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2017-09-07 04:01
IBM and MIT today announced that IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment to create the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab in partnership with MIT. The lab will carry out fundamental ar… Read More
2017-09-06 21:27
Hurricane Irma, as seen on September 3, 2017. Photo: NASA
As Hurricane Irma batters the Caribbean with winds up to 185 miles per hour, Earth Institute experts stand ready to answe… Read More
2017-09-06 21:02
A new study provides further evidence that a simple scratch-and-sniff test could predict Parkinson’s disease even earlier than previously thought.
According to Michigan State Universit… Read More
2017-09-06 20:37
By Cari Shimkus
The Earth Institute is offering undergraduate, graduate and PhD students with opportunities to intern in various departments and research centers in a variety of administrati… Read More
2017-09-06 20:36
By Cari Shimkus
The Earth Institute is offering undergraduate students with research assistant opportunities during the fall 2017 semester. Undergraduates from Columbia and Barnard will be a… Read More
2017-09-06 19:29
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The 2017 Pennsylvania Automated Vehicle Summit will bring together elected and appointed officials, educators, and municipal and regional planners to sh… Read More
2017-09-06 19:20
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Smeal College of Business has announced that Salomon “Salo” Sredni, a 1987 Penn State graduate in accounting, has accepted the role of… Read More
2017-09-06 18:06
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Alumni Association will recognize 14 graduates on Oct. 4 with the lifelong title of Alumni Fellow, the highest award given by the Alumni Associati… Read More
2017-09-06 15:59
Sept. 6, 2017
Emily Steffke, from Beal City, Michigan, is a junior majoring in neuroscience and English. She is a College of Natural Science Deans Research Scholar and a member of the… Read More
2017-09-06 14:38
When trace elements rise to toxic levels, bad things happen.
Patients suffering from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease harbor significantly higher levels of zinc and iron in th… Read More
2017-09-06 14:35
Women who prioritize their careers value pregnancy planning and believe they have a good chance of conceiving late in life with the help of reproductive technology, even though fertility ra… Read More
2017-09-06 13:35
Evelyn Wang, the Gail E. Kendall Professor and the director of MIT’s Device Research Laboratory, has been named associate department head for operations in the Department of Mecha… Read More
2017-09-06 04:00
Firebricks, designed to withstand high heat, have been part of our technological arsenal for at least three millennia, since the era of the Hittites. Now, a proposal from MIT researchers sho… Read More
2017-09-06 03:59
Life scientists who have published papers that are retracted by journals subsequently suffer a 10 percent drop in citations of their remaining work, compared to similar but unaffected scient… Read More
2017-09-05 20:54
Michigan State University scientists now have early proof that an antidepressant drug that’s been around for more than 50 years could slow the progression of Parkinson’s.
In a p… Read More
2017-09-05 20:21
Shannon Inman works in the Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She also works as an emergency room nur… Read More
2017-09-05 20:10
On Saturday, more than 100,000 fans dressed in telling shades of blue, gold and white will fill Beaver Stadium to watch Pitt and Penn State football teams take the field.This tradition, whic… Read More
2017-09-05 19:43
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Five Penn State students studying health policy and administration gained hands-on experience this summer through internships at Johns Hopkins.“Such opport… Read More
2017-09-05 19:42
ALTOONA, Pa. — Some people have a passion for sports, others for movies or books. For Nicholas Unis, it’s shoes. In high school, he liked to buy and sell them over the internet… Read More
2017-09-05 19:10
As the world’s population grows, so does the problem of affordable housing. In some rapidly growing urban areas, particularly in developing countries, the only recourse is to build you… Read More
2017-09-05 17:47
CORVALLIS, Ore. –Oregon State University crossed the $400 million threshold in grants and contracts for the first time in the fiscal year that ended June 30, including being awarded a… Read More
2017-09-05 16:33
by John CurtisSeptember 1, 2017
Hurricane Harvey
SreyRam Kuy made regular visits to veterans who had sought shelter in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston… Read More
2017-09-05 16:15
August 31, 2017
Effectiveness of HPV Vaccine
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A $1.8 million National Institutes of Health grant will help researchers at the Yale School of Public Health shed l… Read More
2017-09-05 15:33
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As rows of tents dotted the countryside, the Grange Fair offered a chance to get back to more simple times. But for members of the group WE ARE for Science, it w… Read More
2017-09-05 13:36
Yale New Haven Health and Yale School of Medicine have launched a partnership with the State of Connecticut and Appriss Health in an innovative effort to combat the opioid overdose crisis.
