Santhosh Girirajan speaking to residents at the Village at Penn State during Brain Awareness Week. On March 20, Nikki Crowley, associate professor of biology and of biomedical engineering, Huck Chair ...

Shane’s research interest is in identifying the mechanisms used in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that distinguish NDF’s and PF’s from regular transcription factors. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a model ...

The efficiency of quantum computers, sensors and other applications often relies on the properties of electrons, including how they are spinning. One of the most accurate systems for high performance ...

Bioluminescent bacteria and the Hawaiian bobtail squid have formed a longstanding mutually beneficial relationship. How the bacteria coordinate their behavior to colonize the squid—through cellular ...

Biotechnology Mini Summer School is an opportunity for high school students who are fascinated by DNA and biotechnology and are interested in learning more about cutting-edge research in ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — By combining forefront X-ray observations with state-of-the-art supercomputer simulations of the buildup of galaxies over cosmic history, researchers have provided the best ...

Students follow the suggested academic plan (SAP) that corresponds with the semester they began at Penn State. For example, if your first semester at Penn State was Spring 2023, you would use the ...

The motion of particles in a classical gas is famously chaotic. A simple and common consequence of this chaos is that an enclosed gas equilibrates to a single temperature, which is why letting cold ...

A new method improves the extraction and separation of rare earth elements—a group of 17 elements critical for technologies such as smart phones and electric car batteries—from unconventional sources.

Every Tuesday or Thursday, Eric Simring goes to prison. He drives to Quehanna Boot Camp in Karthaus, PA, or Benner Correctional Facility in Bellefonte, PA, to teach mathematics to inmates. “But these ...

Two opposing evolutionary forces explain the presence of the two different colors of spotted salamander egg masses at ponds in Pennsylvania, according to a new study led by a Penn State biologist.

“I am excited to help establish LTPI as a world-class center, with internationally competitive faculty, exceptional postdoctoral researchers and a vibrant visitors’ program — an environment designed ...