2017-07-13 15:11
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2017-07-13 15:05
Eavesdropping on the Ocean’s Mighty Microorganisms
By Gwenn M. M. Hennon
Gwenn Hennon demonstrates experiment aboard the RV Kilo Moana
The microscopic organisms that make up ocean e… Read More
2017-07-13 13:00
HERSHEY, Pa. — Physicians should consider blood testing of female adolescents for iron deficiency within a few years of starting menses, according to two studies by Penn State College… Read More
2017-07-13 03:59
Most of today’s lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from cars to phones, use a liquid as the electrolyte between two electrodes. Using a solid electrolyte instead could offer… Read More
2017-07-12 21:38
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University has acquired a high-tech research instrument that will make its surface characterization laboratory a major resource for scientists throughout… Read More
2017-07-12 20:39
Here’s what the global temperature and rainfall conditions for the rest of this year are expected to be. The Earth Institute’s International Research Institute for Climate and S… Read More
2017-07-12 20:24
By Jim Shelton
July 12, 2017
Helen Caines has spent much of her professional life immersed in cosmic soup.
While other physicists have chased gravitational waves, cultivated qubits, a… Read More
2017-07-12 19:00
One of Largest Icebergs Ever Breaks off Antarctica
Image: MIDAS Project
One of the largest icebergs ever, roughly the size of Delaware just broke off Antartica according to scientist… Read More
2017-07-12 17:23
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories (EESL) will host a cheese and wine open house on August 31 in the Nittany Lion Inn Alumni Lounge. This o… Read More
2017-07-12 16:26
July 12, 2017
Anne-Sophie Bohrer is a postdoctoral research associate in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology department and has been a postdoctoral research associate at MSU for four year… Read More
2017-07-12 15:01
An academic from the Department of Biology has written a new book that challenges us to look positively at the impact of humans on the natural world.
Source: York
The post New book from Yor… Read More
2017-07-12 14:47
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State has named John “Jack” and Jeanette Dachille McWhirter, both alumni and longtime supporters, its 2017 Philanthropists of the Year for their… Read More
2017-07-12 14:32
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Last month, Penn State named Martha B. Jordan a 2017 Distinguished Alumna for her service and giving in support of the University. Jordan is the current chair of… Read More
2017-07-12 14:30
Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, especially among a type of bacteria that are classified as “Gram-negative.” These bacteria have two cell membranes, making it more dif… Read More
2017-07-12 13:30
Humans experience a range of emotions in response to products and experiences on a daily basis. Shoppers may get excited for certain brands and then overwhelmed by choices. Audience members… Read More
2017-07-12 13:00
While 3-D movies continue to be popular in theaters, they haven’t made the leap to our homes just yet — and the reason rests largely on the ridge of your nose.
Ever wonder why we… Read More
2017-07-12 12:57
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth in a series of articles about summer internships for students in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Since… Read More
2017-07-12 11:59
To enhance the visibility of organs as they are scanned with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), patients are usually injected with a compound known as a contrast agent before going into the s… Read More
2017-07-12 03:59
In recent years, engineers have worked to shrink drone technology, building flying prototypes that are the size of a bumblebee and loaded with even tinier sensors and cameras. Thus far, they… Read More
2017-07-11 19:30
A new study by MIT climate scientists, economists, and agriculture experts finds that certain hotspots in the country will experience severe reductions in crop yields by 2050, due to climate… Read More
2017-07-11 17:45
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three teams of food science students from Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences came out on top in national product-development competitions and a… Read More
2017-07-11 17:45
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Members of the Penn State Clay Club will be selling their work at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, July 13-16, thanks to a collaboration between th… Read More
2017-07-11 16:48
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The Workforce and Economic Development Network of Pennsylvania, created to strengthen the statewide business environment, is accepting training reimbursement applic… Read More
2017-07-11 16:24
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A two-year major in the opportunity-rich field of concrete science technology will be offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology — the only program of its… Read More
2017-07-11 15:00
By Bill Hathaway
July 11, 2017
Millions of patients suffering from major depression get little relief from the first drug they are prescribed. A major new study of 1,522 patients at… Read More
2017-07-11 14:56
Somewhere between their time on campus and rich careers in horticulture and energy, Laurie and Joe Thorp became convinced of the importance of experiential learning for students.
