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Dec 11, 2024

Center for Socially Responsible AI awards seed funding to seven diverse projects

The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) has announced the results of its most recent seed-funding competition.

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The genomes of Kirtland’s warblers show extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study, which could guide continuing conservation efforts for the once-endangered songbird. Credit: Nathan Cooper. All Rights Reserved.

Dec 11, 2024

Once-endangered Kirtland’s warblers show extensive signs of inbreeding in genome

The genome of a once-endangered songbird shows extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study by Penn State researchers.

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The awards ceremony was held Nov. 19 to celebrate a year of outstanding success and accomplishments in research. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

Dec 10, 2024

College of Ag Sciences celebrates faculty, staff achievements in research

Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences celebrated another year of outstanding success and accomplishments in research during the 2024 Research Awards Ceremony, held Nov. 19 at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus.

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The nine-acre Sustainability Experience Center lies on the edge of Penn State’s University Park campus and provides a living laboratory for students, faculty and the community to research and learn about sustainability. The site is home to the campus Community Garden and five ongoing research and outreach projects hosted by various departments and colleges at the University. Credit: Penn State Sustainability. All Rights Reserved.

Dec 10, 2024

Penn State ranks second in the US in 2025 QS sustainability rankings

University ranks No. 1 in the Big Ten, rises to No. 19 internationally in ranking’s third year.

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Dec 10, 2024

WHO recommends universal introduction for rubella vaccination

Global policy change, influenced in part by research led by Penn State scientists, removes barriers for countries that have yet to introduce rubella vaccination.

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Through studies on rats, a team of researchers at Penn State has pinpointed the exact moment of loss of consciousness due to anesthesia, mapping what happens in different brain regions during that moment. Credit: Provided by Nanyin Zhang . All Rights Reserved.

Dec 10, 2024

Brain mechanisms underpinning loss of consciousness identified

Rapid activity in three brain regions appears to trigger loss of consciousness, researchers at Penn State find.

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Dec 10, 2024

Relieving chronic stress in the brains of male and female mice

In two new studies, researchers made mice resilient to stress by activating neurons in different brain regions and show that the brain regions and gene expression changes involved are highly sex-specific.

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Dec 09, 2024

The stories that defined 2024 for the One Health Microbiome Center at Penn State

The One Health Microbiome Center has grown, and 2024’s most popular articles below highlight the determination and innovative research by Center members in the gut microbiome, nutritional sciences, food science and agriculture, in addition to headlines featuring partnerships and internships paving the way for future success.

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Keefe Manning, Penn State professor of biomedical engineering with a courtesy appointment as a professor of surgery, was elected fellow of the American Heart Association by the association's stroke council. Credit: Poornima Tomy/Penn State . All Rights Reserved.

Dec 09, 2024

Biomedical engineering professor elected American Heart Association Fellow

Keefe Manning, Penn State professor of biomedical engineering with a courtesy appointment as a professor of surgery, was elected fellow of the American Heart Association by the association's stroke council.

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Inhye Kim, an assistant research professor of biomedical engineering at Penn State, works in the lab at the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building at University Park. Credit: Poornima Tomy/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

Dec 06, 2024

Tracking immune cell brain cancer therapies with ultrasound

National Cancer Institute awards biomedical engineering researchers $3.2M to study immune cell-based cancer treatment.

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