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Troy Ott, professor of reproductive physiology, has been named acting director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State. Credit: Dan Lesher / Penn State. Creative Commons

June 12, 2023

Troy Ott named acting director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences

June 12, 2023

Elon Musk's Neuralink Is 'Heading' For Human Trials As Brain Computer Interface Startup Receives FDA Approval

June 12, 2023

'This is on our doorstep now': Wildfire smoke is new hazard in upper Midwest
A new study led by researchers at Penn State found that a new vaccine against the deadly chytrid fungus in frogs can shift the composition of the microbiome, making frogs more resilient to future exposure to the fungus. Credit: TJ Gehling/Flickr. All Rights Reserved.

June 12, 2023

Vaccine against deadly chytrid fungus primes frog microbiome for future exposure
A new study led by researchers at Penn State reveals that populations of Masai giraffes separated geographically by the Great Rift Valley have not exchanged genetic material in more than a thousand years, and in some cases hundreds of thousands of years, suggesting these giraffes are more endangered than previously thought. Credit: Sonja Metzger. All Rights Reserved.

June 12, 2023

Masai giraffes more endangered than previously thought
Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

June 12, 2023

Penn State announces non-tenure-line faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2023
Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

June 12, 2023

Penn State announces tenure-line faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2023

June 10, 2023

Canada Wildfires and Air Quality Impact

June 09, 2023

Elon Musk's Neuralink has FDA approval to put chips in humans' brains. Here's what's next.

June 09, 2023

'This is on our doorstep now': Wildfire smoke a reminder that climate change impacts human health
Jaime Garcia Prudencio, assistant teaching professor for the Spanish for Agriculture Program at Penn State. Credit: Contributed photo. All Rights Reserved.

June 09, 2023

Penn State College of Ag Sciences presents awards for diversity achievements

June 08, 2023

What’s actually in all that smoke you’re breathing
Penn State neuroscience doctoral student Avery Sicher works in the lab, doing patch-clamp electrophysiology. Credit: Dan Lesher / Penn State. Creative Commons

June 08, 2023

Mouse models of adolescent binge drinking reveal key long-lasting brain changes

June 07, 2023

How curly hair boosted brain growth by keeping early humans cool

June 07, 2023

Penn State to collect data from farmers, vineyards on spotted lanternfly spread
A thermal manikin wearing tightly curled (left) and straight (right) human hair wigs. The manikin uses electric power to simulate body heat and allows scientists to study heat transfer between human skin and the environment. A new study examining the role human hair textures play in regulating body temperature found that tightly curled hair provides the best protection from the sun’s radiative heat while minimizing the need to sweat to stay cool. Credit: George Havenith, Loughborough University. All Rights Reserved.

June 07, 2023

Life before air conditioning: Curly hair kept early humans cool
Penn State Extension educators and volunteers install a riparian buffer — a vegetated area near a stream designed to absorb groundwater and stormwater runoff before it reaches the waterway. Riparian buffers can filter pollutants, prevent stream bank erosion, reduce flooding, offer wildlife habitat and create recreational opportunities such as birdwatching and fishing. Credit: Michael Houtz, Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. All Rights Reserved.

June 07, 2023

New center to promote agricultural conservation in Pennsylvania
In her lab at Penn State, Josephine Wee, assistant professor of food science, isolates non-Saccharomyces strains from grape samples provided by the industry to study their individual capabilities, such as whether they increase aroma compounds or acidity. The photo, taken by her student, Hung Li (Henry) Wang, shows indigenous or wild yeast and molds present on wine grapes which they isolated for their non-Saccharomyces yeast study. Credit: Hung Li (Henry) Wang. All Rights Reserved.

June 07, 2023

Pa. winemakers uncork new possibilities with help of Penn State researchers
The Healthy Mom Zone, a personalized, digital platform for maintaining healthy weight gain during pregnancy, is being tested by Penn State researchers thanks to a new, $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Credit: M_a_y_a/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.

June 07, 2023

$3M grant to aid researchers testing pregnancy weight-management platform
Lora Weiss, senior vice president for research, has been selected to serve as director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

June 06, 2023

Lora Weiss selected to serve as CHIPS R&D director
An online survey and associated map will help vineyard owners, farmers, researchers and extension educators track infestations of spotted lanternflies, such as these adults feeding on grape vines. Credit: Erica Smyers / Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

June 06, 2023

Penn State Extension launches spotted lanternfly survey for the 2023 season
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

June 06, 2023

Andrew Read named interim senior vice president for research
Penn State alumna and NIH scientist Martha Nelson gave a presentation about transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among deer and humans at the 2023 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease conference held at Penn State in May. Credit: Michelle Bixby / Penn State. Creative Commons

June 06, 2023

Heard on Campus: Martha Nelson on the SARS-CoV-2 virus in deer

June 04, 2023

Elon Musk’s brain implant company is approved for human testing. How alarmed should we be?