T… Read More
2017-09-05 13:03
One of the wonderful stories in the wake of the onslaught of Hurricane Harvey has been the heroic and selfless response of Texans and of many Americans to those in dire need. It is a story a… Read More
2017-09-05 13:00
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s newest class of deputy sheriffs will begin serving their home communities after graduating from the state’s training academy administe… Read More
2017-09-05 07:00
5 September 2017
Insects have much better vision and can see in far greater detail than previously thought, a new study from the University of Sheffield has revealed.
Scientists have long be… Read More
2017-09-05 04:00
While working for the global management consulting company Accenture, Gregory Falco discovered just how vulnerable the technologies underlying smart cities and the “internet of things… Read More
2017-09-04 21:47
Monday, 4 September 2017
The Australian public is being called on to help better understand and conserve our iconic native echidna, by collecting echidna scats (poo) and taking photographs… Read More
2017-09-04 14:59
For a few weeks over the summer in 2011, teams of scientists from around the world converged on a small patch of ponderosa pine forest in Colorado to carry out one of the most detailed, exte… Read More
2017-09-04 08:59
Up to 18 percent of babies born worldwide arrive before they are full-term, defined as 37 weeks of gestation. About 1 million of those babies do not survive, and those who do can face develo… Read More
2017-09-01 22:08
Friday, 1 September 2017
The thousands of animals on exhibition at the Royal Adelaide Show will be well cared for with the help of many students and staff from the University of Adelaide.
F… Read More
2017-09-01 19:07
Temperature departure from average for Dec. 25, 2015. Note the swath of red colors across the eastern U.S. indicating much warmer than average temperatures. From University of Maine’s… Read More
2017-09-01 18:45
Last winter, MIT researchers discovered that a phenol-formaldehyde polymer transformed into a glassy carbon material in a process similar to baking reaches its best combination of high… Read More
2017-09-01 15:36
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Celebrating 25 years as a Penn State faculty member in the College of Health and Human Development on Sept. 1, Barbara Rolls, professor and Helen A. Guthrie Chai… Read More
2017-09-01 15:26
For the fourth consecutive year, a team of ROTC cadets from the Spartan Battalion and the Wolverine Battalion will come together on the day before the MSU vs. University of Michigan fo… Read More
2017-09-01 14:55
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The National Science Foundation has joined in supporting Penn State’s goal of taking more of its discoveries to market by awarding Penn State a five-year… Read More
2017-09-01 13:58
Nature has no boundaries and it doesn’t comply with political borders. During the trip to Israel and Jordan, we saw examples of cross boundaries activities that manipulate nature in wa… Read More
2017-09-01 13:00
Yale researchers will study the development of functional brain connectivity during late pregnancy to early adolescence thanks to a five-year, $12.4 million grant from Autism Centers of Exc… Read More
2017-08-31 21:10
Graduate student Leigh Ann Kesler is pursuing her two great interests: fusion science and rock climbing. One day she finds herself scrambling up bare rock faces to view grand vistas of mount… Read More
2017-08-31 20:40
ESP Student Emily Poorvin
Emily is a current MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program student, originally from Oakhurst, New Jersey and joining the program from Houston, Texas. There… Read More
2017-08-31 20:01
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In 2015, Penn State President Eric Barron launched Invent Penn State to accelerate the transfer of University innovations into the marketplace in order to drive… Read More
2017-08-31 18:29
Penn State students and alumni are traveling around the world to conduct research, teach English, attend master’s degree programs and more as part of the Fulbright U.S. Student Pr… Read More
2017-08-31 17:49
Coast Guard officers drive a boat through Friendswood, Texas. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard
The onslaught of Hurricane Harvey has provoked a widespread reckoning with the foreseeability of such e… Read More
2017-08-31 17:26
The Power of the Common Person: Can They Do What Governments Can’t?
