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A bumble bee visits the perennial cultivar Agastache 'Foeniculum' (anise hyssop), which researchers found to attract a high number of pollinators. IMAGE: EMILY ERICKSON

Popular perennial flowering plants can attract diverse mix of pollinators

How To Modify RNA: Crucial Steps for Adding Chemical Tag To Transfer RNA Discovered

A team of Penn State-led scientists say they've found the genetic pathway that helps bumble bees earn their stripes. IMAGE: EDUARDO GOODY/UNSPLASH

Scientists uncover the genetic pathway that colors bumble bee stripes

Will new variants of the coronavirus keep appearing?

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Preparing for potential pandemics is focus of new federal grant to Penn State

Can New Variants of the Coronavirus Keep Emerging?

Actinium is a radioactive element that could revolutionize cancer medicine but its chemistry has thus far remained elusive. LLNL and Penn State researchers developed a new approach to study, capture, and purify medical isotopes, including actinium, which leverages a natural protein. IMAGE: THOMAS REASON/LLNL

Radioactive metals for medicine get a boost from recently discovered protein

Impermeable film used to limit gas exchanges and facilitate the development of anaerobic conditions is applied during the anaerobic soil disinfestation treatment.  Credit: francesco Di Gioia/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Grant to fund research on biological approach to manage soil pathogens and pests

Tracking Traits logo. Credit: Michael Tribone. All Rights Reserved.

New podcast tracks the evolution of diverse human traits

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Huck Welcomes Sindura Ganapathi as Visiting Fellow in Global Heath

Robert “Bob” Sainburg, professor of kinesiology and of neurology and director of the Huck Institutes’ Center for Movement Science and Technology, has been named Huck Distinguished Chair in Kinesiology and Neurology. IMAGE: PENN STATE

Robert Sainburg named Huck Chair in Kinesiology and Neurology

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

Douglas Cavener named Huck Chair in Evolutionary Genetics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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