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A new study by an international team that includes researchers from Penn State explores how a cancer drug currently in clinical trials could protect from, cure, and prevent transmission of malaria. Credit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control. All Rights Reserved.

October 26, 2022

Cancer drug could potentially be used against malaria
Quantum computing-powered artificial intelligence may help pave a cheaper, faster path for drug discovery. Pictured: the interior of an IBM Quantum computing system. Credit: IBM. All Rights Reserved.

October 26, 2022

Penn State researchers to explore using quantum computers to design new drugs
Beneficial reuse of treated wastewater is an increasingly common practice in which treated wastewater is used for irrigation and other non-potable purposes. Credit: Heather Preisendanz, Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

October 26, 2022

‘Forever Chemicals’ persist through wastewater treatment, may enter crops

October 25, 2022

Penn State scientists developing mutation-proof COVID vaccine
Lisa Witzig, Director of Center for Security Research and Education Credit: Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

October 25, 2022

Witzig new director of Center for Security Research and Education

October 24, 2022

RSV surge creates risk of 'tripledemic'

October 24, 2022

A stunning 300 new COVID variants are circling the globe. Which ones will break through in the Bay Area?
Researchers found that coat color (black versus gray) reflects an individual wolf's immunity to canine distemper virus (CDV). They also found that changes in the proportion of black wolves may be due to changes in the frequency of CDV disease outbreaks, coupled with the mating behavior of wolves and whether they select a mate with the same or a different coat color to themselves. Credit: Luemen Rutkowski, Unsplash. All Rights Reserved.

October 24, 2022

Wolf coat color reflects immunity to canine distemper virus, new study finds
Credit: Michael Tribone. All Rights Reserved.

October 24, 2022

Podcast examines possible evolutionary drivers of human hair variation

October 23, 2022

A ‘Tripledemic’? Flu and Other Infections Return as Covid Cases Rise
Crew members monitor a prescribed fire at the Arboretum at Penn State. In addition to its utility in managing invasive species and restoring ecosystem health, prescribed burning could help control tick populations and reduce transmission of tick-borne pathogens, researchers say. Credit: The Arboretum at Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

October 21, 2022

Prescribed fire could reduce tick populations and pathogen transmission
Gioia Massa, a NASA scientist, is poses inside a lab with plants.

October 20, 2022

Penn State alum presents her NASA space garden research to current students

October 19, 2022

Penn State researchers engineer protein that could be used to develop 1-dose covid vaccine
Gail Matters, associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, medicine and pharmacology, and her team received a grant to develop new tools to detect the early spread, or metastasis, of breast cancer Credit: Penn State College of Medicine / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 19, 2022

Cancer Institute receives breast cancer grant from Mary Kay Ash Foundation

October 19, 2022

Penn State researchers 3D bioprint breast cancer tumours and treat them in new 'groundbreaking' study
Eating fire ants might prepare a lizard’s immune system to be stung by the ants, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State. Credit: Langkilde Lab / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 19, 2022

Eating fire ants could prepare lizards for future fire ant attack
Penn State College of Medicine scientists engineered immunogens using areas of SARS-CoV-2’s spike protein that are less susceptible to mutations. These immunogens could someday be used as vaccine candidates in clinical trials. Credit: Penn State College of Medicine / Penn State. Creative Commons

October 18, 2022

Newly engineered protein could be used to develop adaptation-proof COVID vaccine
A scanning electron microscopy image shows a breast cancer cell (cyan) being attacked by T cells (red), which were engineered to recognize the cancer cells. Credit: Madhuri Dey, courtesy of the Ozbolat Lab/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

October 18, 2022

Researchers 3D bioprint breast cancer tumors, treat them in groundbreaking study
Five new research collaborations between Penn State and minority-serving institutions selected to receive seed funding via the Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research program

October 17, 2022

Penn State, State College data on SARS-CoV2 in wastewater now available online

October 13, 2022

Do viruses always become less deadly over time?

October 10, 2022

Researchers confirm a western Pa. birdwatcher's discovery: a new songbird hybrid

October 10, 2022

A rare hybrid bird found in western Pennsylvania

October 09, 2022

Why COVID-19 Made This Sexually Transmitted Superbug Even Worse
The 17 tenured or tenure-line members and 11 non-tenure-line member joining the College of Engineering represent 11 units and departments and include two new department heads. Credit: College of Engineering/Penn State. All Rights Reserved.

October 06, 2022

28 new faculty members join the College of Engineering