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New method calculates rate of gene expression to understand cell fate

September 08, 2025

Person standing inside ARL looking at the camera with a plant in the background.

Penn State researcher awarded $1.6 million for additive manufacturing project

September 05, 2025

Close up of a facial surgery

$3M grant seeks bioprinted solution for reconstructive surgery’s blood problem

September 04, 2025

slide displays two researcher headshots and lecture titles

IST announces Research Talks series for fall 2025 semester

September 04, 2025

An older person, seen from the back, is standing on a scale while a medical professional weighs them

Weight change may contribute to cognitive decline in older adults

September 04, 2025

Invasive flathead catfish now top predators in Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania

September 04, 2025

Hands in blue gloves holding a flexible sensor

Don’t sweat it: New device detects sweat biomarker at minimal perspiration rate

September 03, 2025

Research scientist preparing experiment in lab

Antibody-making cells reveal new function in response to flu infection

September 03, 2025

Painting with mushrooms and other fungi growing out of stylized DNA double helix

Connection among gut fungi, genetics and disease risk in humans identified

September 03, 2025

Two girls work on a wind turbine while seated on a wood floor.

$5M NSF grant to enhance elementary STEM education in Mid-Atlantic

September 02, 2025

A man sitting at a lab desk with research equipment surrounding him.

Andrew Patterson named Huck associate director for shared and core facilities

September 01, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor publishes anthology of work poems on Labor Day

September 01, 2025

A bee collects pollen from the center of a purple daisy-like flower, with a blurred background of similar flowers.

Geography lecture to spotlight pollinator conservation and technology

August 29, 2025

image of galaxy marked with location of XUE10, and its spectra inset

Abundant carbon dioxide in planet-forming disk challenges planet origin models

August 29, 2025

Three women stand in front of cardboard cutouts resembling stiletto boots.

Lea Asbell-Swanger retires after 41 years at Center for the Performing Arts

August 28, 2025

Graduate students in the African Studies Program gather with faculty member Sinfree Makoni.

African Studies Program expands through dual-title doctorate, graduate minor

August 28, 2025

A photo of Jeff King with sunglasses and a hat, sitting on a boat.

Volunteer, philanthropist Jeff King: Remembering a Penn State legend

August 28, 2025

Stone ruins near water

Ancient DNA reveals farming spread through migration, locals slow to adopt it

August 27, 2025

Headshots of three new faculty members

Great Valley welcomes three new faculty in AI, management, engineering

August 27, 2025

A head and shoulders photo of a smiling Stuart Shapiro

Stuart Shapiro starts tenure as Penn State Smeal’s chief marketing officer

August 27, 2025

Elia Merzari named associate head of Penn State’s nuclear engineering department

August 26, 2025

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp named head of human development and family studies

August 26, 2025

Fine-tuning zinc supplementation, light exposure to boost microgreens’ nutrition

August 26, 2025

Lauren Duffy named head of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management

August 25, 2025

Brandywine welcomes new information sciences and technology lecturer

August 25, 2025

three plants on a table

Messenger signals that cue plants to ‘eat’ and ‘breathe’ revealed for first time

August 25, 2025

GPS-outfitted birds and citizen sightings to inform a better migration model

August 22, 2025

Two images of a sensor being bent by a hand.

New sensor is a breath of fresh air for diagnosing diabetes

August 22, 2025

photo portrait of smiling woman

University Libraries associate dean selected as 2025 ARL Leadership Fellow

August 22, 2025

researcher with cows

Bacteria strains infecting cattle and humans in US are highly similar

August 21, 2025

Two people standing in a laboratory

What traits matter when predicting disease emergence in new populations?

August 21, 2025

Research Professor Cheryl Keller

New director appointed at Huck Institutes Genomics Core

August 21, 2025

Four individuals pose in a lab.

Broken bones regrow quickly with help of biodegradable implant

August 21, 2025

Michael Stedelin

Stedelin appointed assistant VP for research strategy and solutions at Penn State

August 21, 2025

Mechanical engineering professor receives national aerospace education award

August 20, 2025

Brandywine welcomes new mathematics professor

August 20, 2025

Jon Nese, Marisa Ferger, and Ben Reppert

Penn State wins four Professional Keystone Media Awards

August 19, 2025

Mary Wirth, long-time leader in College of Ag Sciences, receives Armsby award

August 14, 2025

individual wearing coat outside talks on phone.

Conversations remotely detected from cellphone vibrations, researchers report

August 08, 2025

James Herbert, professor emeritus of counselor education, and rehabiliation and human services

A legacy of listening: Education professor retires after 39 years of service

August 06, 2025

Many fish swimming in clear water around rocks, coral and shells

Imperfect underground processes help filter wastewater in Florida Keys

August 04, 2025

Brinton Simington

Penn State Altoona tabs Brinton Simington to lead wrestling program

August 04, 2025

Raffy Luquis, Amber STephenson

Penn State Harrisburg announces new school directors

August 04, 2025

Professor of Anthropology David Puts

New associate director for graduate education at Huck Institutes named

August 04, 2025

Brandywine welcomes new academic advising specialist

August 01, 2025

ASABE honors professor

National society honors ag and biological professor for inclusion efforts

August 01, 2025

Redefining graduate education through mentorship and innovation

August 01, 2025

Guido Cervone, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) interim director, poses for a photo on a boat.

