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Research sheds light on Beech Creek’s struggle with abandoned mine drainage

August 27, 2025

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Research

Q&A: What would reclassifying marijuana mean for medical research?

August 26, 2025

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

August 29, 2025

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Simulation of a global catastrophe is part of learning in a Penn State class

September 05, 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

Elaine Andrews headshot

Administrator and faculty member hopes to lift early art critic out of obscurity

September 05, 2025

Black and white image of atoms seen in a field ion microscope

‘Atoms, ja, atoms’: Physics pioneer key to microscopy ‘revolution in resolution’

September 05, 2025

Old main with trees in shadows

Penn State and University of Sheffield launch a transatlantic project

September 05, 2025

Close up of a facial surgery

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

September 04, 2025

Three images connected by arrows: a person doing yoga, the same person walking two dogs on a boardwalk, the same person sitting on a couch looking at his phone.

Innovative methods of studying brain health, cognition topic of upcoming lecture

September 04, 2025

slide displays two researcher headshots and lecture titles

IST announces Research Talks series for fall 2025 semester

September 04, 2025

Bharat Sharma, data analytics alumnus, stands in a lounge at Penn State Great Valley

Creating tools that ‘do wonders’: Data analytics alum uses the power of tech

September 04, 2025

Praveen Veerabhadrappa

Berks professor honored with International Cardiology Congress speaker award

September 04, 2025

Headshot of Adam Hughes

Huck Distinguished Lecture Series to host biochemist on Sept. 9

September 04, 2025

equipment in Osmond Lab lobby

Exhibition, tours celebrate decades of long-term physics, materials strength

September 04, 2025

Three children and two parents running in grassy field

Newly named Child Health Research Center to advance health of children, families

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

big mouth

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

Old Main in the fall

2026 Commercialization GAP Fund now accepting letters of intent 

September 03, 2025

Research scientist preparing experiment in lab

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

September 03, 2025

Dale Whittington of UNC-Chapel Hill

Sept. 10 seminar: Policy mix can promote transition to 'circular' water systems

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

Penn State CTSI announces fall research methods seminars

September 02, 2025

Ned Mamula

Fall EarthTalks will spotlight critical minerals as economic, security necessity

September 02, 2025

A group photograph of ARL leadership posing with the recipient of the Josiah Christophel internship and members of the Christophel family

Applied Research Laboratory announces new internship program

September 02, 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

Six headshots of the 2025 IIF awardees surround the One Health Microbiome Center's logo.

Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship awards six trainee-led projects

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

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

Scans of a lychee seed and a mouse brain done in the Huck Institutes' High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility

Huck launches new seed grant program to support research in MRI Core Facility

August 29, 2025

Engineering student working on fuel tank design

‘Research Readiness’ workshop series begins for undergraduates

August 29, 2025

Blue gloved hands using a pipette to transfer liquid into small, labeled test tubes arranged in a white plastic holder. Another gloved hand is holding a small purple container.

New seed funding opportunities available for Commonwealth Campus faculty

August 28, 2025

two women in high tunnel

Penn State petition calls for support of federally funded research

August 28, 2025

Side-by-side portraits of a a grad student and his adviser.

Nuclear engineering grad student awarded Department of Energy fellowship

August 27, 2025

Stone ruins near water

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

August 27, 2025

Green trees line the shore of Beech Creek under a blue sky

Research sheds light on Beech Creek’s struggle with abandoned mine drainage

August 27, 2025

A mature adult African American woman helps the Hispanic mid adult female veteran.

Walmart funds Clearinghouse study on skill-based veteran employment programs

August 27, 2025

Immersive Environments Lab

Stuckeman School expands teaching, creativity with Immersive Environments Lab

August 26, 2025

Large sculptural diorama of a golf course in the day at night

Epic Palmer Museum exhibition explores 30 years of ecology and art

August 26, 2025

Close up image of cannabis plant

Q&A: What would reclassifying marijuana mean for medical research?

August 26, 2025

little plants

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

August 26, 2025

Energy and Environmental Faculty Forum and Reception

Penn State faculty invited to energy and environmental forum and reception

August 25, 2025

three plants on a table

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

August 25, 2025

A very hot red sun shines in the sky during a heatwave.

