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Researchers are investigating how carnivory-related genes, such as those involved in digestion, could help crops not only avoid pests, but also thrive in low-nutrient environments. Featured here is a type of carnivorous plant, called a butterwort. IMAGE: TANYA RENNER, PENN STATE

April 21, 2021

Little crop of horrors

April 19, 2021

Penn State study: Poa annua remembers being mowed
Doctoral candidate Chris Benson (top), David Huff, professor of turfgrass breeding and genetics (middle) and doctoral candidate Matt Sheltra preparing to plant an experiment on a Poa annua green at the Joseph E. Valentine Turfgrass Research Center at Penn State, University Park. IMAGE: PETE LANDSCHOOT

April 19, 2021

Plant Biology Students Help Solve Mystery of Turfgrass "Memory"

April 16, 2021

USDA grant to support expansion of online tool for bee conservation
Bee on flower.

April 14, 2021

USDA grant to support expansion of online tool for pollinator conservation
Maria Isabel da Silva

April 12, 2021

Physiology Graduate Student Wins Top Prize at Graduate Exhibition

April 09, 2021

‘It was just a matter of time’ until coronavirus variant arrived in Centre County amid rising cases

April 09, 2021

Antibody binding-site conserved across COVID-19 virus variants
Donna Korzick Headshot

April 08, 2021

New position will support graduate and post-graduate training
Amelia Henry IMAGE: International Rice Research Institute

April 08, 2021

Plant Biology alumna receives humanitarian award

April 08, 2021

As Locusts Swarmed East Africa, This Tech Helped Squash Them
Bees on squash blossom.

April 07, 2021

Entomologist to examine how plant domestication influences pollinator evolution
Old Main with tulips in bloom.

April 06, 2021

Penn State’s Industrial Biotechnology Ecosystem Continues to Bloom
Penn State assistant professor and SAFE-T Center director, Sheridan Miyamoto, pitches the SAFE-T Center at the 2019 Tech Tournament. Miyamoto won 3rd place and $25,000 in funding.IMAGE: PENN STATE

April 06, 2021

Tech Tournament to showcase Penn State's most disruptive innovations

April 05, 2021

US Pesticide Use Is Down, but Damage to Pollinators Is Rising

April 01, 2021

Birds versus bees: Here are the winners and losers in the great pesticide trade-off

April 01, 2021

Do You Have Nafas, the Elusive Gift That Makes Food Taste Better?
Biochemistry and molecular biology students taking BMB 490 write down their observations of cells while in the tissue culture room.IMAGE: EMILY BELL, PENN STATE

April 01, 2021

A new approach to undergraduate research
IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES ILYA LUKICHEV

March 30, 2021

Origins of an outbreak
Researchers have developed a new statistical tool that can accurately estimate the replicability of a study, thus eliminating the need to duplicate the work. The method will be particularly useful for large genome-wide association studies. IMAGE: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, UNSPLASH

March 30, 2021

New statistical method eases data reproducibility crisis
Mangold et al. demonstrate that HSV-1 infection induces strain-specific transcriptional differences in infected human neurons. The scanning electron micrograph (5.77K magnification) shows a fully differentiated human SH-SY5Y neuronal cell, as used in this study. IMAGE: COLLEEN MANGOLD, PENN STATE

March 29, 2021

Exploring variations in herpes virus symptoms
Szpara headshot

March 29, 2021

Penn State virologist Szpara to co-host COVID-19 vaccine education town halls

March 27, 2021

A mysterious ‘worm tornado’ invaded this N.J. sidewalk. Here’s why.

March 27, 2021

Can’t Take the Heat? A Taste for Spicy Foods Can Be Learned.