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April 22, 2024

Kissing bugs, vector for Chagas disease, successfully gene edited for first time

April 16, 2024

Penn State announces interim executive vice president and provost ahead of national search
Awards and medals on a table at the 2023-24 Graduate Student Awards, hosted by the Graduate School at Penn State.

April 16, 2024

Huck trainees recognized at graduate school awards
Tracy Langkilde, the Verne M. Willaman Dean of the Eberly College of Science, has been named Penn State's interim executive vice president and provost. Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

April 16, 2024

Tracy Langkilde appointed interim executive vice president and provost

April 16, 2024

Power, pipeline corridors are becoming wildlife habitat

April 16, 2024

To Eat Less When Snacking, Pick the Best Size

April 15, 2024

The Cicadapocalypse is nigh. 7 cicada facts to know before it hits.
For the 2024-25 academic year, Penn State Huck Institutes leadership has appointed, left to right, Associate Professor of Surgery Dino Ravnic, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Scott Medina, and Professor of Statistics Lingzhou Xue to be Huck Leadership Fellows Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 15, 2024

Huck Leadership Fellows selected for 2024-25

April 15, 2024

Cracking the calcium code to understand its role in health

April 15, 2024

Bigger is better! The size of your snacks may control your salt consumption

April 12, 2024

Forest, stream habitats keep energy exchanges in balance, global team finds
Ana Fonseca, graduate assistant in animal science who spearheaded the research, with a chick like those involved in the study. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 12, 2024

Probiotic feed additive boosts growth, health in poultry in place of antibiotics
The Penn State Museum Consortium will hold the spring 2024 "Night at the Museums" on April 25. Participating museums on the University Park campus will be open from 4 to 8 p.m. Admittance to the museums is free and open to the public. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

April 11, 2024

Spring ‘Night at the Museums’ event will be held on Thursday, April 25
Yellow-eyed grasses are visited by a diverse group of arthropods — including spiders, beetles, and other insects such as grasshoppers, locusts and crickets, according to the researchers. Credit: Terry Torres-Cruz. All Rights Reserved.

April 11, 2024

Yellow-eyed grasses may have more insect visitors than previously thought

April 11, 2024

Study Finds Daily Avocado Consumption Is Linked to Better Diet—Here’s Why
The Goldwater Scholarship recognizes undergraduates who show exceptional potential as leaders. Credit: Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

April 10, 2024

Three Penn Staters earn national Goldwater Scholarships
Huanyu “Larry” Cheng is the the James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Penn State. Credit: Kelby Hochreither/Penn State . All Rights Reserved.

April 10, 2024

Q&A: New technology may help identify neuromotor disease symptoms in infants

April 10, 2024

Snack size matters
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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