Guido Cervone named Institute for Computational and Data Sciences director

July 30, 2025

Portrait of a person wearing glasses and a bowtie

Nursing associate dean re-elected president of National Black Nurses Association

July 30, 2025

Stylized image of a health sensor built in to a shirt

Spinning up new flexible material for self-powered wearable sensors

July 30, 2025

Illustration of a computer head spewing letters

Q&A: How are researchers optimizing AI systems for science?

July 30, 2025

Melanie McReynolds

Melanie McReynolds receives US National Science Foundation CAREER Award

July 30, 2025

College of Ag Sciences names first cohort of Land Grant Research Impact Fellows

July 28, 2025

Purple thunderclouds and a spy plane are seen from below.

A bolt is born! Atmospheric events underpinning lightning strikes explained

July 28, 2025

Bronze statue of health worker giving vaccine to one person as two others look on.

Predicting vaccination levels without accurate or timely vaccination data

July 25, 2025

Two people stand in front of a stand-up banner in a conference setting

Startup works to detect respiratory illnesses through vocal patterns

July 25, 2025

Two people looking at the camera and holding an award

Penn State’s Yang Yang honored for atomic-level understanding of materials

July 25, 2025

Sgt. Nick Sproveri with Law Enforcement Officer of the Year and commemorative award

Sgt. Nick Sproveri named Centre County's 2024 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year

July 24, 2025

Person working in food shop training person with down syndrome how to use checkout

Mutual benefits of hotels hiring individuals with intellectual disabilities

July 24, 2025

Four people stand in front of machinery in a lab

$2M DARPA grant funds technology development for force-detecting sensors

July 24, 2025

Picture of oyster shell desposits in ground

Q&A: Discarded ancient 'trash' now protecting Georgia barrier islands

July 24, 2025

Ekaterina V. Haskins, director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy

Haskins named director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation

July 23, 2025

Flock of Canada geese flying over farm field.

Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets

July 23, 2025

Close-up of side-by-side medical test devices

Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

July 22, 2025

Wesley Hymer in front of chalkboard

Remembering biochemist Wesley Hymer, pioneer of health research in space

July 22, 2025

Chemical reaction with chemical structures of steps in new mechanism of oxidative addition.

New play in the chemical-reaction playbook uncovered

July 22, 2025

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diagram of steps in spVelo method

New method calculates rate of gene expression to understand cell fate

September 08, 2025

Person standing inside ARL looking at the camera with a plant in the background.

Penn State researcher awarded $1.6 million for additive manufacturing project

September 05, 2025

Close up of a facial surgery

$3M grant seeks bioprinted solution for reconstructive surgery’s blood problem

September 04, 2025

slide displays two researcher headshots and lecture titles

IST announces Research Talks series for fall 2025 semester

September 04, 2025

An older person, seen from the back, is standing on a scale while a medical professional weighs them

Weight change may contribute to cognitive decline in older adults

September 04, 2025

Invasive flathead catfish now top predators in Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania

September 04, 2025

Hands in blue gloves holding a flexible sensor

Don’t sweat it: New device detects sweat biomarker at minimal perspiration rate

September 03, 2025

Research scientist preparing experiment in lab

Antibody-making cells reveal new function in response to flu infection

September 03, 2025

Painting with mushrooms and other fungi growing out of stylized DNA double helix

Connection among gut fungi, genetics and disease risk in humans identified

September 03, 2025

Two girls work on a wind turbine while seated on a wood floor.

$5M NSF grant to enhance elementary STEM education in Mid-Atlantic

September 02, 2025

A man sitting at a lab desk with research equipment surrounding him.

Andrew Patterson named Huck associate director for shared and core facilities

September 01, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor publishes anthology of work poems on Labor Day

September 01, 2025

A bee collects pollen from the center of a purple daisy-like flower, with a blurred background of similar flowers.

Geography lecture to spotlight pollinator conservation and technology

August 29, 2025

image of galaxy marked with location of XUE10, and its spectra inset

Abundant carbon dioxide in planet-forming disk challenges planet origin models

August 29, 2025

Three women stand in front of cardboard cutouts resembling stiletto boots.

Lea Asbell-Swanger retires after 41 years at Center for the Performing Arts

August 28, 2025

Graduate students in the African Studies Program gather with faculty member Sinfree Makoni.

African Studies Program expands through dual-title doctorate, graduate minor

August 28, 2025

A photo of Jeff King with sunglasses and a hat, sitting on a boat.

