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Kenneth Keiler is professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State. Credit: Photo provided. All Rights Reserved.

April 11, 2023

Keiler honored with 2023 Graduate Program Chair Leadership Award
The researchers observed how motor proteins moved along a microtubule using single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, pictured here, where researchers observe individual, fluorescently labeled proteins and DNA molecules using high-powered cameras and lenses. Credit: Jeff Xu/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

April 11, 2023

Study on how neurons move offers new insight into neurodegenerative diseases

April 10, 2023

Little stinkers: It’s time to hunt — and celebrate — the ramps of Appalachia

April 07, 2023

CBBC Announces Student Travel Award

April 07, 2023

These Lizards Stress-Eat When Loud Military Aircraft Fly Overhead
The winners of the Penn State Global awards. Left to right: Alexandra Persiko (Penn State Global), Mark Brennan (College of Agricultural Sciences), Deanna Behring (College of Agricultural Sciences), Karen Saunders (College of Medicine), Noel Habashy (College of Agricultural Sciences), Ram Neupane (College of Agricultural Sciences), Jasna Kovacs (College of Agricultural Sciences), Camila Arango (College of Agricultural Sciences), Madhura Patil (College of Engineering), Smit Patel (Penn State Abington), James Marden (Eberly College of Science, Huck Life Institutes) Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 07, 2023

Penn State Global announces 2022-23 faculty, staff, student awards
Laura Jones, left, and Caylon Yates, doctoral students in Penn State’s intercollegiate graduate degree program in ecology, were recognized as recipients of 2022-23 Alumni Association Dissertation Awards. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 07, 2023

Two ecology doctoral students receive Alumni Association Dissertation Awards

April 06, 2023

How Vitamin D Can Affect Your Gut Microbiome
Researchers found that broccoli consumption may help to protect the lining of the small intestine and inhibit the development of disease. Credit: Tyrrell Fitness and Nutrition, Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

April 06, 2023

Broccoli consumption protects gut lining, reduces disease, in mice
Recipients of the Alumni Association Dissertation Award are given the Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Medal engraved with the recipient's name and the words research, discovery, knowledge creation and innovation. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 06, 2023

Forty graduate students recognized with prestigious University awards
A native of Wuhan, China, Rui Wang is focusing her doctoral research on stormwater runoff and the public’s perception on implementing green stormwater infrastructure in Chinese sponge cities. Credit: Rui Wang. All Rights Reserved.

April 06, 2023

Architecture doctoral student honored for urban stormwater runoff research

April 05, 2023

Why are snails and slugs so slow?
The researchers took several precautions before opening the sample jar to avoid contaminating the soil. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 05, 2023

Digging into the past: Forgotten soil samples are opportunity for new research

April 04, 2023

Innovative method predicts the effects of climate change on cold-blooded animals

April 03, 2023

8-year-old boy disrupts 100 years of scientific knowledge regarding insects and plants

April 03, 2023

California Lake Flooded for First Time in 110 Years After Atmospheric River
Example of the diversity of cold-blooded animals whose distribution and abundance under future climate conditions could be predicted using the newly developed model. Credit: Fish image, Gretchen Hansen; all other images Rebecca Wagner . All Rights Reserved.

April 03, 2023

Innovative method predicts the effects of climate change on cold-blooded animals
New research is the first to demonstrate the role of agriculture as an evolutionary force acting on a wild insect pollinator and may have implications for food security. Credit: Carly McGrady. All Rights Reserved.

April 03, 2023

Squash bees flourish in response to agricultural intensification

March 31, 2023

The EPA doesn’t require safety tests for most chemicals, including the three that spilled into a Delaware River tributary
New research led by Penn State found that mutations led to the stem of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein becoming tighter over time, which may have improved the virus’s ability to transmit through nasal droplets and infect host cells once in the body. Credit: Ganesh Anand, Penn State / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

March 31, 2023

A tighter core stabilizes SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in new emergent variants
Specialty mushrooms, like shiitakes, have higher levels of ERGO, according to the researcher. Credit: Photo by Kier in Sight on Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

March 31, 2023

Is a little-known amino acid concentrated in mushrooms the key to healthy aging?

March 30, 2023

This lizard species stress-eats to cope with noisy US Army aircraft
David Koslicki (front) and the Penn State Microbiome Center have made the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes freely available for Penn State faculty, students, and staff Credit: Kelby Hochreither/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

March 29, 2023

The Microbiome Center announces a free bioinformatics resource for Penn State

March 29, 2023

This lizard species stress-eats to cope with noisy US Army aircraft