by Allison I. Villegas Roman
I expected to eat great food, see great sites, and learn more about one of the most s… Read More
2017-08-31 16:00
MIT and Harvard University researchers have engineered E. coli cells that can be used to study how bacteria at an infection site respond to antibiotic treatment, allowing scientists to learn… Read More
2017-08-31 14:57
Develop skills in Earth systems observation, analysis, projection, and environmental remediation
Columbia’s Earth Institute and the School of Professional Studies are teaming up to of… Read More
2017-08-31 14:38
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator @State College is inviting area entrepreneurs, researchers and graduate students to participate in its next 10-week boot camp… Read More
2017-08-31 14:34
Thursday, 31 August 2017
A project creating the first genetic map of Aboriginal Australia before European arrival has won national recognition with the 2017 Eureka Prize for Excellence in In… Read More
2017-08-30 20:00
Most modern websites store data in databases, and since database queries are relatively slow, most sites also maintain so-called cache servers, which list the results of common queries for f… Read More
2017-08-30 18:43
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Plant-based sensors that measure the thickness and electrical capacitance of leaves show great promise for telling farmers when to activate their irrigation syst… Read More
2017-08-30 18:03
Hurricane Harvey, as seen from space on August 24, 2017. Photo: NASA
As Texas reels in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, experts at the Earth Institute are doing their best to help make se… Read More
2017-08-30 16:42
Sindyanna of Galilee Leading the Way for Arab-Israeli Coexistence
On our second day in Israel, we traveled to Kfar Kanna, an Arab town in the Northern part of Israel, to meet the women-led… Read More
2017-08-30 16:00
Recording electrical signals from inside a neuron in the living brain can reveal a great deal of information about that neuron’s function and how it coordinates with other cells in the… Read More
2017-08-30 15:53
by Rosalind D’EugenioAugust 30, 2017
Risk of HIV exposure within Europe
Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) often are motivated to embark on new lives in supp… Read More
2017-08-30 14:02
Michigan State University’s Robert Last studies tomatoes. Specifically, he researches their hair, or trichomes.
For this study, he focused on a single type of molecule in trichomes &n&helli…Read More
2017-08-30 14:00
Despite what you might see in movies, today’s robots are still very limited in what they can do. They can be great for many repetitive tasks, but their inability to understand the nuan… Read More
2017-08-30 13:46
MONACA, Pa. — The story is frighteningly familiar now.Someone descends on an unsuspecting crowd. In the aftermath of the violence, those close to the offender realize the warning signs… Read More
2017-08-30 12:56
Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Program Now Accepting Applications for 2018
The Earth Institute Postdoctoral Research Program in Sustainable Development is now seeking applications… Read More
2017-08-30 03:59
Just as drivers observe the rules of the road, most pedestrians follow certain social codes when navigating a hallway or a crowded thoroughfare: Keep to the right, pass on the left, maintain… Read More
2017-08-29 20:53
Internships are a great way to gain real-world experience.
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint center of Columbia Law School and the Earth Institute, is accepting… Read More
2017-08-29 19:36
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Aarthi Madhavan, an expert in dysphagia, or swallowing disorders, has joined the faculty in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Penn State… Read More
2017-08-29 19:02
After witnessing the suffering of Syrian refugees and seeing firsthand how his parents, both physicians from Syria, had helped alleviate sickness and pain, Abdul Kassab chose medicine as a… Read More
2017-08-29 18:05
August 29, 2017
HIV treatment cuts
Proposed reductions in U.S. foreign aid would have a devastating impact on HIV treatment and prevention programs in countries receiving such aid, an… Read More
2017-08-29 17:14
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), led by the University of Adelaide, have successfully developed an advanced new imaging… Read More
2017-08-29 16:06
Does estrogen affect the way females perceive male sexual signals? That is a question a team of Yale researchers explored in a study, focusing on the female house sparrow.
The research team… Read More
2017-08-29 15:20
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Linus Pauling Institute will host its biennial “Diet and Optimum Health” conference Sept. 13-16 at Oregon State University, attracting an internationa… Read More
2017-08-29 15:03
Things aren’t all black and white for giant pandas.
