Subtle activation of a small subset of neurons in one region of the brain can make male mice resilient to, and even reverse, the detrimental effects of chronic stress. The same is true for female mice ...

A concentrated sugar solution could be just as effective as antibiotics at treating a common infection in dairy cows, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. The results were ...

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our online store, your one-stop shop for officially licensed Eberly College of Science–branded merchandise! Having a hard time finding that perfect gift? Still ...

The World Health Organization, the United Nations agency responsible for global public health, recently recommended universal introduction of rubella vaccination, a major step towards potentially ...

The genome of a once-endangered songbird shows extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study by Penn State researchers. Because inbreeding can negatively impact survival and reproduction, ...

Researchers at the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence (PSETI) Center have been awarded a three-year, $480,000 grant under the NASA Exoplanets Research Program to search for radio and laser ...

Penn State physics alumna Sylvia Biscoveanu, now a postdoc at Northwestern University, studies gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime caused by cosmic events like merging black holes and neutron ...

Janine Kwapis, Paul Berg Early Career Professor in the Biological Sciences and assistant professor of biology at Penn State, has been awarded the 2024 McKnight Brain Research Foundation Innovator ...

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 ...

The Penn State Eberly College of Science is pleased to welcome Mike Weyandt as its new senior director of development and alumni relations. Prior to this role, Weyandt was the director of development ...

The quasiparticle, called a semi-Dirac fermion, was first theorized 16 years ago, but was only recently spotted inside a crystal of semi-metal material called ZrSiS. The observation of the ...

Combining stem cells and silicon nanowires in lab-grown tissue has shown promise as a step toward a new treatment for heart disease, the leading cause of death worldwide, according to a ...