Laurie Tho… Read More
2017-07-11 13:39
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — For the ninth year in a row, Penn State’s Center for Human-Computer Interaction (CHCI) has released a mobile app to complement the Central Pennsylvania Fe… Read More
2017-07-11 13:08
Jane Filby Leipold, a 1988 graduate of Penn State Harrisburg’s MBA program, 2013 Penn State Alumni Fellow, and former senior vice president of global human resources at TE Connectivity… Read More
2017-07-11 12:00
HERSHEY, Pa. — Men and women react differently to compounds associated with immune system response to bipolar disorder, according to an international team of medical researchers. The f… Read More
2017-07-11 11:15
11 July 2017
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have published new research illuminating how energy is transferred in molecules – something that could influence new molecular te… Read More
2017-07-11 08:27
Scientists at the University of York have discovered that parasites responsible for leishmaniasis – a globally occurring neglected tropical disease spread by sand flies – are mai… Read More
2017-07-11 04:00
In a tiny room in the sub-basement of MIT’s Building 66 sits a customized, super-resolution microscope that makes it possible to see nanoscale features of a red blood cell. Here, Regin… Read More
2017-07-10 19:58
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Visitors at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, Aug. 15-17, likely will spend most of their time taking in the wide variety of demonstrations, commerci… Read More
2017-07-10 19:26
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Ag Progress Days Equine Experience will offer a variety of activities for horse enthusiasts.
Source: Princeton
The post Demonstrations, clinics highlig… Read More
2017-07-10 19:05
After a successful first round of seed grants, the MIT Skoltech Seed Fund Program is calling for a second round of proposals from MIT principal investigators from any of the Institute’… Read More
2017-07-10 16:00
Monday, 10 July 2017
The University of Adelaide is the first university nationally to gain accreditation to train people to fly drones or remotely piloted aircraft.
The University is offerin… Read More
2017-07-10 15:45
Read more from Executive Director Steven Cohen at the Huffington Post.
When the fundamental structure of American environmental law was put into place in the 1970s and 1980s, protecting the… Read More
2017-07-10 14:00
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a Penn State-led team of entomologists to develop and disseminate a technology they say could bring gene… Read More
2017-07-10 13:00
As an undergraduate at Princeton University, Jessica Myers MCP ’17 threw herself into writing a thesis on urban food markets in New Orleans. After many months of work, however, she was… Read More
2017-07-10 12:30
Jeffrey Shaman: What Makes the Flu Spread?
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The onset of flu season each year comes as no surprise. But what is surprising is that we don’t know exactly how the flu… Read More
2017-07-10 03:59
Want to boost collaboration among researchers? Even in an age of easy virtual communication, physical proximity increases collaborative activity among academic scholars, according to a new s… Read More
2017-07-10 03:59
Hospitals that spend more on initial care following patient emergencies have better outcomes than hospitals that spend less at first and rely more on additional forms of long-term care, acco… Read More
2017-07-07 23:44
CORVALLIS, Ore. – In 1988, Irish singer and songwriter Enya released a lead single titled “Orinoco Flow” from her second studio album, which went on to become an internatio… Read More
2017-07-07 19:00
This summer, the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT marks the first anniversary of the launch of the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine, established through a generous… Read More
2017-07-07 15:36
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As technology touches every corner of the world, it’s integral to understand its profound ability to enhance and affect people’s everyday lives, esp… Read More
2017-07-07 15:30
For decades, computer chips have increased efficiency by using “caches,” small, local memory banks that store frequently used data and cut down on time- and energy-consuming comm… Read More
2017-07-07 14:30
MIT’s provost, in consultation with the vice president for research, the chair of the faculty, and the director of the libraries, has appointed an ad hoc task force on open access to M… Read More
2017-07-07 07:30
Friday, 7 July 2017
University of Adelaide researchers have for the first time demonstrated that the ocean acidification expected in the future will reduce fish diversity significantly, wit… Read More
2017-07-07 00:00
Four years ago, researchers at MIT’s Media Lab developed a computer vision system that can analyze street-level photos taken in urban neighborhoods in order to gauge how safe the neigh… Read More
2017-07-06 23:58
CORVALLIS, Ore. – New research shows a species of diatom, a single-celled algae, thought to be asexual does reproduce sexually, and scientists learned it’s a common compound &nda&hell…Read More
2017-07-06 23:42
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — History will be made Saturday, July 8, when Penn State and Centre County host the Happy Valley Jam inside Beaver Stadium. Eight months of specific concert planni… Read More
2017-07-06 21:30
Thursday, 6 July 2017
The University of Adelaide will today launch a major new innovation hub aimed at giving locally based start-up companies the best opportunities to succeed and grow.
