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First author Prabhav Borate, a graduate student in engineering science, demonstrates how lab earthquakes are created: by grinding two blocks of rock together until a failure occurs. Credit: Poornima Tomy / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

January 23, 2025

Predicting lab earthquakes with physics-informed artificial intelligence
Tao Zhou, assistant professor of engineering science and mechanics, received a five-year, $660,000 CAREER award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop stretchy, injectable hydrogel electrodes to treat spinal cord injuries. Credit: Poornima Tomy / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

January 23, 2025

NSF CAREER Award supports pursuit of ‘soft’ solutions for spinal cord injuries

January 23, 2025

Fewer lanternflies this summer? Maybe, and you can thank this week's deep freeze

January 23, 2025

Mane attraction: Molecular ‘switch’ may control long scalp hair
Treating hair loss may be as simple as developing therapies to flip a molecular “switch,” according to a new study by researchers from Penn State; the University of California, Irvine; and National Taiwan University. Credit: iprogressman / Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

January 23, 2025

Mane attraction: Molecular ‘switch’ may control long scalp hair
Researchers attached QR codes to the backs of thousands of bees to track when and for how long they left their hives. Credit: Provided by the researchers. All Rights Reserved.

January 22, 2025

‘Buzz me in:’ Bees wearing itty bitty QR codes reveal hive secrets
The finding that the resident geese employed short-term abandonment of hunted locations to avoid predation, but maintained long-term fidelity to the wildlife management areas, surprised the researchers and ran counter to findings from similar waterfowl studies. Credit: Steve Higgins, Flickr. All Rights Reserved.

January 21, 2025

Despite knowing where and when people hunt, Canada geese don’t flee far

January 21, 2025

Scientists Just Created a Pasta So Tiny You Can't See It With the Naked Eye
The biosensing platform developed by Penn State engineering researchers incorporates two-pass laser induced graphene with commercial transistors to simultaneously test for SARS-CoV-2 and vitamin C. Credit: Heshmat “Amir” Asgharian / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

January 21, 2025

Biosensing platform simultaneously detects vitamin C and SARS-CoV-2
Orfeu Buxton, Elizabeth Susman Professor of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State, will present the 2025 Pattishall Research Lecture, “Sleep Health Across the Life Span,” on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. in the Edna Bennett Pierce Living Center (110 Henderson Building). Credit: via Getty Images; A Mokhtari and Annandistock. All Rights Reserved.

January 17, 2025

Feb. 5 lecture to discuss how sleep health affects daily life, long-term health
Huck Director Christina Grozinger

January 17, 2025

Christina Grozinger to lead Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences as director

January 17, 2025

Closing coal plants in environmental justice communities first would save more lives: Study

January 17, 2025

Discovery May Eliminate Need for Vaccine Refrigeration
Through a series of experiments, the research team led by Scott Medina, right, William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Penn State, replaced the water-based solution commonly used in protein-based medications with a perfluorocarbon oil and tested five different proteins with a range of health-related functions such as antibodies and enzymes. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

January 16, 2025

Discovery could eliminate need to refrigerate vaccines and protein-based drugs

January 13, 2025

How your pet dog could be spreading salmonella amid serious public health concern
PlantVillage, a Penn State-based research lab, is working with smallholder farmers in Africa, Asia and the Americas to adapt to climate-related challenges. To guide its expansion and commercial efforts, PlantVillage participated in the Invent Penn State NSF I-Corps regional short course, which helps researchers start on the path toward commercializing their innovations. Credit: Katie DeFiore / Penn State. Creative Commons

January 13, 2025

PlantVillage empowers farmers around the world to combat climate change

January 12, 2025

How the Penn State Food Science Club helps shape the food scientists of tomorrow

January 10, 2025

Even 1 drink a day elevates your cancer risk – an expert on how alcohol affects the body breaks down a new government report
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

January 10, 2025

College of Ag Sciences graduate students receive research grant awards
PSAA Presents is every Penn Stater’s home for all of the virtual and in-person programming that the Penn State Alumni Association offers. Credit: Penn State Alumni Association. All Rights Reserved.

January 09, 2025

Virtual speaker to discuss impact and potential of PlantVillage on Jan. 21
Samples for the study were collected by researchers from Penn State, the Forest Service and other partners around the Oregon ash range, extending from California, Oregon and Washington into British Columbia. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

January 08, 2025

Ash tree variability may offer restoration path post-beetle decimation
Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, awards Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, the National Medal of Science during an awards ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., Jan. 3. Credit: Photo by Ryan K. Morris. All Rights Reserved.

January 07, 2025

Alley awarded National Medal of Science, highest honor US bestows on scientists
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January 07, 2025

Predicting the progression of autoimmune disease with AI
The study focused on the horned-face bee, which helps pollinate crops like apples and blueberries, and the alfalfa leafcutting bee, which pollinates alfalfa. Credit: Alain C./Flickr. All Rights Reserved.

January 06, 2025

Quantity over quality? Different bees are attracted to different floral traits