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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

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

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

Climate change is making heat waves like this week's more common and severe in Pa.

A new study led by a Penn State biologist reveals that frogs have maintained a surprising number of nonvisual light-sensing proteins over evolutionary time. These proteins, called opsins, play a role in a variety of biological functions including calibration of circadian rhythm, melatonin release, pupil response, and detection and response to seasonal changes. Credit: John L. Boyette / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Unexpected diversity of light-sensing proteins goes beyond vision in frogs

Bird Flu Is Infecting Cats (and the Occasional Dog). Here’s What to Know.

Jordan Bisanz head shot photo

Bisanz named Huck Early Career Chair in Host-Microbiome Interactions

Heat stress can turn deadly even sooner than experts thought. Are new warnings needed?

The Hite Lobby in the Misciagna Family Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona will be home to the sculpture “Biomachine” by Daryl Bradford and Talley Fisher of Huck SciArts for the next academic year. Credit: Artwork by Daryl Bradford and Talley Fisher. Photo by Jonathan O'Harrow. / Penn State. Creative Commons

Penn State Altoona to host ‘Biomachine’ by Huck SciArt Team

Could the giant, flying Joro spiders make their way to Pennsylvania?

Troy Ott Named Dean Of Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences

What to know about the first human case of H5N2 bird flu

How a group of scientists and moms are fighting back against climate change

Should Pennsylvanians be worried about Joro spiders?

A Man in Mexico Died With One Form of Bird Flu, but US Officials Remain Focused on Another

Mark Guiltinan, professor of plant molecular biology and J. Franklin Styer Professor of Horticultural Botany and director of the Penn State Plant Institute. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Guiltinan named director of the Penn State Plant Institute

Giant venomous flying spiders will not parachute into New Jersey this summer

Ott Named Penn State Ag Sciences Dean