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Penn State Senior Vice President for Research Andrew Read hosted a conversation with the community on Oct. 14, 2024, about the University’s research enterprise. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Oct 18, 2024

Andrew Read leads conversation with community on research enterprise

On Oct. 14, Penn State Senior Vice President for Research Andrew Read hosted a conversation with the community on the University’s research enterprise.

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Ceroptres promethea is one of the newly identified and named gall wasps. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Oct 18, 2024

Penn State entomology graduate student identifies 22 new species of gall wasps

Twenty-two new species of gall wasps have been identified and named for the first time, thanks to new research led by a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate student.

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Gustavo Nader, professor of kinesiology and physiology in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development, has been named the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Loyd Huck Chair in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology by Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. Credit: Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. All Rights Reserved.

Oct 17, 2024

Gustavo Nader named Huck Chair in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology

Gustavo Nader, professor of kinesiology and physiology in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development, has been named the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Loyd Huck Chair in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.

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The Penn State Climate Consortium has awarded funding to four research projects that look to put promising climate solutions into action through interdisciplinary partnerships. Credit: Brenna Buck. All Rights Reserved.

Oct 17, 2024

Climate Consortium awards projects to drive climate solutions across key sectors

The Penn State Climate Consortium has awarded funding to four research projects through its Climate Solutions Accelerator Program. Through this program, the consortium aims to put promising climate solutions into action via interdisciplinary partnerships.

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Nominations for the Penn State Faculty Scholar medal are now open. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Oct 16, 2024

Nominations sought for Faculty Scholar Medal

The Penn State Office of the President has opened the call for nominations for individuals eligible to receive the Faculty Scholar Medal.

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At left, a hydrophobic Mycoknit leather sample as the mycelium is growing and at right, a close-up view of the MycoKnit pavilion project led by architecture professors Felecia Davis and Benay Gürsoy. Credit: Provided by Felecia Davis and Benay Gürsoy. All Rights Reserved.

Oct 15, 2024

Fungi Futures exhibition showcases work of Stuckeman architecture researchers

Three projects from researchers in the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing that focus on using mycelium, the root of fungus, as sustainable architectural components are featured in the “Fungi Futures: Exploring Mycelium in Product Design and Crafts” exhibition in the gallery of the (con)Temporary CRAFTS STUDIO in Bremen, Germany, which opened Sept. 21.

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People who experience depression and concussions simultaneously have significantly worse symptoms for both conditions and disruptions to brain connectivity, according to a new study by kinesiology researchers at Penn State. Credit: Getty Images – FGTrade. All Rights Reserved.

Oct 14, 2024

Co-occurrence of depression and concussions amplify symptoms of both conditions

A new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Kinesiology demonstrated that the co-occurrence of depression and concussion was associated with significantly worse symptoms for both conditions.

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Tao Zhou, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics and of biomedical engineering at Penn State, received a five-year, $1.83 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to develop a soft and stretchable tissue-like electronic device for the treatment of resistant high blood pressure. Credit: Poornima Tomy/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Oct 11, 2024

Q&A: Can electricity treat high blood pressure?

Zhou, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics and of biomedical engineering, received a five-year, $1.83 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to develop a soft and stretchable tissue-like electronic device for the treatment of resistant high blood pressure.

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Brianna Hnath, left, is doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering at Penn State and co-author of the study. Credit: Courtesy of the Dokholyan lab / Penn State. Creative Commons

Oct 11, 2024

Toxic protein may contribute to ALS development

New study elucidates the physiological processes that may contribute to ALS development and identifies a potential therapeutic target

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Oct 11, 2024

Penn State researchers earn funding for sustainable weed and insect management

Three Penn State research teams have received awards totaling $1.78 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to investigate climate-smart approaches to pest control in agriculture.

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