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October 23, 2025

Can Mars’ ice confirm past life?
Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 22, 2025

Oct. 24 kicks off 'Plants for the People and the Planet' innovation series
In a new Q&A with the Penn Stater magazine, Andrew Read, Penn State senior vice president for research, underscores the link between publicly funded basic research and long-term innovation, economic growth and societal benefit — and the very real risks if the pipeline falters. “The Envy of the World” appears in the Penn Stater's November/December 2025 issue and is available online now at pennstatermag.com/read. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 21, 2025

Cuts threaten 'The Envy of the World': Penn Stater magazine interview
A team of researchers from Penn State and the University of Illinois Chicago has been awarded a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to employ biomedical research, clinical data, advanced artificial intelligence and mathematical modeling methods to ultimately support personalized medicine for people with Alzheimer’s disease. The team at Penn State includes Wenrui Hao, professor of mathematics and director of the Center for Mathematical Biology; Rui Zhang, assistant professor of computer science and engineering; and Wenpeng Yin, assistant professor of computer science and engineering. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 20, 2025

Can digital replicas of patients help personalize Alzheimer’s treatment?

October 20, 2025

AI Counts Kids' Bites In Fight Against Obesity
Training doctoral candidates in AI-powered precision tools for agriculture

October 20, 2025

Training doctoral candidates in AI-powered precision tools for agriculture

October 16, 2025

Microbes Or Their DNA Could Survive In Martian Ice And A Future Rover Could Dig For It

October 16, 2025

New AI tool detects bite rate to help prevent childhood obesity
From left: Joy Bergelson, Arturo Casadevall, and Martin Wiedmann will present as keynote speakers at the 2026 One Health Microbiome Symposium. Credit: Joy Bergelson, Arturo Casadevall, Martin Wiedmann. All Rights Reserved.

October 15, 2025

One Health Microbiome Center announces 2026 symposium, keynote speaker lineup
Clive Randall, Evan Pugh University Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, has been elected as a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. Credit: Seana Wood / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 15, 2025

Clive Randall elected as fellow of the European Academy of Sciences
Researchers typically have to watch recordings of children in eating studies, like the one this child and research assistant are participating in, to count and time each bite. Credit: Provided by Kathleen Keller. All Rights Reserved.

October 15, 2025

Counting bites with AI might one day help prevent childhood obesity

October 14, 2025

Cutting-Edge Monitor Capable of Detecting Vitamin B6 and Glucose Levels in Sweat

October 09, 2025

Researchers discover surprising solution to major issue in beekeeping: 'You take an active role'
The on-skin sensing platform, developed by a team led by researchers at Penn State, can detect vitamin B6 in small concentrations of sweat. The sensor also has the capability to be adapted for glucose sensing at a high sensitivity, allowing patients with diabetes to monitor glucose and vitamin B6 simultaneously. Credit: Provided by Larry Cheng . All Rights Reserved.

October 09, 2025

Highly sensitive monitor can detect vitamin B6, glucose in sweat
Wild lupine, a plant of conservation concern across most of its natural range in eastern North America, grows along a Pennsylvania roadside. Credit: Isabella Petitta. All Rights Reserved.

October 09, 2025

Wild lupine genetics could be key to conservation of species
Morels, like this yellow or common morel, Morchella esculentoides, were one of the two most often collected wild mushroom species by respondents to the researchers' survey, with 13% reporting that they harvest them. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 07, 2025

Wild mushrooms harvesters in Mid-Atlantic region collect fungi, build community
New research helps explain why disease-associated genetic variants can lead to variable clinical outcomes, influenced both by the patterns of secondary variants, or genetic background, and by how cohorts of individuals in a study are ascertained. In a family, shown on left, secondary variants can influence the severity of clinical outcomes, which is indicated by intensity of blue shading, or which features are present between a parent and a child that both carry the primary variant. However, this relationship between secondary and primary variants is different if the primary variant was discovered in a biobank that includes mostly healthy individuals, in the middle, or people identified for a shared clinical feature, on right. Credit: Corrine Smolen/Girirajan Laboratory / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 07, 2025

Background genetic variants influence clinical features in complex disorders

October 07, 2025

1 gene, 1 disease no more – acknowledging the full complexity of genetics could improve and personalize medicine
Wenrui Hao, professor of mathematics, was named director of the Center for Mathematical Biology. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 06, 2025

Center for Mathematical Biology appoints new director

October 06, 2025

Researchers unlock gene-editing for fungi-resistant cacao plants
The winners of a quiz competition held at the 2025 Core Facilities Open House

October 06, 2025

Core facilities open house welcomes new researchers
Researchers in lab coats using lab equipment

October 06, 2025

Penn State Center for Human Evolution and Diversity requests proposals for 2025-26 seed grants
Charlene Shupp Espenshade, executive director of the Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation, prepares to sample microgreens cultivated at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences during the college’s recent Legislative Research Tour. She is joined by graduate students Auja Bywater and Rishi Ravichandran. Credit: Sean Duke / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 02, 2025

College of Ag Sciences research tour explores connection between food, health
The International Union for Conservation of Nature is formally including all microbial life in its framework by establishing a Microbial Conservation Specialist Group (MCSG), that includes Penn State biologist Seth Bordenstein. Credit: CDC/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

October 01, 2025

New microorganism survival commission aims to fill critical conservation gap