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Feb 26, 2024
Penn State Biorenewables Symposium to unveil new opportunities, April 18-19
Professionals and researchers spanning biorenewables-related industries and research programs are invited to join Penn State’s 2024 Biorenewables Symposium on April 18-19.
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Feb 26, 2024
Temperature, humidity may drive future transmission of parasitic worm infections
As climate changes, temperature isn’t the only factor to influence the spread of infectious diseases. Humidity plays a role, too, according to new research published in Ecology Letters.
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Feb 22, 2024
Ladybug scents offer a more ecologically friendly way to protect crops
The use of pesticides, while beneficial for global food security, wreaks havoc on natural ecosystems and human health. To address this issue, Penn State researchers have turned to an unlikely enforcer to protect crops: the ladybug.
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Feb 20, 2024
Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants
A new wireless charging device developed by Penn State scientists could dramatically improve powering capability for implants while still being safe for our bodies, the researchers said.
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Feb 16, 2024
Bioethics Program Director Jonathan Marks named a Hastings Center fellow
Penn State Bioethics Program Director Jonathan H. Marks has been named a fellow by the Hastings Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization devoted to informing policy, practice and knowledge of ethical issues in health, science and technology
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Feb 16, 2024
Common plant could help reduce food insecurity, researchers find
Fast-growing aquatic fern has the nutritional content to serve as a potentially vital food source after a catastrophe and could be relevant now
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Feb 15, 2024
Committee advances plan to rename Chemistry Building as 'Benkovic Building'
The Chemistry Building at the University Park campus will be renamed in honor of the careerlong scholarly impact of Stephen Benkovic, Atherton Professor of Chemistry
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Feb 15, 2024
Penn State biologist Tom Stewart honored with early-career investigator award
Thomas Stewart, assistant professor of biology in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State, has been honored with the 2024 W.M. Cobb Award in Morphological Sciences by the American Association for Anatomy
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Feb 15, 2024
Penn State chemist Eric Nacsa receives 2024 NSF CAREER Award
Eric Nacsa, assistant professor of chemistry, has been honored with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Feb 14, 2024
Penn State molecular biologist Joseph Reese named distinguished professor
Joseph Reese, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, has been selected to receive the title of Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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