Volunteer, philanthropist Jeff King: Remembering a Penn State legend

August 28, 2025

Stone ruins near water

Ancient DNA reveals farming spread through migration, locals slow to adopt it

August 27, 2025

Headshots of three new faculty members

Great Valley welcomes three new faculty in AI, management, engineering

August 27, 2025

A head and shoulders photo of a smiling Stuart Shapiro

Stuart Shapiro starts tenure as Penn State Smeal’s chief marketing officer

August 27, 2025

Elia Merzari named associate head of Penn State’s nuclear engineering department

August 26, 2025

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp named head of human development and family studies

August 26, 2025

Fine-tuning zinc supplementation, light exposure to boost microgreens’ nutrition

August 26, 2025

Lauren Duffy named head of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management

August 25, 2025

Brandywine welcomes new information sciences and technology lecturer

August 25, 2025

three plants on a table

Messenger signals that cue plants to ‘eat’ and ‘breathe’ revealed for first time

August 25, 2025

GPS-outfitted birds and citizen sightings to inform a better migration model

August 22, 2025

Two images of a sensor being bent by a hand.

New sensor is a breath of fresh air for diagnosing diabetes

August 22, 2025

photo portrait of smiling woman

University Libraries associate dean selected as 2025 ARL Leadership Fellow

August 22, 2025

researcher with cows

Bacteria strains infecting cattle and humans in US are highly similar

August 21, 2025

Two people standing in a laboratory

What traits matter when predicting disease emergence in new populations?

August 21, 2025

Research Professor Cheryl Keller

New director appointed at Huck Institutes Genomics Core

August 21, 2025

Four individuals pose in a lab.

Broken bones regrow quickly with help of biodegradable implant

August 21, 2025

Michael Stedelin

Stedelin appointed assistant VP for research strategy and solutions at Penn State

August 21, 2025

Mechanical engineering professor receives national aerospace education award

August 20, 2025

Brandywine welcomes new mathematics professor

August 20, 2025

Jon Nese, Marisa Ferger, and Ben Reppert

Penn State wins four Professional Keystone Media Awards

August 19, 2025

Mary Wirth, long-time leader in College of Ag Sciences, receives Armsby award

August 14, 2025

individual wearing coat outside talks on phone.

Conversations remotely detected from cellphone vibrations, researchers report

August 08, 2025

James Herbert, professor emeritus of counselor education, and rehabiliation and human services

A legacy of listening: Education professor retires after 39 years of service

August 06, 2025

Many fish swimming in clear water around rocks, coral and shells

Imperfect underground processes help filter wastewater in Florida Keys

August 04, 2025

Brinton Simington

Penn State Altoona tabs Brinton Simington to lead wrestling program

August 04, 2025

Raffy Luquis, Amber STephenson

Penn State Harrisburg announces new school directors

August 04, 2025

Professor of Anthropology David Puts

New associate director for graduate education at Huck Institutes named

August 04, 2025

Brandywine welcomes new academic advising specialist

August 01, 2025

ASABE honors professor

National society honors ag and biological professor for inclusion efforts

August 01, 2025

Redefining graduate education through mentorship and innovation

August 01, 2025

Guido Cervone, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) interim director, poses for a photo on a boat.

Guido Cervone named Institute for Computational and Data Sciences director

July 30, 2025

Portrait of a person wearing glasses and a bowtie

Nursing associate dean re-elected president of National Black Nurses Association

July 30, 2025

Stylized image of a health sensor built in to a shirt

Spinning up new flexible material for self-powered wearable sensors

July 30, 2025

Illustration of a computer head spewing letters

Q&A: How are researchers optimizing AI systems for science?

July 30, 2025

Melanie McReynolds

Melanie McReynolds receives US National Science Foundation CAREER Award

July 30, 2025

College of Ag Sciences names first cohort of Land Grant Research Impact Fellows

July 28, 2025

Purple thunderclouds and a spy plane are seen from below.

A bolt is born! Atmospheric events underpinning lightning strikes explained

July 28, 2025

Bronze statue of health worker giving vaccine to one person as two others look on.

Predicting vaccination levels without accurate or timely vaccination data

July 25, 2025

Two people stand in front of a stand-up banner in a conference setting

Startup works to detect respiratory illnesses through vocal patterns

July 25, 2025

Two people looking at the camera and holding an award

Penn State’s Yang Yang honored for atomic-level understanding of materials

July 25, 2025

Sgt. Nick Sproveri with Law Enforcement Officer of the Year and commemorative award

Sgt. Nick Sproveri named Centre County's 2024 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year

July 24, 2025

Person working in food shop training person with down syndrome how to use checkout

Mutual benefits of hotels hiring individuals with intellectual disabilities

July 24, 2025

Four people stand in front of machinery in a lab

$2M DARPA grant funds technology development for force-detecting sensors

July 24, 2025

Picture of oyster shell desposits in ground

Q&A: Discarded ancient 'trash' now protecting Georgia barrier islands

July 24, 2025

Ekaterina V. Haskins, director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation in the McCourtney Institute for Democracy

Haskins named director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation

July 23, 2025

Flock of Canada geese flying over farm field.

Seasonal flu immunity protects against severe illness from bird flu in ferrets

July 23, 2025

Close-up of side-by-side medical test devices

Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

July 22, 2025

Wesley Hymer in front of chalkboard

Remembering biochemist Wesley Hymer, pioneer of health research in space

July 22, 2025

Chemical reaction with chemical structures of steps in new mechanism of oxidative addition.

New play in the chemical-reaction playbook uncovered

July 22, 2025

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