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Pennsylvania’s mushroom industry faces threat from zoning dispute

Cancer Treatment Approach Targets Resistance, Gene Drive Style

Can Citrus Peels Actually Keep Your Garden Pest-Free? 5 Alternatives to Consider

A rainy Pa. forest offers a fun window into an Appalachian ecology debate

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Re-engineering cancerous tumors to self-destruct and kill drug-resistant cells

The Pollinator and Bird Garden at the Arboretum at Penn State combines multiple goals: supporting pollinator diversity, creating beauty, and serving institutional goals of research, teaching and learning. Its more than three acres include a bird blind and a honey bee observation hive. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Arboretum at Penn State's Pollinator and Bird Garden wins international award

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Potential new target for early treatment of Alzheimer's disease

6 Reasons to Drink Water

Experts predict high spotted lanternfly numbers in Western Pennsylvania this year

Eating Prunes Every Day May Help Keep Your Bones Strong As You Age, According To A New Study

The figure addresses the AI grand challenge of accelerating science requires concerted advances across all areas of AI. CENSAI brings together interdisciplinary teams of scientists with expertise in AI and in specific scientific domains to accelerate science through advances in AI. Credit: Lori Settlemyer and Vasant Honavar. All Rights Reserved.

ICDS associate director's work driven by unanswered fundamental questions in AI

Erica Smithwick: Climate Change in Context

New research shows prunes could prevent bone loss in older women

A daily dose of prunes may preserve bone density and strength in older women, Penn State researchers say

Prunes' New Health Benefit for Older Adults Revealed

Penn State researchers developed a new soft and stretchable material that can be 3D-printed. The material can be used to fabricate wearable devices, such a sensor that can be worn on a finger, as shown here. Credit: Marzia Momin. All Rights Reserved.

Self-assembling, highly conductive sensors could improve wearable devices

The Cacao Gene Atlas is a genomics resource freely available to the public. Researchers can use the atlas to simulate how knocking out or enhancing a gene may influence the chocolate tree, allowing them to test hypotheses without the expense or time of growing the plant.  Credit: Mark Guiltinan/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Researchers compile Cacao Gene Atlas to help plant breeders boost chocolate tree

Eating prunes daily may protect bone structure and strength in postmenopausal women, slowing the progression of age-related bone loss and reducing the risk of fracture, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. Credit: Ligora/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

Got prunes? Prunes may preserve bone density and strength in older women

Why ignoring high temperatures could be your worst health mistake

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

Physiological Adaptations to Stress graduate training program awarded $2.75M

Spotted lanternflies arrived in Pa. 10 years ago; here's what experts have learned

A new family tree of the plant genus Solanum, created by Penn State biologists, helps explain the striking diversity of their fruit color and size. Credit: João Vitor Messeder / Penn State. Creative Commons

New tomato, potato family tree shows that fruit color and size evolved together

How to Know When High Temperatures Are Getting Dangerous—And What to Do to Stay Safe in a Heat Wave

Most Efficient Solar Panels for 2024: New Record-Setting Panel Tops the List