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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?
AI for Good expo 2021

September 24, 2021

Past Winners and Current Contenders: IBC Fellows Compete in Nittany AI Challenge
Clockwise left to right: Karen Bierman, an Evan Pugh University Professor of Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies and director of the Child Study Center; Matt Ferrari, associate professor of biology and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics; and Dr. Emily Link, internal medicine physician at Penn State Health, will answer questions about COVID-19 during WPSU's "Conversations Live" on Sept. 30. IMAGE: PENN STATE

September 24, 2021

Penn State experts to answer COVID-19 questions live Sept. 30 on WPSU
IMAGE: PENN STATE

September 23, 2021

Getting racial equity research into the hands of policymakers

September 23, 2021

Informing Pandemic Decision-Making with Targeted Disease Monitoring

September 22, 2021

Model: Best scenario shows COVID declines through winter
Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford, at right, uses an iPad to explore the Zombie Ant Experience, an art installation that uses augmented reality. IMAGE: Penn State Behrend

September 22, 2021

'Zombie Ant' sculpture brings interactive art to Penn State Behrend
Chen Wang, a graduate student from Penn State's PhD program in bioinformatics and genomics, has been recognized for excellence in research by The American Society of Human Genetics. IMAGE: PENN STATE

September 20, 2021

BG student named semifinalist for genetics research award

September 17, 2021

COVID vaccine immunity is waning — how much does that matter?

September 16, 2021

Penn State Researcher Says Vaccine-Driven Virus Evolution In Chickens Shouldn't Discourage COVID-19 Vaccination
A new study by Penn State researchers has revealed the chemical steps involved in adding an important tag—a methyl sulfur group—to transfer RNA, a process that, if interfered with in humans, can lead to neuronal diseases, diabetes, and cancers. IMAGE: BOOKER LAB, PENN STATE

September 15, 2021

Modifying RNA: Crucial steps for adding chemical tag to transfer RNA revealed
Lab Bench to Commercialization Grant Program flyer.

September 13, 2021

Eberly’s 2022 Lab Bench to Commercialization grant recipients announced

September 10, 2021

The Mu coronavirus variant shares key similarities with Delta, but it doesn't pose a greater threat
Flor Acevedo, Assistant Professor at Penn State Erie, examines a spotted lanternfly infestation

September 09, 2021

National society to recognize two Penn State entomologists
Developing embryos of the endangered Elkhorn coral. New research shows that flash-frozen sperm collected from corals in Florida and Puerto Rico can be used to fertilize coral eggs from hundreds of miles away in Curaçao. The technique could be used as a conservation tool by introducing genetic variation into endangered corals and potentially accelerating their adaptation to climate change. IMAGE: KRISTEN MARHAVER

September 08, 2021

Long-distance relationships for endangered corals