A healthy oral microbiome, a community of microorganisms live in the mouth, plays an important role in aiding in the ...

The research team tested the activity of over 2,600 different RNA sequences predicted to belong to a class of RNA enzymes ...

“The Biology and Ecology Student Research Showcase is a fantastic opportunity for graduate and undergraduate biologists and ecologists to come together and share their research and practice ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — On Oct. 29, MIT astrophysicist and planetary scientist Sara Seager presented the joint Science Achievement Graduate Fellows-Russell Marker Lecture in Astronomy and Astrophysics, ...

A team led by Sarah Pfaff, postdoctoral scholar in biology, developed a method to isolate plant cells and reprogram them into other cell types, similar to the way stem cells differentiate into ...

David Radice, associate professor of physics and of astronomy and astrophysics, has been selected to receive a Sustainment Award from NASA, which provides support for the sustainable development of ...

A newly discovered protein naturally houses an unusual binding site that can differentiate between rare earth elements, and researchers at Penn State have made it even better. Rare earth elements are ...

The following events will be held in person on the Penn State University Park campus. On each date, students will meet with faculty and/or staff of the specific majors listed for that particular date.

Newborn stars are surrounded by disks of gas and dust within which planets are born, known as protoplanetary disks. In the Orion Nebula, the brightest and most massive stars emit intense ultraviolet ...

Paul Frank Baum, Evan Pugh Professor of Mathematics at Penn State, has been honored by Penn State with the title of Atherton Professor. The University created the Atherton Professorship to recognize ...