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When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health

July 16, 2025

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Optical tweezers help elevate single-molecule research at Penn State

July 15, 2025

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Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

July 07, 2025

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University Libraries to host August speakers on AI, the Data Rescue Project

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Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

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New play in the chemical-reaction playbook uncovered

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Gold clusters show promise as scalable options for quantum computers, sensors

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$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

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National foundation grant to support study on amphibian health at Penn State

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Q&A: Understanding cost and benefit for publicly funded health programs

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Wine chemistry can be accurately judged from fermenting tiny batches of wine

July 22, 2025

Master of AI student Nicholas Gahman sits at a desk in front of a laptop in Penn State Great Valley's Technology Commons.

Master of AI grad begins ‘dream job’ in space industry as AI research engineer

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Travelers may recall less safety info if in-flight safety video promotes tourism

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Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge

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Q&A: Does centering experience improve teacher education?

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Three open access experts converge for Penn State Open Access Week 2025 panel

July 18, 2025

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Q&A: Professor emeritus reflects on his research, teaching career in geosciences

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Libraries’ undergraduate research awards, relationships bolster student success

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Ag Progress Days offers roster of family-friendly events

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College of Ag Sciences grant program supports student learning, experiences

July 16, 2025

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The luck of the draw: Q&A with Penn State alumnus, physicist John Andrew Panitz

July 16, 2025

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When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health

July 16, 2025

Jessica Wellington receiving an award from the 2025 ENRS Conference.

Nursing grad student earns NIH grant to study wellbeing of caregivers

July 16, 2025

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Graduate student earns NSF fellowship to study carbon in river systems

July 16, 2025

A  Lumicks C-Trap optical tweezers instrument in the Biomolecular Interactions Core Facility

Optical tweezers help elevate single-molecule research at Penn State

July 15, 2025

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Grant to help establish AI, health research lab at Harrisburg

July 15, 2025

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Researchers earn Best Paper Award for work on student perceptions of AI

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Explore organic crops, ‘slash walls’ and more on Ag Progress Days tours

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Chad Smies and Jiyeon Baek use pipettes in the lab

The breadth of the brain

July 14, 2025

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, professor of engineering at Penn State DuBois, right, stands next to Tony Zaffuto, president of Metaltech, left, and Bethany Zaffuto, marketing lead for Metaltech, center, in one of the engineering labs at Penn State DuBois.

Penn State DuBois, Metaltech launch battery project with Manufacturing PA grant

July 10, 2025

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New grant supports postsecondary outcomes for youth in foster care

July 10, 2025

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Skin-like sensor monitors internal, external body movement, electrical signals 

July 09, 2025

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Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time

July 09, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

July 09, 2025

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Grad student earns NSF fellowship to study rotator cuff tears

July 09, 2025

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25 years of online geospatial education to be celebrated at Esri User Conference

July 08, 2025

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Private tutoring linked to student disengagement, researchers find

July 08, 2025

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Fungicides intended to suppress turfgrass diseases may damage fairways

July 08, 2025

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Q&A: Does adolescent alcohol use impact future risk of addiction?

July 08, 2025

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Art history doctoral student awarded Smithsonian fellowship

July 07, 2025

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‘Scialog’ grant to study how rising ocean temperatures affect fish behavior

July 07, 2025

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Lehigh Valley students participate in engineering public policy training program

July 07, 2025

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Pennsylvania Center for Latino Research launches statewide survey

July 07, 2025

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Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

July 07, 2025

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Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features commercial exhibits, field demos

July 07, 2025

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Bulgaria to Bellisario: Martin Marinos connects media, politics and the world

July 07, 2025

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Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

July 07, 2025

Three people, one holding a Penn State Wilkes-Barre shirt, stand outside a building in Brazil.

Wilkes-Barre student, faculty member explore mapping roads with AI in Brazil

July 03, 2025

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Digby Macdonald, materials science and engineering professor emeritus, dies at 82

July 03, 2025

Ying-Ling Jao

Penn State associate professor inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellow

July 03, 2025

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Stuckeman professor’s new book explores ‘socially sustainable’ architecture

July 03, 2025

Páramos 2025 Symposium

Science, art and action: Páramos 2025 Symposium ignites global collaboration

July 02, 2025

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National forest genetics groups meet at Penn State for annual conference

July 02, 2025

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What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match ideal diet

July 02, 2025

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Improving predictions of flood severity, place and time with AI

July 02, 2025

Growing Impact

Investigating the impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations

July 02, 2025

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Eight graduate students receive U.S. National Science Foundation fellowships

July 02, 2025

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Semiconductor, photonics workshop celebrates institutional, industry ties

July 01, 2025

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ARISE program provides hands-on training to aspiring anthropologists

July 01, 2025

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Early brain and child development study data now available

July 01, 2025

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Q&A: Can chemical manufacturing become more sustainable?

