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January 08, 2026

Feature Fueling healthier aging, connecting metabolism stress and time
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences seeks to appoint one or two Leadership Fellows with a strong background in interdisciplinary research for a one-year term, with the possibility for an additional year extension. The deadline to apply is Feb. 13. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

January 08, 2026

Huck Institutes seeks faculty applicants for leadership fellows program

January 07, 2026

American Chemical Society removes ‘ACS Nano Medicine’ editor in chief
Victoria Nudell is a doctoral and medical student in the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences Graduate Program in Penn State's Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Medical Scientist Training Program at Penn State’s College of Medicine. Credit: Chris Koleno / Penn State. Creative Commons

January 07, 2026

Medical, doctoral student earns NIH fellowship

January 06, 2026

Flu cases surge as federal vaccine guidance changes leave families uncertain
Older men who experienced back pain were more likely to experience increased sleep problems six years later, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. Credit: AsiaVision/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

January 05, 2026

Back pain linked to worse sleep years later in men over 65, according to study
Penn State doctoral candidate Marzia Momin is the entrepreneurial lead for NeurElectrum, a Penn State-affiliated startup developing a soft polymer neural implant designed to conform to a patient’s unique brain anatomy. Credit: Provided by Marzia Momin. All Rights Reserved.

January 05, 2026

Moving neural implant research closer to commercialization

December 28, 2025

Twenty six Indian-origin scientists named 2025 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Dipanjan Pan, Huck Chair in Nanomedicine and professor of material science and engineering as well as of nuclear engineering, has been appointed to serve as the Huck Institutes’ first director for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems. He brings an extensive track record of entrepreneurship to the role and will help other faculty members explore their options when it comes to commercializing research. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

December 22, 2025

Dipanjan Pan named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

December 19, 2025

USDA-funded studies put prunes in the osteoporosis spotlight
Study first author Michelle Zavala-Paez, doctoral candidate in Penn State’s Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, selects the main shoot of a hybrid Populus tree to collect the first fully expanded leaf for physiological measurements. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

December 18, 2025

Genetic teamwork may be the secret to climate-resilient plants, researchers find
The Thompson Hollow Fire in April 2025 in Michaux State Forest — in Cumberland County — left behind a charred landscape. Credit: Mobashsira Tasnim. All Rights Reserved.

December 17, 2025

$1.74M grant to fund Eastern Fire Network
A new high-throughput study that used publicly available data shows that E. coli proteins containing a structure called a non-covalent lasso entanglement (NCLE) are more likely to misfold and, if they are essential to the bacteria’s survival, more likely to be repaired by chaperones — the cell’s quality control machinery. Image shows that misfolded (outlined in red) essential proteins (bottom) containing NCLEs are more likely to be repaired (outlined in green) by cellular chaperones (dark grey) than non-essential proteins (top). Credit: Ian Sitarik/O’Brien Lab / Penn State. Creative Commons

December 16, 2025

For certain life-essential proteins in E. coli, repair is more likely
Researchers at Penn State found that two proteins thought to operate in harmony to regulate the genetic information-carrying messenger molecules called mRNA actually work in opposition: one protein destabilizes mRNA while the other steadies it. Credit: wildpixel/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

December 16, 2025

Opposing forces in cells could hold clues to treating disease

December 15, 2025

Evaluating the evaluators: How do plant virus genome analysis tools stack up?
The stories that defined 2025 for the One Health Microbiome Center at Penn State

December 15, 2025

The stories that defined 2025 for the One Health Microbiome Center at Penn State

December 13, 2025

Penn State Engineering Students Showcase Innovative Designs at Fall Capstone Event
Researchers used advanced imaging techniques, conducted at Penn State’s publicly funded Core Facilities, to study the architecture of the Turnip Crinkle Virus (TCV). This plant pathogen has an icosahedral — or 20-sided — shell that is the same structure as many human pathogens, such as enteroviruses, noroviruses, poliovirus, hepatitis B virus and the virus that causes chickenpox. Pictured are Varun Venkatakrishnan, left, a Penn State doctoral student, and Ganesh Anand, associate professor of chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

December 12, 2025

Unique bond identified as key to viral infection speed
A new study has uncovered several instances of wood warblers — like the magnolia warbler pictured here — passing color-related genes to other species of wood warblers, including those that are not closely related. Credit: Davey Walters. All Rights Reserved.

December 11, 2025

Warblers borrow color-related genes from evolutionary neighbors, study finds
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December 11, 2025

Mentorship and communication take center stage at training summit
New research shows how artificial oil-in-water droplets embark on a “treasure hunt,” extending filopodia-like arms toward chemical riches hidden in their environment. The glowing chest symbolizes chemical cues that direct growth and sensing, echoing the way living cells explore their surroundings. Credit: Sanjana Krishna Mari, Sen Laboratory / Penn State. Creative Commons

December 09, 2025

In brief: Like living cells, oil-in-water droplets reach out with 'arms'
Two College of Ag Sciences faculty earn spots on highly cited researchers list

December 08, 2025

Two College of Ag Sciences faculty earn spots on highly cited researchers list

December 05, 2025

How much protein do pecans have?
Eyes for an agricultural robot: AI system identifies weeds in apple orchards

December 04, 2025

Eyes for an agricultural robot: AI system identifies weeds in apple orchards