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Study lead author Sophia Kenney, postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Animal Science, samples a maternity pen for Salmonella Dublin. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 21, 2025

Bacteria strains infecting cattle and humans in US are highly similar
Lacy Alexander (seated) and Auni Williams recreate one of the experiments from the study, where women submerge their hand in cold water while their blood pressure is monitored. Credit: Aaron Wagner / Penn State. Creative Commons

August 20, 2025

Endometriosis affects more systems in women’s bodies than previously understood
The team’s sensor is capable of measuring and reporting the chloride ion levels of a subject's sweat in real time with high precision and efficiency. Credit: Caleb Craig/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

August 20, 2025

Breaking a sweat: Using chloride in sweat to help diagnose cystic fibrosis
Although the researchers looked far back into time in conducting their study, they suggest the findings may have implications for the future. Credit: Manfred Richter from Pixabay. All Rights Reserved.

August 18, 2025

Corn root traits evolved with both human-driven, natural environmental changes
Logo of the Eberly College of Science's Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 18, 2025

Eberly College introduces Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions outreach events
Penn State’s Roar supercomputer, housed within the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS), enables researchers across the University to conduct complex simulations, calculations and analyses on a large scale, something a personal computer is not capable of. Ed O'Brien and Romit Maulik, ICDS co-hires, recently spoke to Penn State News about the need for and benefit of using high-performance computing resources to complete challenging inter- and multi-disciplinary research projects. Credit: ICDS/Ryan Antion / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

August 18, 2025

Q&A: Boosting research with supercomputing
The treatment is used to control northern fowl mites, a blood-feeding parasite that can lead to health problems and lower egg production in chickens and other poultry. Credit: Zachariah Smith on Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

August 14, 2025

Northern fowl mite treatment tested at Penn State receives FDA approval
The findings provide a better understanding of the viruses that could help lead to better disease control in the future, according to the researchers. Credit: meriç tuna on Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

August 13, 2025

Study offers new insight into mixed virus interactions in plants

August 13, 2025

Microrobots Mimic Nature's Acoustic Communication
Invent Penn State’s NSF I-Corps Short Course is accepting applications for its virtual September cohort. Participant must apply and complete a self-guided I-Corps prep mini-course by Friday, Sept. 5. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

August 13, 2025

Turn research into impact: Apply now for Penn State NSF I-Corps short course
A new study led by Penn State researchers shows for the first time how sound waves could function as a means of controlling micro-sized robots. Credit: Igor Aronson / Penn State. Creative Commons

August 12, 2025

Tiny robots use sound to self-organize into intelligent groups
This large American Elm tree stands on the Penn State Beaver campus near the Laboratory Classroom Building. American Elm trees are now considered rare after its population was ravaged by Dutch elm disease. Credit: Kristen Doerschner / Penn State Beaver / Penn State. Creative Commons

August 12, 2025

Tree inventory creates map of campus foliage at Penn State Beaver

August 11, 2025

Firefly sightings increase, but experts warn of global insect decline
Recently identified and long-lasting type of protein misfolding — non-native entanglements — observed in all-atom protein folding simulations. Representative misfolded conformations of the small proteins, Ubiquitin and λ-repressor, exhibit gains-of-entanglement in all-atom folding simulations and are shown alongside their native structures. In the misfolded states, non-native entangled loops are highlighted in red, with yellow spheres marking loop closures and blue segments indicating threading through the loop. Credit: O’Brien Laboratory / Penn State. Creative Commons

August 08, 2025

New class of protein misfolding simulated in high definition

August 07, 2025

Key Traits Identified in Predicting Disease Emergence in New Populations

August 06, 2025

Human eggs don't accumulate as many mutations with age as we thought

August 04, 2025

Bird Flu May Be Airborne on Dairy Farms, Scientists Report
David Puts is a professor of anthropology at Penn State

August 04, 2025

Huck names new associate director for graduate education
Denise Okafor, Huck Early Career Chair in Biophysics and assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and of chemistry

August 04, 2025

Research need inspires student opportunity

August 02, 2025

New graphene-based sensor can help diagnose diabetes and prediabetes based on a breath sample
Student award winners.

August 01, 2025

HGSAC co-chairs recognized for symposium success
Donna Korzick

August 01, 2025

Redefining graduate education through mentorship and innovation
Sibel Irmak, left, research professor of agricultural and biological engineering in the College of Agricultural Sciences, recently was honored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

August 01, 2025

National society honors ag and biological professor for inclusion efforts

August 01, 2025

Nuclear war would cripple Earth's food supply