July 01, 2025

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Mechanical engineering grad student selected as Fulbright scholar for Chile

July 01, 2025

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Huck Chair builds regenerative medicine bridge from lab to surgical suite

June 30, 2025

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SNAP-Ed supports markets, healthy lifestyles for low-income Pennsylvanians

June 30, 2025

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Lab Bench to Commercialization program broadens its scope

June 30, 2025

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Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find

June 30, 2025

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Q&A: Improving how blind and low-vision people navigate deepfakes

June 30, 2025

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Penn State and Taipei Tech launch 2025 collaborative seed grant program

June 30, 2025

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Flock of Canada geese flying over farm field.

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

July 23, 2025

Head shot photos of Sarah Rajtmajer and Lynda Kellam

University Libraries to host August speakers on AI, the Data Rescue Project

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

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

New play in the chemical-reaction playbook uncovered

July 22, 2025

four structures of the gold clusters with pieces separated

Gold clusters show promise as scalable options for quantum computers, sensors

July 22, 2025

Two professional portraits

$2.6M NIH grant to fund new microbiome sciences training program at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Newts Penn State research

National foundation grant to support study on amphibian health at Penn State

July 22, 2025

Dennis Scanlon

Q&A: Understanding cost and benefit for publicly funded health programs

July 22, 2025

grad student

Wine chemistry can be accurately judged from fermenting tiny batches of wine

July 22, 2025

Master of AI student Nicholas Gahman sits at a desk in front of a laptop in Penn State Great Valley's Technology Commons.

Master of AI grad begins ‘dream job’ in space industry as AI research engineer

July 21, 2025

Person on an airplane watches a "Lord of the Rings"-themed safety video on a monitor

Travelers may recall less safety info if in-flight safety video promotes tourism

July 21, 2025

dying corn stalks

Simulating the unthinkable: Models show nuclear winter food production plunge

July 21, 2025

Portrait of Mariah Harmon in front of gray background. She is wearing glasses and a black-and-yellow shirt.

Q&A: Does centering experience improve teacher education?

July 21, 2025

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Three open access experts converge for Penn State Open Access Week 2025 panel

July 18, 2025

Peter Heaney and Mara Grigore

Q&A: Professor emeritus reflects on his research, teaching career in geosciences

July 18, 2025

Phot of five people facing the camera, smiling

Libraries’ undergraduate research awards, relationships bolster student success

July 17, 2025

The 4-H and Youth Building with visitors at Ag Progress Day

Ag Progress Days offers roster of family-friendly events

July 17, 2025

Student examines soil in New Mexico

College of Ag Sciences grant program supports student learning, experiences

July 16, 2025

Panitz stands in front of vintage physics equipment in his museum

The luck of the draw: Q&A with Penn State alumnus, physicist John Andrew Panitz

July 16, 2025

Three people crossing their arms pose for a photo.

When dreams turn dark: Neuroscientists to study nightmares and mental health

July 16, 2025

Jessica Wellington receiving an award from the 2025 ENRS Conference.

Nursing grad student earns NIH grant to study wellbeing of caregivers

July 16, 2025

A dual degree environmental engineering and biogeochemistry graduate student stands for a photo outdoors.

Graduate student earns NSF fellowship to study carbon in river systems

July 16, 2025

A  Lumicks C-Trap optical tweezers instrument in the Biomolecular Interactions Core Facility

Optical tweezers help elevate single-molecule research at Penn State

July 15, 2025

Lion Shrine and Shield outline with blue overlay

Grant to help establish AI, health research lab at Harrisburg

July 15, 2025

Jennifer Breese, smiling, wearing glasses and a blue scarf with a red rope pattern, standing in front of a blue background.

Researchers earn Best Paper Award for work on student perceptions of AI

July 15, 2025

Visitors board bus after Ag Progress Days tour

Explore organic crops, ‘slash walls’ and more on Ag Progress Days tours

July 14, 2025

Chad Smies and Jiyeon Baek use pipettes in the lab

The breadth of the brain

July 14, 2025

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, professor of engineering at Penn State DuBois, right, stands next to Tony Zaffuto, president of Metaltech, left, and Bethany Zaffuto, marketing lead for Metaltech, center, in one of the engineering labs at Penn State DuBois.

Penn State DuBois, Metaltech launch battery project with Manufacturing PA grant

July 10, 2025

Students in a classroom on laptops.

