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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

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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

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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

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Compost to computer: Bio-based materials used to salvage rare earth elements

Alenka Hafner, left, graduate student in biology, worked closely with lead researcher Hardik Kundariya, senior researcher in the Eberly College of Science, on this project. Here they are assessing Arabidopsis plants that show epigenetically enhanced growth vigor.   Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Plant molecular geneticists discover, and begin to crack, the epigenetic code

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Penn State research team will study Lassa virus spread in Nigeria

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Pulsed light technology effectively kills harmful pathogens in new study

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Researchers to develop scaffolding for nerve regeneration with $2.14M NIH grant

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Irreversible declines in freshwater storage projected in parts of Asia by 2060

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Penn State funds study of student mental health, well-being for five more years

Covid-19 Variants Keep Getting More Contagious. Here’s Why.

Pennsylvania has so far been able to avoid wildfires. Climate and forestry scientists warn that could change.

The plague of spotted lanternflies has descended on NY and NJ — but it may not be as bad as we thought

Rep. Glenn Thompson hosts agriculture summit in Centre County

'A long time coming': Al Gore, other climate activists celebrate Senate passage of IRA

After 'historic' US climate bill, scientists urge global action