Q&A: Using science to help homeowners beat the heat during extreme weather

August 25, 2025

duck flying

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

A crowd watches a 2025 Ag Progress Days field machinery demonstration

Penn State’s 2025 Ag Progress Days a success in showcasing innovation, impact

August 22, 2025

New Holland methane tractor

Natural gas-powered tractor to boost ag science research at Penn State

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

Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing's Nursing Sciences Building at University Park.

Center for Nursing Research announces fall 2025 seminar series

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

Page Center logo

Page Center report highlights prosocial communication concepts, strategies

August 21, 2025

illustration of signals from Earth headed toward Mars, the Sun, and other planets

If aliens explore space like us, we should look for their calls to other planets

August 21, 2025

Piazza Center awarded grant to examine fraternity affiliation and leadership

August 20, 2025

Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE) Seminar Series.

Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence announces fall 2025 seminar schedule

August 20, 2025

People standing behind a table

Faculty, students support Pa. nonprofits’ cybersecurity and develop career skills

August 20, 2025

Postdoc Shurong Lin sitting at computer, looking at camera

Managing data privacy with math and statistics

August 20, 2025

Lacy Alexander and Auni Williams pose in a lab to simulate a woman putting her hand in a bucket of water

Endometriosis affects more systems in women’s bodies than previously understood

August 20, 2025

The sensor being held in a lab by two blue gloves. You can see the hydrogel technology inside.

Breaking a sweat: Using chloride in sweat to help diagnose cystic fibrosis

August 20, 2025

A close-up photo of a laser housed at Penn State's Electro-Optics Center. The round lens is pointed to an object in the distance and the sun reflects off that lens.

ARL’s Electro-Optics Center awarded U.S. Navy contract worth up to $99 million

August 19, 2025

Student Voice Practices

New study identifies key conditions for amplifying student voices in schools

August 19, 2025

Page Center logo

Page Center seeks research on communicating advocacy and social responsibility

August 19, 2025

Virtual Speaker Series graphic showing a headshot image of Professor Mikael C. Rechtsman along with the Penn State Alumni Association mark and the textwith the text "Virtual Speaker Session' against a dark and light blue background.

Faculty Scholar Medal recipient to present research during Virtual Speaker Session

August 18, 2025

White background with blue text that says Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions.

Eberly College introduces Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions outreach events

August 18, 2025

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Responsive parenting may help reduce behaviors linked to childhood obesity

August 18, 2025

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SIA global cast simulation

Simulation of a global catastrophe is part of learning in a Penn State class

September 05, 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

Elaine Andrews headshot

Administrator and faculty member hopes to lift early art critic out of obscurity

September 05, 2025

Black and white image of atoms seen in a field ion microscope

‘Atoms, ja, atoms’: Physics pioneer key to microscopy ‘revolution in resolution’

September 05, 2025

Old main with trees in shadows

Penn State and University of Sheffield launch a transatlantic project

September 05, 2025

Close up of a facial surgery

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

September 04, 2025

Three images connected by arrows: a person doing yoga, the same person walking two dogs on a boardwalk, the same person sitting on a couch looking at his phone.

Innovative methods of studying brain health, cognition topic of upcoming lecture

September 04, 2025

slide displays two researcher headshots and lecture titles

IST announces Research Talks series for fall 2025 semester

September 04, 2025

Bharat Sharma, data analytics alumnus, stands in a lounge at Penn State Great Valley

Creating tools that ‘do wonders’: Data analytics alum uses the power of tech

September 04, 2025

Praveen Veerabhadrappa

Berks professor honored with International Cardiology Congress speaker award

September 04, 2025

Headshot of Adam Hughes

Huck Distinguished Lecture Series to host biochemist on Sept. 9

September 04, 2025

equipment in Osmond Lab lobby

Exhibition, tours celebrate decades of long-term physics, materials strength

September 04, 2025

Three children and two parents running in grassy field

Newly named Child Health Research Center to advance health of children, families

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

big mouth

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

Old Main in the fall

2026 Commercialization GAP Fund now accepting letters of intent 

September 03, 2025

Research scientist preparing experiment in lab

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

September 03, 2025

Dale Whittington of UNC-Chapel Hill

Sept. 10 seminar: Policy mix can promote transition to 'circular' water systems

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

Penn State CTSI announces fall research methods seminars

September 02, 2025

Ned Mamula

Fall EarthTalks will spotlight critical minerals as economic, security necessity

September 02, 2025

A group photograph of ARL leadership posing with the recipient of the Josiah Christophel internship and members of the Christophel family

Applied Research Laboratory announces new internship program

September 02, 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

Six headshots of the 2025 IIF awardees surround the One Health Microbiome Center's logo.

