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Aleksandra (Seša) Slavković, Professor of Statistics & Public Health Sciences and Associate Dean for Graduate Education in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State, has been appointed Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Data Privacy & Confidentiality. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

July 07, 2023

Slavković named Huck Chair in Data Privacy and Confidentiality

July 07, 2023

Cooked or Raw? The Best Ways to Eat 9 Healthy Veggies
Although mobile phone data are increasingly used in public health management, a new study led by researchers at Penn State reveals that phone data underrepresents vulnerable populations and that failing to account for biases in phone data could magnify health inequities. The research team studied a mobile, rural population in Namibia, pictured here, where access to health care is limited, as a case study to measure how well mobile phone data represent populations. Credit: Bharti Lab / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

July 06, 2023

Mobile phone data used for public health underrepresent vulnerable populations
Stephen Benkovic, Evan Pugh Professor and Holder of the Eberly Family Chair in Chemistry at Penn State. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

July 06, 2023

Penn State chemist Stephen Benkovic named Atherton Professor
Amir Sheikhi (front left), assistant professor of chemical engineering and of biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering, will lead the four-year, $3M National Institutes of Health grant as principal investigator. Credit: Kelby Hochreither/Penn State . All Rights Reserved.

July 06, 2023

Soft tissue restoration, blood vessel formation focus of $3M grant

July 06, 2023

Partner selection may amplify rare variants in children

July 04, 2023

Stunning, Pink Grasshopper Spotted in a Welsh Garden: 'Vivid Color'
Credit: Michael Tribone. All Rights Reserved.

July 03, 2023

Podcast reveals how daily stress may affect our health as we age

July 01, 2023

Exposure to tobacco smoke increases heavy metals in children’s saliva: Study

June 30, 2023

By ‘helping’ wild animals, you could end their freedom or even their lives – here’s why you should keep your distance

June 29, 2023

Got a fever and testing negative for Covid? It could be MALARIA, CDC says - as disease-ridden mosquitos spread in US for first time in decades

June 29, 2023

One-of-a-kind: Penn State research team studies rare Susquehanna fish

June 27, 2023

Penn State Trustees Hear Plans to Boost Research Enterprise
Aaron Knochel, left, associate professor of art education, and Cristin Millett, professor of art, have received 2023 Joint Projects in Life/Medical Sciences, Arts and Humanities Grants from Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 26, 2023

Two Arts and Architecture faculty receive Huck Institutes joint projects grants
Neela Yennawar (left) and Scott Lindner have been selected as 2023 Huck Leadership Fellows. Credit: Dan Lesher / Penn State. Creative Commons

June 26, 2023

Neela Yennawar and Scott Lindner selected as 2023 Huck Leadership Fellows

June 24, 2023

Market to Market
A painting of museum specimens of Bachman's warbler. The extinct songbird was a distinct species, and not a hybrid of two closely related living species, according to a new study in which the full genomes of seven museum specimens of the bird were sequenced. A paper describing the study, led by Penn State researchers, highlights the crucial role that museum collections can play in science. Credit: Isabella Kirkland, 2011, oil and alkyd on wood, 15.75” x 19.75”. All Rights Reserved.

June 23, 2023

Extinct warbler’s genome sequenced from museum specimens
In the new quantification method developed by Penn State researchers, a molecular signal shines green when HIV is detected in an RNA molecule. By counting the signals, researchers can quantify the viral load in a sample. Credit: Provided by Weihua Guan. All Rights Reserved.

June 20, 2023

Penn State researchers develop digital test to directly measure HIV viral load
A yellow- to olive-colored member of the darter family with dark bars often arrayed in zebra fashion, the Chesapeake logperch is typically just a few inches long, with a small mouth and a short, conical snout. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 20, 2023

Penn State researchers discover one-of-a-kind fish is local to lower Susquehanna

June 15, 2023

Giraffes ‘more endangered than previously thought’
In addition to improving animal agriculture by developing strategies to improve ovarian function and reproductive success in cows like this Holstein, this work also has applications for the treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome — often referred to as PCOS — in women. Credit: Screenroad on Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

June 15, 2023

Animal scientist receives USDA grant to study reproductive dysfunction in cattle
Penn State biomedical engineering graduate student Leonardo Dominguez Rubio, left, and Penn State Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering Igor Aronson are part of a team that used ultrasound technology and a nozzle to separate, control and eject different particles based on their shape and various properties. Credit: Penn State College of Engineering . All Rights Reserved.

June 15, 2023

Penn State researchers use ultrasound to control orientation of small particles

June 14, 2023

Endangered Masai giraffes may be inbreeding themselves to extinction

June 14, 2023

Spotted Lanternflies Are Back. You Should Still Kill Them.