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Penn State researchers, from left Bed Poudel, research professor, and Sumanta Kumar Karan, postdoctoral scholar, both in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering; and Sujay Hosur, doctoral candidate, and Mehdi Kiani, associate professor, both in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, show a new device that can harvest energy from magnetic field and ultrasound sources simultaneously, converting this energy to electricity that could power the next generation of implantable biomedical devices. Credit: Provided by Bed Poudel . All Rights Reserved.

February 20, 2024

Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants
Native to the eastern U.S., Carolina azolla holds excellent potential for use as a fast-growing, short-season crop that requires minimal inputs, upkeep and processing, according to Penn State researchers. The plant — sometimes referred to as mosquito fern, fairy moss and water fern — could be used to increase the food supply. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 16, 2024

Common plant could help reduce food insecurity, researchers find
Penn State Bioethics Program Director Jonathan H. Marks has been named a fellow by the Hastings Center. He is among 13 new fellows recognized this year for their work advancing scholarship and public knowledge of complex ethical issues in health, health care, life sciences research and the environment. Credit: Jonathan Marks . All Rights Reserved.

February 16, 2024

Bioethics Program Director Jonathan Marks named a Hastings Center fellow

February 15, 2024

When planting trees is bad for the planet
Thomas Stewart Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 15, 2024

Penn State biologist Tom Stewart honored with early-career investigator award
Eric Nacsa, assistant professor of chemistry. Credit: Kathryn Harlow / Penn State. Creative Commons

February 15, 2024

Penn State chemist Eric Nacsa receives 2024 NSF CAREER Award
Patricia and Stephen Benkovic. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 15, 2024

Committee advances plan to rename Chemistry Building as 'Benkovic Building'

February 15, 2024

What to Know About the Risk of Food Poisoning From Listeria
Joseph Reese, distinguished professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

February 14, 2024

Penn State molecular biologist Joseph Reese named distinguished professor

February 14, 2024

Stable profits, land preservation matter to farmers debating solar leases
Four projects led by researchers in the Eberly College of Science have been selected to receive Lab Bench to Commercialization grants in 2024. Credit: Dani Zemba / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

February 14, 2024

Lab Bench to Commercialization 2024 grant recipients announced
Carsten Krebs, distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

February 14, 2024

Penn State biochemist Carsten Krebs named distinguished professor
Nikki Crowley, the Huck Early Career Chair in Neurobiology and Neural Engineering, the associate director for postdoctoral training and leadership in the Center for Neural Engineering, and an assistant professor of biology, of biomedical engineering and of pharmacology, speaking at the 30th anniversary Ashtekar Frontiers of Science lecture series. The series continues for through March 2. Credit: Katie Yan / Penn State. Creative Commons

February 13, 2024

Heard on campus: Nikki Crowley on 30 years of neuroscience advances

February 13, 2024

Alberta proposes policy to prohibit access to puberty blockers for minors. What to know about the medication, its uses and where politicians stand

February 13, 2024

Chocolate made with oat flour just as delicious — with less sugar

February 12, 2024

Is sourdough bread good for you? Dietitians explain if it's more nutritious than other types

February 10, 2024

Too warm: Plants, insects, people likely to pay the price for warm winters
Pumpkin toadlets naturally contain microbes that inhibit chytrid fungus. Researchers found that droughts can decrease these microbes, leaving the frogs vulnerable to infection and death. Credit: Shannon Buttimer / Penn State. Creative Commons

February 09, 2024

Drought may drive deadly amphibian disease, researchers find

February 08, 2024

Low voice pitch increases standing among strangers
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

February 08, 2024

Modified soft material promises better bioelectronics, researchers say

February 08, 2024

Low voice pitch increases standing among strangers, cross-cultural study finds
Neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, and the genes that can lead to them, vary in a population. This is illustrated in the figure on the left, with brighter red colors represent more severe symptoms, asterisks represent individuals with genetic variants that convey high risk for developing such disorders. A new study that looked at 97,000 families observed assortative mating for these traits with good correlation between the traits in the parents, as illustrated in the middle figure. The researchers showed that evaluating both parents for these traits, in addition to the high-risk genetic variants, improved their ability to predict the prevalence and, potentially, severity of the disorders in children, illustrated on the right. Credit: Girirajan Laboratory / Penn State. Creative Commons

February 07, 2024

Predicting neurodevelopmental disease in children from parent’s traits

February 07, 2024

Parental Traits May Influence Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Credit: Jamie Oberdick/Materials Research Institute . All Rights Reserved.

February 07, 2024

Series to raise awareness of characterization resources available at Penn State