Ca… Read More
2017-07-06 19:55
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Ecosystem and bioproduct researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences are working with professional sports franchises to make their venues… Read More
2017-07-06 19:00
As the old saying goes, teaching someone to fish is far more helpful than just giving them a fish. Now, research from WorldFish and MIT takes that adage a step further: Better yet, the study… Read More
2017-07-06 18:54
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Tara Mondock, Penn State Extension associate director for client relations, was appointed as the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania’s Extensi… Read More
2017-07-06 18:16
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Steve Garguilo, a 2009 graduate of the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), is traveling the world, looking for new ways to innovate… Read More
2017-07-06 18:00
Cities plagued with terrible traffic problems may be overlooking a simple, low-cost solution: High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) policies that encourage carpooling can reduce traffic drastically… Read More
2017-07-06 17:03
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Scientists have identified patterns in the Earth’s magnetic field that evolve on the order of 1,000 years, providing new insight into how the field works and ad… Read More
2017-07-06 15:39
MPA-ESP Students tour world-class earth science research campus
Written by John de Villier
The newest cohort of MPA Environmental Science and Policy students received a faculty-led tour of… Read More
2017-07-06 15:36
Deep thoughts from the Deep Blue Sea
By Gwenn Hennon
Gwenn Hennon and colleagues pulling samples from the depths of the North Pacific
As far as I can see from the ship to the horizon ther… Read More
2017-07-06 12:30
By Jim Shelton
July 6, 2017
Yale researchers have identified 60 potential new “hot Jupiters” — highly irradiated worlds that glow like coals on a barbecue grill and… Read More
2017-07-06 04:00
If there is anywhere for carbon dioxide to disappear in large quantities from the atmosphere, it is into the Earth’s oceans. There, huge populations of plankton can soak up carbon diox… Read More
2017-07-05 21:01
Climate change could turn one of Africa’s driest regions wet, according to a new study. Scientists have found evidence in computer simulations for a possible abrupt change in the Sahel… Read More
2017-07-05 20:55
Sea Level Rise: Causes, Impacts and Options for Solutions
A recent study co-authored by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory research professor James L. Davis supports the growing consensus th… Read More
2017-07-05 20:09
CORVALLIS, Ore. – More than 2,000 athletes will descend on Corvallis on July 8 and 9, competing in the Special Olympics Oregon Summer State Games while also helping to further research… Read More
2017-07-05 19:20
Ongoing Warming Could Increase Marine Growth
Iron particles catching a ride on glacial meltwater washed out to sea are likely fueling a recently discovered summer algal bloom off the souther… Read More
2017-07-05 18:30
CORVALLIS, Ore. – There are so many Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean that the combined mass of these tiny aquatic organisms is more than that of the world’s 7.5 billion huma… Read More
2017-07-05 18:00
Last year, a team of forensic dentists got authorization to perform a 3-D scan of the prized Tyrannosaurus rex skull at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, in an effort to try to… Read More
2017-07-05 17:42
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Long before sustainability was synonymous with good business practice, Gerald Susman was spearheading efforts to weave it into the fabric of the Penn State Smeal… Read More
2017-07-05 17:28
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Human Health and the Environment seed grants for 2017 have been awarded to a pool of interdisciplinary researchers at Penn State. These seed grants were fund… Read More
2017-07-05 16:59
As embedded intelligence is finding its way into ever more areas of our lives, fields ranging from autonomous driving to personalized medicine are generating huge amounts of data. But just a… Read More
2017-07-05 16:58
July 5, 2017
Jen Owen is an associate professor at the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Department of Large Animal Clinical S… Read More
2017-07-05 09:00
Harwell, Oxfordshire, 5th July, 2017. By developing pioneering data analysis techniques and machine learning algorithms, Rezatec is now able to produce powerful analytical insights for owner… Read More
2017-07-05 08:26
5 July 2017
New telescope for detecting optical signatures of gravitational waves officially launched in La Palma
Telescope built and operated by international researchers including scienti… Read More
2017-07-05 04:00
Suppose you help run the R&D unit of a major technology company. To encourage innovation, you might have the unit run a kind of internal race, letting a wide variety of projects unfold o… Read More
2017-07-03 21:12
Monday, 3 July 2017
Four University of Adelaide researchers are among the 30 Superstars of STEM announced today by Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Senator the Hon. Arthur Sin… Read More
2017-07-03 19:23