The beloved Chinese icons have basked in good press lately – their extinction risk status downgraded from “endangered&rd&hell…Read More
2017-08-29 14:56
Soldiers with the Texas Army National Guard move through Houston streets flooded by Hurricane Harvey. Photo: U.S. Army by 1st Lt. Zachary West
Hurricane Harvey has claimed nine lives in Tex… Read More
2017-08-29 14:02
Michael Maiden, a Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine student and doctoral candidate in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, was recently awarded a tr… Read More
2017-08-29 10:01
On the 28th August 2017 SimCentric Technologies is launching a Global User Community Forum providing a range of supporting tools and resources, an exchange forum to enable file upload and do… Read More
2017-08-28 20:36
August 28, 2017
Ancient history of Lyme disease
Ancient history of Lyme disease
Deer ticks are collected on Mashomack Preserve on New York’s Shelter Island by dragging a one-me… Read More
2017-08-28 20:26
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State recently unveiled the newly installed “Hospitality Management” historical marker outside of Mateer Building, which celebrates the rich his… Read More
2017-08-28 19:01
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A protein, called inositol-requiring enzyme 1 — IRE1 — may serve as a key driver in a series of molecular interactions that can both promote and, par… Read More
2017-08-28 19:00
As the world heats up, new patterns in how we use electricity could strain the power grid. Photo: Ian Muttoo via Flicker
Climate change will shift Europe’s peak demand for electricity… Read More
2017-08-28 18:58
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Experiencing stigma, the severity of a disability and a person’s age and income level help determine whether someone with an impairment considers themselves to… Read More
2017-08-28 17:43
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Faculty and staff from across Penn State came together Aug. 15-16 at University Park in support of entrepreneurship teaching and learning at the fifth a… Read More
2017-08-28 17:09
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Andrew Belser, 2017-18 Penn State laureate, will kick off the tour of his award-winning “FaceAge” exhibition, a multimedia video installation c… Read More
2017-08-28 16:44
ERIE, Pa. — Industry 4.0 is expected to be the next phase in the digitization of manufacturing and the fourth major shift for this sector in the modern era. Utilizing cyber-physical sy… Read More
2017-08-28 15:00
Pines in Canada and Much of U.S. At Risk
Over the next few decades, global warming-related rises in winter temperatures could significantly extend the range of the southern pine beetle&mdash&hell…Read More
2017-08-28 15:00
When commercial airplanes break through the clouds to reach cruising altitude, they have typically arrived in the stratosphere, the second layer of Earth’s atmosphere. The air up there… Read More
2017-08-28 03:59
Tiny sensors made of antibodies, protein nanospheres that can clean up toxic spills, and gels that could be injected into a wound to initiate healing are just a few of the innovations emergi… Read More
2017-08-25 20:04
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences has announced speakers and dates for the fall 2017 Arkema Speake… Read More
2017-08-25 18:27
The MSU Learning and Assessment Center, or LAC, is looking for individuals of all ages who are willing to serve as standardized patients. The LAC is a simulation training facility featuring… Read More
2017-08-25 18:00
Yale experts and their partners in a national research consortium have identified several genes and gene clusters associated with the immune response to influenza (“flu”) vaccin… Read More
2017-08-25 17:47
How did Hurricane Harvey Become so Powerful, so Quickly?
A satellite view of Hurricane Harvey as the storm approaches the Texas Coast, via Corpus Christi National Weather Service
Yesterday… Read More
2017-08-25 15:06
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The properties of materials can behave in funny ways. Tweak one aspect to make a device smaller or less leaky, for example, and something else might change in an… Read More
2017-08-25 15:06
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The properties of materials can behave in funny ways. Tweak one aspect to make a device smaller or less leaky, for example, and something else might change in an… Read More
2017-08-25 14:11
As students gear up for the 2017-18 academic year, experts share a variety of tips and advice on topics ranging from health to personal security.
Classes start Aug. 30.
Our Commitment… Read More
2017-08-25 14:11
As students gear up for the 2017-18 academic year, experts share a variety of tips and advice on topics ranging from health to personal security.
Classes start Aug. 30.
Our Commitment… Read More
2017-08-25 14:04
This is the 19th and final in a series of articles about summer internships for students in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Benjamin Dennis wa… Read More
2017-08-25 14:04
This is the 19th and final in a series of articles about summer internships for students in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications.UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Benjamin Dennis wa… Read More
2017-08-25 04:00
Radio frequency ID tags were supposed to revolutionize supply chain management. The dirt-cheap, battery-free tags, which receive power wirelessly from scanners and then broadcast identifying… Read More
2017-08-24 18:28
Dr. Norman S. Talner died peacefully on August 17, 2017, from Alzheimer’s disease, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, one month shy of his 92nd birthday. Dr. Talner was a Professor Emer… Read More
2017-08-24 18:09
Tropical Storm Harvey, as seen from a satellite on August 17, 2017. Photo: U.S. Navy
Texans are preparing for high winds, heavy rainfall, and storm surge as they await the arrival of T… Read More
2017-08-24 15:36
DUBOIS, Pa. — Penn State DuBois Outreach is offering two technical workshops that aid those employed in the manufacturing industry in the area. The “Production Part Approval Proc… Read More
2017-08-24 14:54
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Three Penn State faculty receive National Science Foundation Convergence awards as part of the Growing Convergent Research at NSF portfolio. The program seeks to… Read More
2017-08-24 14:08
EAST LANSING, Mich. – It’s been well established that obesity is a contributor to cancer risk, but how it actually causes cancer is still a question that hasn’t been fully… Read More
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