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April 08, 2024

Podcast sheds light on the evolution of disease-causing pathogens

April 06, 2024

Finding our family’s roots through the ‘sepia rainbow’
Credit: Jillian Wesner / Penn State Graduate School, Yvonne Harhigh / Penn State Harrisburg, Penn State Hershey, Eberly College of Science, Bertrand Mahirwe Ishimwe / Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, provided. All Rights Reserved.

April 04, 2024

Forty graduate students honored with prestigious University awards
A new sunflower family tree reveals that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently. Chrysanthemum lavandulifolium, on the upper left, and Artemisia annua, upper right, are closely related species from the same tribe; the former has bilaterally symmetric flowers — the rays — and the latter does not. Rudbeckia hirta, lower left, from the sunflower tribe has bilaterally symmetric flowers, and Eupatorium chinense, lower right, from the Eupatorieae tribe does not; these two tribes are closely related groups. A sunflower, center, shows flowers with bilateral symmetry — the large petal-like flowers in the outer row — and without bilateral symmetry — the small flowers in the inner rows. Credit: Guojin Zhang, Ma laboratory / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 03, 2024

New sunflower family tree reveals multiple origins of flower symmetry
Researchers have demonstrated that a vaccine for tuberculosis currently used in humans significantly reduces infectiousness of vaccinated livestock, improving prospects for elimination and control. Credit: Vivek Kapur, Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

March 28, 2024

Vaccine protects cattle from bovine tuberculosis, may eliminate disease

March 28, 2024

Penn State Expert Says Dairy Farmers Shouldn't Worry About Avian Flu
A synthetic material recently developed by Penn State scientists could lower the difficulty and barrier to entry for researchers studying how microorganisms interact with the gastrointestinal system and potentially improve labs' ability to screen drugs that impact gut health. Credit: AlonzoDesign/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

March 27, 2024

Synthetic material could improve ease and cut cost of gut microbiome research
Andrew Read will assume the role of senior vice president for research at Penn State on April 1, 2024, after serving in the role in an interim capacity. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

March 27, 2024

Andrew Read named senior vice president for research
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March 26, 2024

Hughes named recipient of Kopp International Faculty Achievement Award
In a recently published paper, Pak Kin Wong discusses the methods discusses the methods available for incorporating microbiota analysis into clinical decision-making, the challenges of doing so and the need for new technologies to capitalize on the potential of microbiota’s role in medicine. Credit: Kate Myers/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

March 25, 2024

Listen to your gut: Using microbiota analysis for precision health care

March 22, 2024

Can You Develop Allergies Later in Life? Sadly, Yes—Here’s How to Deal
Eric Crandall, assistant research professor of biology in the Penn State Eberly College of Science, will co-lead a project awarded $1.6 million by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

March 21, 2024

$1.6 M from NSF to improve models that inform marine protected areas
Two proteins can trigger the signaling cascades needed to help differentiate stem cells into endothelial cells that can form tubular-like vessels in a dish, according to a team led by Penn State researchers. The finding has implications for developing drug-testing platforms and other clinical applications. Credit: Lian Lab/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

March 21, 2024

Two keys needed to crack three locks for better engineered blood vessels

March 20, 2024

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Although this method of identifying deep-rooting plants was accomplished with corn, shown here on a cloudy summer morning growing at Penn State's Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center, it can be used with all plants, the researchers said. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

March 19, 2024

Novel method to measure root depth may lead to more resilient crops

March 19, 2024

What happens if you eat mold? Food safety experts share which types to avoid most

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

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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