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March 19, 2024

These Researchers Are Digging Into the Understudied Science of Roots
A group of students from Ngaremara Primary School in Kenya

March 18, 2024

PlantVillage announces new initiative for child welfare

March 18, 2024

9-year-old Arkansas girl catches rare pink grasshopper, names it Millie

March 18, 2024

Intermittent fasting linked to higher risk of cardiovascular death, research suggests

March 16, 2024

Robert Miller: Environmentalists renew fight to limit use of neonicotinoids in CT

March 15, 2024

ABC27 News at 5
A doctor explains a colonoscopy result to a patient. Credit: Getty Images | PonyWang. All Rights Reserved.

March 14, 2024

The Medical Minute: Colon cancer rates higher in rural areas
Gardeners of all ages, experience levels and garden sizes are invited to learn new gardening skills and get their hands dirty at the Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Student Farm’s upcoming Garden Grow-How event. The event will provide seeds and advice for all on Monday, Mar. 25, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

March 14, 2024

Ross Student Farm hosts 'Garden Grow-How' for community on March 25

March 14, 2024

St. Tammany's ditches are fouled with untreated sewage. The mosquitoes are loving it.
The Penn State Radiation Science and Engineering Center (RSEC) recently received a small angle neutron scattering (SANS) device. The arrival of the equipment makes Penn State the first and only U.S. university research reactor to have SANS capability, according to RSEC researchers. Credit: Poornima Tomy/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

March 13, 2024

New device positions Penn State at the forefront of university research reactors

March 13, 2024

The Return of Measles
Sycamore Creek flows through an arid landscape in Arizona. It was one of the streams included in the study on how streams and forests exchange energy. Credit: Daniel Allen. All Rights Reserved.

March 13, 2024

Forest, stream habitats keep energy exchanges in balance, global team finds

March 12, 2024

New GPS nanoparticle to treat basal-like breast cancers
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March 12, 2024

Biology postdoc awarded National Institutes of Health fellowship
Researchers have demonstrated proof-of-principle of a protein-based intranasal vaccine platform, called SpyCage, that could eventually help to prevent infection and transmission of respiratory viruses, like SARS-CoV-2. Image shows an illustration of the SpyCage vaccine platform, on right, decorated with a portion of the spike protein from SARS-CoV-2, next to an illustration of the virus. Credit: Dani Zemba / Penn State. Creative Commons

March 12, 2024

New nasal vaccine platform helps clear COVID-19 infections in an animal model

March 11, 2024

Pennsylvania's path to legalizing cannabis faces numerous hurdles
On the left is an electron microscopic image of the nanoparticles designed by the team led by Penn State researchers. On the right, the nanoparticles, shown as black dots, find the basal-like breast cancer cells in yellow and deliver the gene-editing tools. The disintegrating cell demonstrates the destructive power of the therapy delivered by the nanoparticle. Credit: Provided by Dipanjan Pan. All Rights Reserved.

March 11, 2024

GPS nanoparticle platform precisely delivers therapeutic payload to cancer cells

March 11, 2024

Artificially Sweetened Drinks May Increase AFib Risk by 20%, Study Finds

March 11, 2024

Drinking a 2-liter bottle of soda weekly linked to atrial fibrillation
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March 11, 2024

Researchers identify distinct sleep types and their impact on long-term health

March 08, 2024

Virus hijacking insect sperm causes brutal sterility, find scientists
A new study led by researchers at Penn State has uncovered how a widespread bacteria called Wolbachia and a virus that it carries can cause sterility in male insects by hijacking their sperm messenger molecules — tagged with red fluorescence in this image of Drosophila testes. These findings could improve techniques to control populations of agricultural pests and insects that carry diseases like Zika and dengue to humans. Credit: Rupinder Kaur / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

March 08, 2024

How does a virus hijack insect sperm to control disease vectors and pests?

March 08, 2024

Diet Sodas Linked to Heart Issues

March 08, 2024

3D-printed skin could heal wounds with less scarring