Amir Sheikhi. All Rights Reserved.

September 24, 2024

New material prevents mineral buildup in equipment handling water-oil mixtures

September 23, 2024

Wastewater holds the key to early disease detection

September 23, 2024

Replacing 3D printing with plant-derived materials

September 23, 2024

How America’s health care system fails women in pain

September 20, 2024

Three in four crop varieties have gone extinct. You can save the rest in your garden.
The researchers tested raw sewage samples collected twice a week from two treatment plants in central Pennsylvania for non-typhoidal Salmonella and characterized isolates using whole genome sequencing. They recovered 43 Salmonella isolates from wastewater samples. Credit: Provided by Ed Dudley. All Rights Reserved.

September 19, 2024

Wastewater monitoring can detect foodborne illness, researchers find

September 19, 2024

Huge flying SPIDERS are spotted Northeast for first time - with anyone who sees one urged to stomp it to death

September 18, 2024

The invasive Jorō spider has landed in Bucks County, Pa. Here’s what to know about the giant flying arachnid.
Laura Cabrera, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics, will develop a patient-centered decision aid to help patients, caregivers and providers make decisions about neurotechnology treatments. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

September 17, 2024

Q&A: Ethical decision-making around neurotechnology treatments
Jasna Kovac, associate professor in food science, has been selected to receive the 2025 Award for Early Career Environmental Research by the American Society for Microbiology. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

September 17, 2024

Food science researcher receives early career award

September 17, 2024

Chickadees Show How Species Boundaries Can Shift and Blur
Sport-related stress may contribute to some NCAA Division One swimmers and runners failing to consume enough calories to fuel their bodies, according to a new study from researchers in the Penn State Department of Kinesiology. Credit: Photos by pixdeluxe/Getty Images and PeopleImages; collage by Dennis Maney . All Rights Reserved.

September 16, 2024

Sport-related stress may affect whether college athletes eat enough calories
The 2024-25 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members are, from top left, Alison Borkowska, Chris Gamrat, Dawn Pfeifer Reitz, Dylan Paré; Emily Rimland, Kevin Haworth, John Haubrick, Kimberley Hemmings-Jarrett; Mary Ann Smith, Melanie Miller Foster, Stuart Selber and Tiffany Petricini. Not pictured is Seth Powless. Credit: Teaching and Learning with Technology. All Rights Reserved.. All Rights Reserved.

September 15, 2024

2024-25 Teaching and Learning Technologies Faculty Advisory Committee members named

September 15, 2024

Study Reveals One Way to Limit Your Caloric Intake While Snacking

September 13, 2024

How this one climate fix means a school nurse sees fewer students sick from the heat
KJ Vinoy, Professor, and prior Chair of Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE) and an alumnus of Penn State, presented his research during Penn State – IISc joint research workshop in December 2023 at IISc in Bangaluru, India. Credit: Anna Marshall / Penn State.

September 12, 2024

Penn State, Indian Institute of Science award joint research seed grants
Nine faculty members were named the 2024 IEE Fellows. In the front row, from left, are Heather Preisendanz, Nilanjan Ray Chaudhuri, Li Li and Miriam Freedman. In the back row, from left, are Adri van Duin, Charles Anderson, Armen Kemanian, Siela Maximova, Enrique Gomez (Not pictured: Karen Fisher-Vanden) Credit: Kevin Sliman. All Rights Reserved.

September 12, 2024

Nine researchers named Institute of Energy and the Environment Fellows
Alan Taylor, a recently retired and now professor emeritus of geography, spent decades researching West Coast landscape and fire ecology. He used ecological signals and human history to paint a picture of how forests changed over time. Credit: Photo provided / Penn State. Creative Commons

September 12, 2024

Taylor’s research legacy shines light on California wildfires, forest ecology

September 12, 2024

Penn State leaders outline priorities, including research