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December 12, 2023

Low-Fat Milk Products Might Not Be Any Healthier, Research Now Says

December 12, 2023

Climate in Crisis: AGU conference in San Francisco this week

December 12, 2023

Scientists say AI is emerging as potential tool to aid athletes, beat drug tests

December 11, 2023

Black Death 700 years ago may be the reason people love junk food now
Credit: Michael Tribone. All Rights Reserved.

December 09, 2023

Podcast unpacks legal questions prompted by scientific breakthroughs

December 09, 2023

How Red Meat Can Fit Into a Healthy Diet
Adobe AI-generated image with the prompt “abstract image integrating education and textbooks with microbiome sciences”

December 08, 2023

Penn State researchers propose a path to authenticate the Microbiome Sciences

December 08, 2023

Are No-Spray Christmas Trees Better for You? What to Know

December 08, 2023

Should I Be Concerned about Christmas Tree Bugs (And How Do I Get Rid of Them?)

December 08, 2023

Are Low-Fat Dairy Products Really Healthier?

December 08, 2023

Penn State professors make advancements in study of breast cancer
Illustration of the derivation of kmers, nullomers, and nucleic quasi-primes in reference genomes and of kmer peptides, nullpeptides and quasi-prime peptides in reference proteomes.

December 07, 2023

Penn State researchers announce new comprehensive -Omics database

December 07, 2023

Sourdough may be the key to better gluten-free bread
This land depression is part of the experimental watershed used in the research in Northumberland County. Cropland and forests are shown intermixed in the landscape, with a steep slope that ends in an ephemeral stream planted with perennial grasses. All elements in the landscape including the stream are simulated with the Cycles-L model, developed by Penn State researchers. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

December 07, 2023

Novel tool informs land use and nutrient control in troubled waters

December 07, 2023

USDA grant supports reproductive microbiome training program

December 07, 2023

Growing biofilms actively alter host environment, study reveals
Left to right: Igor Aronson, the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Mathematics, and Ashlee McGovern, doctoral student in chemistry and first author on the paper. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

December 07, 2023

Spinning up control: Propeller shape helps direct nanoparticles, researchers say
The Penn State Climate Consortium has announced the Climate Solutions Accelerator, a program designed to stimulate climate solutions research by providing research teams with access to resources, funding, mentorship, workspace and support from staff and non-tenure-line faculty. Credit: Brenna Buck. All Rights Reserved.

December 07, 2023

Climate Consortium announces call for workshop proposals
Three-dimensional reconstruction of a biofilm grown under a 0.5% agarose gel. The scale bar is 10 µm. Credit: Provided by Jing Yan. All Rights Reserved.

December 06, 2023

Growing biofilms actively alter host environment, new study reveals
A new grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will fund a graduate student training program in microbiome and reproduction research. Credit: Seth Bordenstein. All Rights Reserved.

December 06, 2023

New USDA grant to support graduate reproductive microbiome training program

December 06, 2023

Here’s What We Know About Neanderthals So Far

December 05, 2023

Microbes essential to plants are disappearing due to global warming
A team of scientists at Penn State found that the thicker mucus is, the better bacteria are able to organize into swarms to infect it. The findings could have implications for treatments that reduce the ability of bacteria to spread. Credit: Andrea Piacquadio/Creative Commons. All Rights Reserved.

December 05, 2023

Bacteria's mucus maneuvers: Study reveals how snot facilitates infection

December 05, 2023

Why some perople think California's Cow Manure methane plan sucks