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April 27, 2023

Xploration Awesome Planet

April 26, 2023

How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats in Your Houseplants

April 25, 2023

FACT FOCUS: COVID vaccines are not in the food supply
Donna Korzick Credit: Penn State / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 24, 2023

Donna Korzick leads training grant initiatives to new highs
Master Gardeners support their communities in a variety of ways. For example, county programs offer free garden hotlines to assist home gardeners with science-based gardening solutions. Credit: Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. All Rights Reserved.

April 21, 2023

Penn State Master Gardeners help home gardeners blossom
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

April 20, 2023

Grad Students in Huck Labs Win Awards for Innovative Research

April 20, 2023

Yes, scientists believe all blue-eyed people came from a common ancestor

April 20, 2023

Biomanufacturing: Present And Future
New research by researchers at Penn State and Ohio State helps explain how proteins called pioneer factors are able to open up the typically dense genetic material within our cells, packaged into complexes called nucleosomes. This image depicts the molecular structure of the yeast Cbf1 pioneer factor interacting with both DNA and histone components of the nucleosome. Credit: Song Tan lab / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

April 20, 2023

How 'master regulators' of cells make DNA accessible for gene expression

April 19, 2023

U.S. study charts changing prevalence of profound and non-profound autism

April 19, 2023

Covid Origins TV Segment
Beekeeper-collaborators and research volunteers collect data from honey bee hives as part of a study comparing different beekeeping management systems. Credit: Courtesy of Margarita López-Uribe. All Rights Reserved.

April 19, 2023

Organic beekeeping rivals conventional methods for bee health, productivity
A team of researchers has developed a medical sensor that can transform from rigid to soft to accommodate changing structural needs and can heal its own normal wear and tear. Credit: Provided by Larry Cheng. All Rights Reserved.

April 18, 2023

Improved, self-healing medical sensor responds to temperature, adapts to skin
Victoria “Tori” Bonnell, a doctoral student in biochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology (BMMB), has been selected to receive the Graduate Student Excellence in Mentoring Award by the Penn State Graduate School. Credit: Catherine Douds. All Rights Reserved.

April 18, 2023

Eberly graduate student receives Excellence in Mentoring Award
Images showing the nano-assembly mpox rapid test before (a) and after (e) the addition of mpox DNA. The red and green color encodes for gold nanoparticles and hafnium disulfide nanoplatelets respectively. The white arrows show dispersed gold nanoparticles and grouped gold nanoparticles. Credit: Courtesy of Dipanjan Pan. All Rights Reserved.

April 18, 2023

First rapid test for mpox developed, tech adaptable for other emerging diseases

April 17, 2023

Structured Nucleic Acids Day, Robert Simpson and Sons Lecture set for April 18

April 14, 2023

No, farmers aren’t required to vaccinate livestock with mRNA vaccines
New images of the SIRT6 sirtuin enzyme — which regulates aging and other metabolic processes — help explain how it is able to access genetic material within the cell. This cryo-electron microscopy map shows the enzyme in complex with the nucleosome, a tightly packed complex of DNA and proteins called histones. Credit: Song Tan lab / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

April 14, 2023

How does an aging-associated enzyme access our genetic material?
Credit: Michael Tribone. All Rights Reserved.

April 14, 2023

Podcast explores the roots of narcissism and its effects on U.S. politics
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

April 13, 2023

Seed grants to foster research collaborations with Minority Serving Institutions
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April 13, 2023

The Medical Minute: How to alleviate the symptoms of seasonal allergies
Researchers used an artificial intelligence platform to design a T-cell-based COVID-19 vaccine that may last longer than the current vaccines. They tested the vaccine in mice in Penn State's Eva J. Pell Laboratory ABSL3 laboratory. Credit: Girish Kirimanjeswara, Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

April 13, 2023

T-cell vaccine for COVID-19 may last longer than current vaccines
A Penn State-led research team developed a standalone system to monitor nitrogen dioxide in exhaled breath and in the environment. Fabricated from the same nanocomposite material, the self-powered system stretches to adhere to skin or clothes. Credit: Provided by Huanyu "Larry" Cheng/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

April 12, 2023

Standalone sensor system uses human movement to monitor health and environment
Each spring, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with University-wide awards in teaching and excellence. Among those awards is the George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, which is named after Penn State’s seventh president and honors excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 11, 2023

Penn State announces 2023 University-wide faculty and staff awards