New grant supports postsecondary outcomes for youth in foster care

July 10, 2025

Stylized image of a health sensor

Skin-like sensor monitors internal, external body movement, electrical signals 

July 09, 2025

image of virus

Structure of tick-borne virus revealed at atomic resolution for the first time

July 09, 2025

Aerial view of Thwaites Glacier

Measuring how – and where – Antarctic ice is cracking with new data tool

July 09, 2025

A biomedical engineering graduate student at Penn State poses for a headshot.

Grad student earns NSF fellowship to study rotator cuff tears

July 09, 2025

 Graphic for Penn State's 25th anniversary symposium featuring headshots of six speakers for the online geospatial program.

25 years of online geospatial education to be celebrated at Esri User Conference

July 08, 2025

A view of students raising their hands from the back of a classroom

Private tutoring linked to student disengagement, researchers find

July 08, 2025

grad student on fairway

Fungicides intended to suppress turfgrass diseases may damage fairways

July 08, 2025

Person sits in front of a computer and smiles at the camera.

Q&A: Does adolescent alcohol use impact future risk of addiction?

July 08, 2025

Person with dark hair sitting on a bench smiling

Art history doctoral student awarded Smithsonian fellowship

July 07, 2025

Person standing in front of water and mountains

‘Scialog’ grant to study how rising ocean temperatures affect fish behavior

July 07, 2025

Eight people smile on the steps inside the Capitol Building in Harrisburg

Lehigh Valley students participate in engineering public policy training program

July 07, 2025

Outline of the state of Pennsylvania on a blue background

Pennsylvania Center for Latino Research launches statewide survey

July 07, 2025

A small wooden bowl overflowing with pistachios and topped with sprigs of mint

Nighttime pistachio snacking may reshape gut microbiome in prediabetic adults

July 07, 2025

Ag Progress Days commercial

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features commercial exhibits, field demos

July 07, 2025

Martin Marinos sitting on a park bench with blue skies behind him.

Bulgaria to Bellisario: Martin Marinos connects media, politics and the world

July 07, 2025

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State

July 07, 2025

Three people, one holding a Penn State Wilkes-Barre shirt, stand outside a building in Brazil.

Wilkes-Barre student, faculty member explore mapping roads with AI in Brazil

July 03, 2025

Man speaking at a podium

Digby Macdonald, materials science and engineering professor emeritus, dies at 82

July 03, 2025

Ying-Ling Jao

Penn State associate professor inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellow

July 03, 2025

The cover of the book Architecture and Social Sustainability.

Stuckeman professor’s new book explores ‘socially sustainable’ architecture

July 03, 2025

Páramos 2025 Symposium

Science, art and action: Páramos 2025 Symposium ignites global collaboration

July 02, 2025

Group of people in the woods

National forest genetics groups meet at Penn State for annual conference

July 02, 2025

A bumble bee perched on a yellow flower

What a bumble bee chooses to eat may not match ideal diet

July 02, 2025

People standing outside looking at the camera

Improving predictions of flood severity, place and time with AI

July 02, 2025

Growing Impact

Investigating the impacts of extreme heat on vulnerable populations

July 02, 2025

The Pennsylvania State University HUB Seal

Eight graduate students receive U.S. National Science Foundation fellowships

July 02, 2025

A group of people stand in a large conference room.

Semiconductor, photonics workshop celebrates institutional, industry ties

July 01, 2025

Students gather in lab setting

ARISE program provides hands-on training to aspiring anthropologists

July 01, 2025

Family with two parents and two children smiling at the camera.

Early brain and child development study data now available

July 01, 2025

An outdoor portrait of an individual.

Q&A: Can chemical manufacturing become more sustainable?

July 01, 2025

A headshot of an individual.

Mechanical engineering grad student selected as Fulbright scholar for Chile

July 01, 2025

a man in a white lab cot and the same man in a surgeon's gown

Huck Chair builds regenerative medicine bridge from lab to surgical suite

June 30, 2025

fresh produce in baskets on a table with an "Adagio Health" tablecloth

SNAP-Ed supports markets, healthy lifestyles for low-income Pennsylvanians

June 30, 2025

Logo for the Eberly College of Science Office for Innovation's Lab Bench to Commercialization Grant Program

Lab Bench to Commercialization program broadens its scope

June 30, 2025

Cold blob

Ocean, atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic ‘cold blob,’ scientists find

June 30, 2025

headshot of smiling person with shoulder-length dark hair

Q&A: Improving how blind and low-vision people navigate deepfakes

June 30, 2025

Two people reviewing images on a monitor

Penn State and Taipei Tech launch 2025 collaborative seed grant program

June 30, 2025

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