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COVID-19 drugs persist in wastewater, may pose risk to aquatic organisms

Sweating keeps you cool, but climate change is making it harder

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New approach more than doubles stem cell editing efficiency, researchers report

Human skin stood up better to the sun before there were sunscreens and parasols – an anthropologist explains why

A boy’s backyard discovery two years ago uncovered an incredibly intricate insect-plant interaction

Internationally Acclaimed Scientist Named To Lead New Invasion Science Research Institute

Metabolomics researchers.

Metabolomics Core Facility continues to expand while pushing scientific bounds

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Boy’s discovery reveals highly complex plant-insect interaction

Penn State researchers have received a new grant to analyze the factors underlying measles and Ebola outbreaks in the Équateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their tools will allow researchers to assess vulnerability to a variety of disease outbreaks in other areas of the world. Pictured here, a health care worker in DRC vaccinates a man who has been in contact with someone affected by Ebola Credit: World Bank / Vincent Tremeau. All Rights Reserved.

Penn State team awarded $2.3M to assess disease vulnerability, improve response

Cancer and the Environment Symposium

Cancer, environment event to take place on Sept. 29

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Boal recieves Early Career Award from Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

A girl from Côte d'Ivoire receives a malaria test. According to the World Health Organization, in 2020, malaria caused an estimated 241 million clinical episodes and 627,000 deaths. Credit: Dan Lesher, Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Partner-drug resistance accelerates resistance of first-line malaria drug

Green sweat bee on goldenrod

Study suggests one-third of wild bee species in Pa. have declined in abundance

Fact check: False claim that bumblebees use acoustic levitation to move through the air

Moab just had a 100-year flood. What does that mean and how often does it happen?

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Penn State awarded $1.6M to study if COVID-19 contributes to cognitive decline

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New granular hydrogel bioink could expand possibilities for tissue bioprinting

Hungry worm

Flavonoids from sorghum plants kill fall armyworm pest on corn; may protect crop

GDGT MAS Structure

Revealed missing step in lipid formation could enable detection of past climate

Why Scientists Want You to Kill Spotted Lanternflies

Students who received fellowships.

Graduate students in entomology and ecology win prestigious fellowships

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What do I need to know about monkeypox now?

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Researchers get USDA-NIFA grant to study corn plant nutrient-use efficiency

Squire Booker, Evan Pugh Professor of Chemistry and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Penn State, Holder of the Eberly Family Distinguished Chair in Science, and investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

Booker honored by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology