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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
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
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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

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