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October 29, 2024

US bacteria discovery could boost rare earth mining to cut China influence
Paul Markowski, head of the department of meteorology and atmospheric science at Penn State, presents tornado research at the Penn State-hosted workshop titled "Improving the Prediction and Communication of Weather/Climate Extremes in Africa and the United States." Credit: David Kubarek / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 28, 2024

Extreme weather workshop focuses on saving lives worldwide
Researchers developed novel contrast agents that target two proteins implicated in osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease commonly characterized as wear-and-tear arthritis, and imaged the proteins using a photon-counting CT scanner. Here, the green and red are the targeted nanoparticles, while the yellow is adipose tissue. The white is bone and the gray is cartilage. Credit: Provided by the Pan Lab. All Rights Reserved.

October 25, 2024

New technique allows technicolor imaging of degenerative joint disease
In modern apple production, blossoms must be thinned, so that remaining blooms can reclaim the plant’s resources to grow better fruit. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 25, 2024

Research team gets grant to study precision chemical thinning of apple blossoms
Findings from this study suggest that azolla is food safe and has the potential to safely feed millions of people due to its rapid growth while free-floating on shallow fresh water without the need for nitrogen fertilizers. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 23, 2024

Water fern gains more evidence as safe potential global food insecurity solution
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October 23, 2024

Re-engineered, blue light-activated immune cells penetrate and kill solid tumors
Study lead author Danielle Begley-Miller and a colleague collecting information about the number and height of tree seedlings at a research plot. Credit: Michael Antonishak. All Rights Reserved.

October 22, 2024

Deer, seedlings and soil pH influence local forest regeneration
Penn State Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Mohammad Rezaee and his team founded Intel-E-Waste, a startup offering a sustainable e-waste recycling process. Credit: Provided by Mohammad Rezaee. All Rights Reserved.

October 22, 2024

Penn State research-based startup tackles e-waste recycling challenges

October 22, 2024

The Surprising Health Benefits of Pain
Researchers developed a 3D atlas of the developing mouse brain, with such images as this. Credit: Provided by the Kim Lab / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 21, 2024

Researchers develop 3D atlas of the developing mammalian brain
"LEED, Uncertified" (2023), Johanna Beam and Marianna Renda. Credit: Tess Dubler. All Rights Reserved.

October 21, 2024

Exhibition to showcase art and science collaborations

October 18, 2024

Study links depression, outcome of sports concussion
Penn State Senior Vice President for Research Andrew Read hosted a conversation with the community on Oct. 14, 2024, about the University’s research enterprise. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 18, 2024

Andrew Read leads conversation with community on research enterprise
Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has been selected to host a United Nations World Food Forum Youth Innovation Lab. Faculty and students who were present for the World Food Day Global Ceremony, held in Rome this week, were, from left, Daniel Foster, associate professor of agricultural and extension education and co-founder of the Global Teach Ag Network at Penn State; Ram Neupane, doctoral student; Melanie Foster, associate teaching professor of international agriculture and co-founder of the Global Teach Ag Network; Nina Coates, program and project management senior consultant, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Jett Kelly, undergraduate student; Mark Gagnon, Harbaugh Entrepreneur and Innovation Faculty Scholar; Xialing Zhao, doctoral student; Noel Habashy, associate teacher professor and coordinator for the international agriculture minor; and Raymond Yan, undergraduate student. Credit: Contributed photo. All Rights Reserved.

October 18, 2024

Penn State named site for World Food Forum Youth Food Lab
Ceroptres promethea is one of the newly identified and named gall wasps. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

October 18, 2024

Penn State entomology graduate student identifies 22 new species of gall wasps
Funding enables Penn State faculty, staff and students to push the boundaries of discovery, conduct cutting-edge research and drive innovation that positively impacts society, both locally and around the globe. Here Nicholas Clark, a postdoctoral fellow at Penn State, forges a piece of LionGlass, an entirely new type of glass that offers the first alternative to standard soda lime silicate glass. LionGlass, which was invented at Penn State, secured its first corporate partner for research and development in fiscal year 2024. Credit: Michael Owen / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 18, 2024

Penn State’s research expenditures reach record $1.337 billion
The Penn State Climate Consortium has awarded funding to four research projects that look to put promising climate solutions into action through interdisciplinary partnerships. Credit: Brenna Buck. All Rights Reserved.

October 17, 2024

Climate Consortium awards projects to drive climate solutions across key sectors
Gustavo Nader, professor of kinesiology and physiology in the Penn State College of Health and Human Development, has been named the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Loyd Huck Chair in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology by Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. Credit: Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. All Rights Reserved.

October 17, 2024

Gustavo Nader named Huck Chair in Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology
Nominations for the Penn State Faculty Scholar medal are now open. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 16, 2024

Nominations sought for Faculty Scholar Medal
At left, a hydrophobic Mycoknit leather sample as the mycelium is growing and at right, a close-up view of the MycoKnit pavilion project led by architecture professors Felecia Davis and Benay Gürsoy. Credit: Provided by Felecia Davis and Benay Gürsoy. All Rights Reserved.

October 15, 2024

Fungi Futures exhibition showcases work of Stuckeman architecture researchers
People who experience depression and concussions simultaneously have significantly worse symptoms for both conditions and disruptions to brain connectivity, according to a new study by kinesiology researchers at Penn State. Credit: Getty Images – FGTrade. All Rights Reserved.

October 14, 2024

Co-occurrence of depression and concussions amplify symptoms of both conditions

October 13, 2024

Plant compound may help fight TB

October 12, 2024

Invasive brown stink bugs are everywhere — but for how much longer?
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

October 11, 2024

Penn State researchers earn funding for sustainable weed and insect management