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — On a Wednesday afternoon in April, students were scattered at workstations throughout a lab space in Borland Building, experimenting with 3D pens and 3D printers… Read More
2017-07-03 18:29
By Bill Hathaway
July 3, 2017
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New nanoscopy technology reveals interior of the cells with more clarity for longer periods than ever before, Yale researcher… Read More
2017-07-03 16:41
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Alumna Ellen Foster provides valuable opportunities for students by endowing the Foster-Foreman Conference of Distinguished Writers and supporting the L… Read More
2017-07-03 16:30
Researchers and bird enthusiasts from all over North America will gather at Michigan State University July 31-Aug. 5 for North America’s largest scientific conference dedicated to the… Read More
2017-07-03 15:59
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — How local municipalities can use an economic development strategy known as “placemaking” will be the topic of a web-based seminar offered by Penn Sta… Read More
2017-07-03 15:11
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A single LED light can produce 16.4 million distinct colors. That’s a whole lotta color. And thanks to a donation from entertainment lighting manufacturer… Read More
2017-07-03 15:04
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Samantha Schaffer and Tyler Patton, students in Penn State Harrisburg’s master of professional accounting program in the School of Business Administration, rece… Read More
2017-07-03 12:40
Read more from Executive Director Steven Cohen at the Huffington Post.
With the Trump travel ban partially, if only temporarily, approved by the Supreme Court, it’s time to return att… Read More
2017-07-03 09:09
3 July 2017
A Zoology professor at the University of Sheffield, who has studied seabirds for more than 45 years, to help us understand more about their ecology and behaviour, has been recogn… Read More
2017-06-30 19:28
Could cellulosic biofuels – or liquid energy derived from grasses and wood – become a green fuel of the future, providing an environmentally sustainable way of meeting energy nee… Read More
2017-06-30 18:26
Tuberous sclerosis complex, or TSC, is considered a rare genetic disease, yet for the estimated 50,000 patients in the United States and almost 2 million individuals worldwide, dealing with… Read More
2017-06-30 18:00
The chips in most modern desktop computers have four “cores,” or processing units, which can run different computational tasks in parallel. But the chips of the future could have… Read More
2017-06-30 17:59
Science fiction is full of fanciful devices that allow light to interact forcefully with matter, from light sabers to photon-drive rockets. In recent years, science has begun to catch up; so… Read More
2017-06-30 17:03
Friday, 30 June 2017
The University of Adelaide and The Orana Foundation, founded by chef Jock Zonfrillo, have announced a major new research partnership to support the development of an Aus… Read More
2017-06-30 15:00
Since the 1980s, the United States has often been a world leader in supporting renewable energy technologies at the state and federal level. Thirty-seven states have enacted binding or volun… Read More
2017-06-30 13:00
J-PAL North America, a research center at MIT, announced today that it will partner with three city and county governments to evaluate promising solutions to homelessness and other important… Read More
2017-06-30 12:18
MEDIA, Pa. — When new scientific technology is released, it takes a team of scientists, teachers, writers and even social media users to get the word out to the public. This summer, Pe… Read More
2017-06-30 03:59
Neural networks, which learn to perform computational tasks by analyzing large sets of training data, are responsible for today’s best-performing artificial intelligence systems, from… Read More
2017-06-29 21:27
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Want a new career? Thinking of transferring to a new college? Ready to finish your bachelor’s degree? Penn State Shenango will hold an Adult and T… Read More
2017-06-29 20:52
Grasberg mine in Indonesia (Photo credit: Paul Q. Warren)
By Nora Mardirossian
On March 2, 2017, Tanzania banned all exports of unprocessed gold and copper concentrates. The measure was tak… Read More
2017-06-29 20:41
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Extension has named Stephen Buchholz, formerly vice president for institutional effectiveness and advancement at Western Dakota Technic… Read More
2017-06-29 17:32
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Robert Boland, the director of the master of sports administration and dual degree MBA/MSA program at Ohio University, has been named Penn State’s athletic… Read More
2017-06-29 15:33
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Lockheed Martin, a global security and aerospace company, was recently announced as a new participant in the College of Information Sciences and Technology&rsquo&hell…Read More
2017-06-29 14:47
Setting Off to Explore the Depths
By Gwenn Hennon and Matthew Harke
Loading the R/V Kilo Moana
For the past few days, we have been loading the gear and setting up our lab on the R/V… Read More
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