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Douglas R. Cavener, Penn State professor of biology and former Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science, has been named Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Distinguished Chair in Evolutionary Genetics by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. IMAGE: PENN STATE

October 14, 2021

Douglas Cavener named Huck Chair in Evolutionary Genetics

Marilyn Roossinck is professor emeritus of plant pathology, environmental microbiology and biology. IMAGE: PENN STATE

October 14, 2021

Pioneering Penn State virologist Marilyn Roossinck retires

October 12, 2021

What the Future May Hold for the Coronavirus and Us

October 11, 2021

Pennsylvania listed a reclusive forest hawk as endangered, but one falconer believes there are more

October 08, 2021

Boosting turkey reproductive output

A new method improves the extraction and separation of rare earth elements from unconventional sources, including industrial waste, such as the mine tailings pictured here, and electronic waste. IMAGE: BARSAMUPHE, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

October 08, 2021

New, environmentally friendly method to extract and separate rare earth elements

October 08, 2021

Fall foliage in the Philly area may suffer from the unusually warm and wet weather

October 07, 2021

Fall foliage could be ruined by summer that won’t quit

October 07, 2021

Penn State: Warm, wet autumn could mute, delay foliage in Pennsylvania

October 06, 2021

What to Consider When Traveling for a Race During the Pandemic

October 06, 2021

Fantastic fall foliage could be ruined by summer that won’t quit

Clear, bright days, low but not freezing temperatures, and dry but not drought conditions promote the best fall foliage colors. IMAGE: JON DAWSON/FLICKR

October 05, 2021

Warm, wet autumn could mute and delay foliage display in Pennsylvania

Melanin is visualized in a silver-stained, 5-day-old zebrafish using X-ray histotomography. The different colors were assigned based on the depth of the melanin in cells within the sample from top to bottom. IMAGE: KEITH CHENG LAB, PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

October 05, 2021

New way to image whole organisms in 3D brings key skin color pigment into focus

Honavar's research has contributed to foundational advances in AI, computer science, data sciences, and biomedical informatics. IMAGE: PROVIDED

October 04, 2021

Vasant Honavar named Huck Chair in Biomedical Data Sciences and AI

October 02, 2021

Research Models: ‘Most Likely Scenario’ Shows No New COVID-19 Surge in U.S. This Winter Research Models

October 02, 2021

Will The COVID-19 Pandemic Ever End? If Yes, Then When?

October 01, 2021

‘We Know A Lot More Now’

September 30, 2021

Enzymes show off new moves

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Image captured and colorized at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana. IMAGE: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

September 29, 2021

New tool predicts changes that may make COVID variants more infectious

A salad with a mix of microgreens freshly harvested from a kitchen "garden." Consumers can produce microgreens at home using simple tools available in a kitchen. IMAGE: FRANCESCO DI GIOIA/PENN STATE

September 28, 2021

Small but mighty: Microgreens go from trendy vegetables to functional food

September 27, 2021

Your occasional storage digest with Elastic, MemVerge, an amazing funding round, and more

A team of researchers has constructed the social network of more than 1,000 Masai giraffes in Tanzania and found that, while female giraffes have closer “friends” than males, male giraffes have more “acquaintances.” Understanding the complex multilevel society could have important conservation implications for these endangered giraffes. IMAGE: DEREK LEE

September 27, 2021

Male giraffes are more socially connected than females

Assuming no new super-spreading variants of SARS-CoV-2 arise and that vaccine uptake is high among 5-to-11-year-olds when the vaccine is available to them, modelers project that COVID-19 cases and deaths may steadily decline over the coming months. IMAGE: TOWFIQU BARBHUIYA, UNSPLASH

September 24, 2021

When will the pandemic end?

September 24, 2021

Douglas Cavener named Huck Chair in Evolutionary Genetics

Pioneering Penn State virologist Marilyn Roossinck retires

What the Future May Hold for the Coronavirus and Us

Pennsylvania listed a reclusive forest hawk as endangered, but one falconer believes there are more

Boosting turkey reproductive output

New, environmentally friendly method to extract and separate rare earth elements

Fall foliage in the Philly area may suffer from the unusually warm and wet weather

Fall foliage could be ruined by summer that won’t quit

Penn State: Warm, wet autumn could mute, delay foliage in Pennsylvania

What to Consider When Traveling for a Race During the Pandemic

Fantastic fall foliage could be ruined by summer that won’t quit

Warm, wet autumn could mute and delay foliage display in Pennsylvania

New way to image whole organisms in 3D brings key skin color pigment into focus

Vasant Honavar named Huck Chair in Biomedical Data Sciences and AI

Research Models: ‘Most Likely Scenario’ Shows No New COVID-19 Surge in U.S. This Winter Research Models

Will The COVID-19 Pandemic Ever End? If Yes, Then When?

‘We Know A Lot More Now’

Enzymes show off new moves

New tool predicts changes that may make COVID variants more infectious

Small but mighty: Microgreens go from trendy vegetables to functional food

Your occasional storage digest with Elastic, MemVerge, an amazing funding round, and more

Male giraffes are more socially connected than females

When will the pandemic end?

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