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April 22, 2025

How do you like them apples? Apple genus evolution revealed

April 22, 2025

Special Report: Earth's warming affecting Americans from coast to coast
Nelson Roque (left) and Alexis Santos (right) found that 58% of counties in the United States have no air-quality monitoring. Credit: Dennis Maney / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 21, 2025

How safe is the air to breathe? 50 million people in the US don't know
A team led by scientists at Penn State has created a stretchable, rechargeable sticker that can detect real emotions — by measuring things like skin temperature and heart rate — even when users put on a brave face. Credit: Courtesy Yangbo Yuan / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 21, 2025

High-tech sticker can identify real human emotions

April 21, 2025

Experts warn against a popular remedy for insomnia — it may increase risk of disability
Focus on sanitation and clean water may improve control of endemic cholera

April 18, 2025

Focus on sanitation and clean water may improve control of endemic cholera
Increases in insomnia were followed by increased risk of movement and self-care disabilities, according to a new study by researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development. Credit: Filmstax/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

April 17, 2025

Insomnia and sleep medication use connected to disability in older adults
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April 16, 2025

Bridge funding available to address unexpected short-term gaps

April 16, 2025

To save our trees, we must burn down our forests
A new study used modern methods to reassess a foundational study in biology that explained how ecologically similar species of wood warblers coexist. The research team examined foraging behavior, physical characteristics, diet and evolutionary history of 13 warbler species, including the black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens) pictured here, and found that how these songbirds coexist is more nuanced than originally proposed. Credit: Ronnie d'Entremont. All Rights Reserved.

April 16, 2025

Foraging on the wing: How can ecologically similar birds live together?
Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

April 15, 2025

Immune system proteins involved in severe parasitic disease identified
The four Penn State Goldwater Scholars are, clockwise from top left, Luc Schrauf, Elisabeth Groff, Zach Badinger and Megan von Abo. Credit: Provided. All Rights Reserved.

April 15, 2025

Four Penn State undergraduates earn Goldwater Scholarships
The study found that increased salt content in tomato plants reduces fruitworm caterpillar feeding and limits the number of eggs that moths lay on these plants. Credit: Sahil Pawar. All Rights Reserved.

April 15, 2025

Feeling salty? Increased salt stress reduces tomato pest activity
Huck Director Christina Grozinger

April 14, 2025

Grozinger appointed to National Academies committee to study insect declines in North America

April 10, 2025

Penn State experts weigh in on measles outbreak, vaccines
Maria Lovallo in a lab

April 10, 2025

Graduating senior reflects on undergraduate research experiences at Penn State
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April 09, 2025

Postdoctoral training series assists scholars seeking fellowships
The findings could help drive future research as well as help evaluate the costs and benefits of pesticide use in agroecosystems, the researchers said. Credit: Kym MacKinnon/Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

April 09, 2025

Even sublethal insecticide dose may disrupt pollinator mating process
The U.S. National Science Foundation National Synthesis Center for Emergence in the Molecular and Cellular Sciences at Penn State recently announced its first cohort of working groups. The center is supporting 10 initial working groups which will conduct research in accordance with open science principles, producing peer-reviewed articles, public datasets and reproducible workflows. The working groups will reuse and integrate diverse datasets, creatively visualized in this illustration, to gain insights about emergent properties that could potentially answer fundamental scientific questions and lead to transformative discoveries. Credit: NicoElNino/Alamy Stock Photo. All Rights Reserved.

April 09, 2025

NCEMS working groups to answer molecular and cellular bioscience questions
Urara Hasegawa, assistant professor at Penn State, demonstrates thermogels, special materials that can turn from a liquid into a solid when triggered by heat. New thermogels developed by Hasegawa and her team show promise as a next-generation biomaterials. Credit: Urara Hasegawa. All Rights Reserved.

April 09, 2025

‘Patchy’ thermogels show next-gen biomedical material potential, scientists say
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April 09, 2025

Complete genome sequences of six ape species unveiled
Mary Ann Smith, 2025 Campus Sustainability Champion, standing next to a large London plane tree located on the Penn State Schuylkill campus. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 09, 2025

Penn State Schuylkill biologist recognized as a PERC Campus Sustainability Champion
As AI expands, so does its environmental footprint, from high energy use to e-waste. But with efficient models, greener infrastructure and smarter design, the tech industry can curb its impact and improve its sustainability. Credit: Adobe Stock. All Rights Reserved.

April 09, 2025

Q&A: Can artificial intelligence growth and sustainability go hand in hand?
In research conducted at the Penn State dairy barns, cows that were fed a diet that included 15% whole cottonseed produced 5% more milk fat per day than cows not eating whole cottonseed. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 08, 2025

Feeding dairy cows whole cottonseed byproduct boosts milk fat, researchers find