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Cryo-STEM imagery showing the structural and chemical evolution of silicon and the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer. After the 36th cycle to the 100th cycle the silicon nanowire expands and becomes irregular, mingling with the SEI to form a soft composite structure. IMAGE: JENNIFER M. MCCANN

July 29, 2021

Novel method of imaging silicon anode degradation may lead to better batteries
These images of root architecture in the field show the cipk15 mutant corn genotype had significantly steeper angles compared to the wildtype genotype. Plants were grown in low nitrogen conditions. The mutant corn line that produced the root on the right lacks a gene that regulates root growth. IMAGE: HANNAH SCHNEIDER/PENN STATE

July 28, 2021

Researchers identify a gene that regulates the angle of root growth in corn

July 27, 2021

CDC: The coronavirus could be 'just a few mutations' away from evading vaccines

July 27, 2021

Agroforestry for Food Security and Climate Change in Africa
business bootcamp participants sitting in garden

July 27, 2021

Business Bootcamp marks restart of in-person graduate training
Ally Bythell, a 2021 Penn State graduate who earned her bachelor of science in biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering, crocheted the world's first example of yarn made from Squitex fiber. IMAGE: ALLY BYTHELL/PENN STATE

July 26, 2021

From waste to wear: How squid may be key to material revolution

July 26, 2021

Symptomatic breakthrough COVID-19 infections rare, CDC data estimates

July 22, 2021

Mosquitoes that carry dengue might not survive rising temperatures

July 22, 2021

Pandemic model predicts big national COVID surge
Researchers found that infection with dengue virus makes mosquitoes more sensitive to warmer temperatures. They also found that infection with the bacterium Wolbachia, which has recently been used to control viral infections in mosquitoes, also increases the thermal sensitivity of the insects. IMAGE: PENN STATE

July 22, 2021

Global warming may limit spread of dengue fever, new research finds

July 22, 2021

We created a tool to help predict COVID-19 increases in African countries

July 21, 2021

Are you taking too much vitamin D? How to find the right supplement dosage for you

July 21, 2021

Plot twist: Coffee isn’t actually ‘bad’ for your heart. It might help it, study shows
The Radiation Science & Engineering Center is expanding to accommodate growth in nuclear engineering and science at Penn State. IMAGE: STANTEC

July 20, 2021

Nuclear science, engineering spark collaborations across Penn State and beyond

July 20, 2021

SCASD to Require Masks for Unvaccinated Students at Start of School Year

July 16, 2021

Why Are Songbirds Across The U.S. Mysteriously Dying?

July 16, 2021

Penn State’s Biotechnology Community Overcomes COVID-19 Challenges
Penn State researchers developed particles that target blood clots and visualize their structures well compared to traditional ultrasound imaging. These images show blood flowing from left to right: The top image does not have the particles, while the bottom one does. IMAGE: PENN STATE/SCOTT MEDINA

July 15, 2021

Engineers find imaging technique could become treatment for deep vein thrombosis

July 15, 2021

Meme Spreads Falsehood About Vaccine Transfer Through Eating Meat
Researchers studied bushfire incidences from 2012 to 2020 within eastern Australia, and found that the severe megafires that occurred during 2019-20 were much larger and more concentrated across the landscape than in previous years. IMAGE: MATT PALMER, UNSPLASH

July 15, 2021

Australian megafires burn critical habitat of 'Vulnerable' virus-harboring bats
IMAGE: PENN STATE

July 14, 2021

Penn State Security Center announces Fall 2021 Grant Program
Professor of Geosciences Jenn Macalady

July 13, 2021

Macalady named Ecology Institute director
Researchers found that by neglecting to include response delays in their analyses, modelers grossly underestimate epidemic severity and its long-term consequences for livestock diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease in cattle. IMAGE: ETIENNE GIRARDET, UNSPLASH

July 09, 2021

Neglecting delays in outbreak response grossly underestimates epidemic severity
Using brain scans from children across the United States, researchers developed normalized growth charts for how healthy brains should grow during the first 18 years of life. IMAGE: ISTOCK/@HUMONIA/IMAGE COMPILATION: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

July 09, 2021

Normal brain growth curves for children developed