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Are You In "Sleep Debt"? It Could Be Hurting Your Heart

A blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) is one of two species of solitary bees studied by a team of researchers led by Penn State. It was the first study to examine how extreme heat waves affect the host-pathogen relationship between solitary bees and a protozoan pathogen (Crithidia mellificae). Credit: Photo by Robert Webster. All Rights Reserved.

Bee populations at risk of one-two punch from heat waves, pathogen infection

Poor sleep may harm heart health, and catching up on weekends won't restore it

Without the SF-1 protein, ovaries do not grow and have far fewer eggs. On the left is a normal mouse ovary from a four-day-old mouse and on the right is an ovary without SF-1, also from a from a four-day-old mouse.   Credit: Camilla Hughes. All Rights Reserved.

Newly identified protein function may reveal understanding of lifetime fertility

What's a Chesapeake logperch, and why are so many agencies trying to save it?

Sleeping in on weekends won’t fix cardiovascular damage from less weekday rest

Mussels' unique and remarkable ability to stick to underwater surfaces such as rocks has inspired a new, more efficient, and environmentally friendly way to extract critical rare earth elements. Credit: Provided by the Sheikhi Lab/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Mussels inspire an eco-friendly way to extract critical rare earth elements

Researchers in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering received a $2 million grant from the Navy Decarbonization Research Consortium to study shipboard carbon capture and alternative fuel utilization. The project is summarized in a Q&A with Associate Professor Brian Fronk. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Q&A: Carbon voyage

College of Ag Sciences scientist receives grant to study gut homeostasis, diet

Agriculture leaders worry about research funding, California regulations

Ag Progress Days kicks off in Centre County with Ag Secretary

More young people, women taking an interest in Pennsylvania's agriculture

New research reveals that cardiovascular health measures worsen over the course of the week when sleep is restricted to five hours per night and attempting to catch up on sleep over the weekend is insufficient to return these measures to normal. Credit: Gregory Pappas, Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

Playing catch-up on weekends may not improve cardiovascular cost of sleep loss

No, there isn’t a new disease called ‘Disease X’

What to know about beech leaf disease, the 'heartbreaking' threat to forests along the East Coast

New neurotechnology is blurring the lines around mental privacy – but are new human rights the answer?

Why do we always have room for dessert?

Forget the lantern fly. A mysterious new pest has scientists sounding the alarm.

Researchers found little evidence of a repeatable pattern of peak timing of influenza throughout Vietnam. Credit: AsiaVision. All Rights Reserved.

Influenza shows no seasonality in tropics, posing challenges for health care

A new method offers a simple, safe, and practical way to create cyclopropanes—a key feature that increases the potency of many drugs and drug-candidates—within molecules. Credit: National Cancer Institute/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

New, simple and accessible method creates potency-increasing structure in drugs

Graduate student Ryan Trexler collects cores of biocrust from the field before bringing them back to the lab to study. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Microbe-stuffed soil crusts menaced by climate change

Your 101 Guide To Salmon: Health Benefits, Environmental Impact & Cooking Tips

GABA Receptors Unveiled as Potential Antidepressant Targets

How much good does recycling do these days?