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Researchers found that the descriptions on the fronts of infant and toddler food packages may not accurately reflect the actual ingredient amounts. IMAGE: HUI SANG, UNSPLASH

February 10, 2021

Baby food product names may not accurately reflect ingredient amounts
Adult female giraffes that group together with more of their peers live longer than less sociable individuals, according to a new study. IMAGE: WILD NATURE INSTITUTE

February 10, 2021

Friends matter: More sociable giraffes live longer
Tombros Early Career Professor Andrew Patterson has been honored "for his leadership, vision, service and dedication to the field of toxicology."IMAGE: PATRICK MANSELL

February 09, 2021

Andrew Patterson receives Society of Toxicology Achievement Award

February 09, 2021

Vaccines Could Drive The Evolution Of More COVID-19 Mutants
Research conducted by microbial ecologists in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences aims to help farmers rebuild healthy soil microbiomes after a soil-clearing event. IMAGE: PEXELS

February 08, 2021

Rebuilding soil microbiomes in high-tunnel agricultural systems focus of study

February 07, 2021

NOVA

February 06, 2021

Masks, distancing, demography: The mystery behind India's declining Covid cases
New research shows that DNA that folds into conformations other than the classic double helix (non-B DNA), which includes as much as 13% of the human genome, leads to elevated nucleotide substitution rates in both the non-B motifs themselves and their flanking regions. These elevated mutation rates are a major contributor to the regional variation in mutation rates across the genome. IMAGE: WILFRIED GUIBLET AND DANI ZEMBA, PENN STATE

February 04, 2021

Unusual DNA folding increases the rates of mutations
Researchers found that the economic value of insect pollinators was $34 billion in the U.S. in 2012. IMAGE: LEON PLUMP, UNSPLASH

February 04, 2021

The business of bees
mushroom phorid fly problem

February 03, 2021

Penn State entomologists devise a system to control mushroom phorid flies
In December 2015, a yellow fever outbreak began in Luanda, Angola. This outbreak was the largest reported in Angola during the last 30-years. In a new study, researchers examine the ways in which vector-borne diseases, like yellow fever, have shaped society and culture. IMAGE: REBECCA HALL, CDC

February 02, 2021

Vector-borne diseases shaped human history and reveal race disparities
Researchers found that vaccine programs in low- and middle-income countries have prevented 37 million deaths in the last 20 years – 36 million of which have been in children under age five. IMAGE: CDC, UNSPLASH

February 02, 2021

Vaccines against 10 diseases prevented 37 million deaths in last 20 years

February 01, 2021

The Mystery Of India's Plummeting COVID-19 Cases
Research suggests that honey bees have a "goldilocks" range of summer weather conditions that raises their probability of winter survival.IMAGE: SWEETAHOLIC VIA PIXABAY

February 01, 2021

Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees
Called multiseriate cortical sclerenchyma by the researchers — or MCS — the phenotype is characterized by small cells with thick walls just beneath the surface of the roots, as shown by these images captured by the researchers using laser ablation tomography. Roots with the MCS genotype have a greater concentration of lignin — an organic polymer that lends rigidity. IMAGE: HANNAH SCHNEIDER/PENN STATE

February 01, 2021

Newly discovered trait helps plants grow deeper roots in dry, compacted soils
The Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories (EESL) announced its 2020-2021 funding opportunity for Penn State students. The program, called EESL Green, is now accepting proposals for funding that will support energy and environment, materials and fermentation laboratory research. IMAGE: KEVIN SLIMAN

February 01, 2021

Student funding available for laboratory research

January 31, 2021

Americans can’t cut back on salt. One likely reason: Packaged and prepared foods are filled with it.

January 29, 2021

Take Note: Epidemiologist Dr. Nita Bharti On Safety And Effectiveness Of New COVID-19 Vaccines

January 29, 2021

A Simple, Inexpensive Change Foils Mushroom Phorid Flies
The Ecology Institute announced a funding competition for its annual Flower Grant that will take place as virtual pitch slams on March 9 and 10, 2021. IMAGE: BRENNA BUCK

January 28, 2021

Ecology Institute to hold pitch slam for funding competition
IMAGE: ADOBE STOCK

January 28, 2021

Infants exposed to second-hand smoke may develop behavior problems later in life

January 28, 2021

Oh Good, Trillions of Cicadas Are Coming
Matt Ferrari IMAGE: PENN STATE

January 28, 2021

Two members of Eberly College honored for extraordinary efforts during pandemic
Yuguo “Leo” Lei joined the Penn State Department of Biomedical Engineering as an associate professor and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences as the inaugural faculty director of the Sartorius Cell Culture Facility. IMAGE: PROVIDED BY YUGUO LEI

January 27, 2021

Therapeutic cell researcher joins biomedical engineering and Huck Institutes