Interdisciplinary Innovation Fellowship awards six trainee-led projects

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

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

Scans of a lychee seed and a mouse brain done in the Huck Institutes' High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility

Huck launches new seed grant program to support research in MRI Core Facility

August 29, 2025

Engineering student working on fuel tank design

‘Research Readiness’ workshop series begins for undergraduates

August 29, 2025

Blue gloved hands using a pipette to transfer liquid into small, labeled test tubes arranged in a white plastic holder. Another gloved hand is holding a small purple container.

New seed funding opportunities available for Commonwealth Campus faculty

August 28, 2025

two women in high tunnel

Penn State petition calls for support of federally funded research

August 28, 2025

Side-by-side portraits of a a grad student and his adviser.

Nuclear engineering grad student awarded Department of Energy fellowship

August 27, 2025

Stone ruins near water

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

August 27, 2025

Green trees line the shore of Beech Creek under a blue sky

Research sheds light on Beech Creek’s struggle with abandoned mine drainage

August 27, 2025

A mature adult African American woman helps the Hispanic mid adult female veteran.

Walmart funds Clearinghouse study on skill-based veteran employment programs

August 27, 2025

Immersive Environments Lab

Stuckeman School expands teaching, creativity with Immersive Environments Lab

August 26, 2025

Large sculptural diorama of a golf course in the day at night

Epic Palmer Museum exhibition explores 30 years of ecology and art

August 26, 2025

Close up image of cannabis plant

Q&A: What would reclassifying marijuana mean for medical research?

August 26, 2025

little plants

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

August 26, 2025

Energy and Environmental Faculty Forum and Reception

Penn State faculty invited to energy and environmental forum and reception

August 25, 2025

three plants on a table

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

August 25, 2025

A very hot red sun shines in the sky during a heatwave.

Q&A: Using science to help homeowners beat the heat during extreme weather

August 25, 2025

duck flying

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

A crowd watches a 2025 Ag Progress Days field machinery demonstration

Penn State’s 2025 Ag Progress Days a success in showcasing innovation, impact

August 22, 2025

New Holland methane tractor

Natural gas-powered tractor to boost ag science research at Penn State

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

Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing's Nursing Sciences Building at University Park.

Center for Nursing Research announces fall 2025 seminar series

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

Page Center logo

Page Center report highlights prosocial communication concepts, strategies

August 21, 2025

illustration of signals from Earth headed toward Mars, the Sun, and other planets

If aliens explore space like us, we should look for their calls to other planets

August 21, 2025

Piazza Center awarded grant to examine fraternity affiliation and leadership

August 20, 2025

Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE) Seminar Series.

Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence announces fall 2025 seminar schedule

August 20, 2025

People standing behind a table

Faculty, students support Pa. nonprofits’ cybersecurity and develop career skills

August 20, 2025

Postdoc Shurong Lin sitting at computer, looking at camera

Managing data privacy with math and statistics

August 20, 2025

Lacy Alexander and Auni Williams pose in a lab to simulate a woman putting her hand in a bucket of water

Endometriosis affects more systems in women’s bodies than previously understood

August 20, 2025

The sensor being held in a lab by two blue gloves. You can see the hydrogel technology inside.

Breaking a sweat: Using chloride in sweat to help diagnose cystic fibrosis

August 20, 2025

A close-up photo of a laser housed at Penn State's Electro-Optics Center. The round lens is pointed to an object in the distance and the sun reflects off that lens.

ARL’s Electro-Optics Center awarded U.S. Navy contract worth up to $99 million

August 19, 2025

Student Voice Practices

New study identifies key conditions for amplifying student voices in schools

August 19, 2025

Page Center logo

Page Center seeks research on communicating advocacy and social responsibility

August 19, 2025

Virtual Speaker Series graphic showing a headshot image of Professor Mikael C. Rechtsman along with the Penn State Alumni Association mark and the textwith the text "Virtual Speaker Session' against a dark and light blue background.

Faculty Scholar Medal recipient to present research during Virtual Speaker Session

August 18, 2025

White background with blue text that says Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions.

Eberly College introduces Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions outreach events

August 18, 2025

Woman holding her baby and holding a bottle to feed them

Responsive parenting may help reduce behaviors linked to childhood obesity

August 18, 2025

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