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May 22, 2024

How To Get Rid of Sugar Ants Inside Your Home
An iteration of the interactive game CONTACT by Andrew Hieronymi, associate professor of art and digital arts and media design, is being reimagined to explore ways in which the gaming world could demonstrate aspects of microbial behavior. Hieronymi is collaborating with Estelle Couradeau, assistant professor of soils and environmental microbiology, and postdoctoral student Chad Faut, who studies soil microbiology. Credit: Andrew Hieronymi and Ryan Trexler. All Rights Reserved.

May 22, 2024

Exhibition showcases art and science collaborations

May 22, 2024

It’s Okay To Mow In May, But To Help Pollinators, Add Native Plants
Sara Rouhanifard, assistant professor in the bioengineering department at Northeastern University, speaking at the inaugural Center for RNA Molecular Biology symposium Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

May 21, 2024

Heard on campus: RNA expert Sara Rouhanifard

May 21, 2024

Urine Tests Could Be 'Enormous Step' in Diagnosing Cancer
Five longtime Penn State champions and benefactors will be recognized by the Penn State Alumni Association and receive the Honorary Alumni Award on Saturday, June 1. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

May 20, 2024

Five Penn Staters to receive 2024 Honorary Alumni Award

May 17, 2024

Neuralink says they’re looking to implant next 2 participants in coming months

May 17, 2024

How Binge Drinking Shifted Research On Alcohol Use Disorders
H5N1 virus from 2022 mink outbreak capable of inefficient airborne transmission

May 16, 2024

H5N1 virus from 2022 mink outbreak capable of inefficient airborne transmission
H5N1 avian influenza is widespread in wild birds and has caused outbreaks in domestic animals. In 2022, it caused an outbreak in farmed mink. Researchers at Penn State have found that this strain in mink is capable of inefficient airborne transmission in ferrets. Credit: Opla/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

May 16, 2024

H5N1 virus from 2022 mink outbreak capable of inefficient airborne transmission
From left are Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi with 2024 University Staff Advisory Council (USAC) award winners Nichole Ginnan, Erik Cagle and Dawn Hamaty. Pictured at right is USAC Chair Rachel Galloway. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

May 15, 2024

Three Penn State staff members honored by University Staff Advisory Council

May 15, 2024

Bee body mass, pathogens and climate influence heat tolerance

May 15, 2024

It’s OK to mow in May − the best way to help pollinators is by adding native plants

May 14, 2024

Penn State researchers help shine light on firefly populations in the eastern U.S.
Pollinator scientists at Penn State have authored the book “The Lives of Bees: A Natural History of Our Planet’s Bee Life.” Credit: Princeton University Press. All Rights Reserved.

May 14, 2024

Penn State pollinator experts author a new book that explores the lives of bees
Ascoma Sonya Aboud, 2018: This clay representation of the ascoma, the fruiting body of the Cordyceps fungus, shows a cross-section that reveals the spores. It is the spore-producing structure that grows from the ant’s head after it’s death bite into the underside of a plant. It then releases the fungus’s spores into the environment. This traveling interdisciplinary project by Huck SciArt explores the research of David Hughes, revealing the invisible world of Cordyceps. Credit: Christie Clancy / Penn State. Creative Commons

May 14, 2024

'Research Art Collection' showcase in Old Main
Nikki Crowley. Credit: Keith Hickey / Penn State. Creative Commons

May 13, 2024

Nikki Crowley named director of Neuroscience Institute at University Park

May 13, 2024

Binge drinking is a growing public health crisis − a neurobiologist explains how research on alcohol use disorder has shifted

May 10, 2024

A cicada apocalypse is coming this summer: Will Pennsylvania be spared the noisy invasion?
A bee sits on Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa) at The Arboretum at Penn State. Credit: Andy Stephenson. All Rights Reserved.

May 09, 2024

Q&A: Should you skip #NoMowMay and #PlantMayFlowers instead?
New research by Penn State researchers reveals how several molecular roadblocks slow the breakdown of cellulose for biofuels. Here, Daguan Nong, assistant research professor of biomedical engineering, adjusts the SCATTIRSTORM microscope, which allow the researchers to track individual enzymes through the breakdown process. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

May 07, 2024

Why is breaking down plant material for biofuels so slow?

May 06, 2024

Why do most mammals have 5 fingers?

May 06, 2024

Olive Oil Tied to Lower Risk of Dementia-Related Death
A bust of Penn State's first president Evan Pugh located in the main lobby of Old Main. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

May 06, 2024

Five faculty members honored with Evan Pugh University Professorships