Penn State’s strength in space science comes from the depth of our long-standing scientific leadership and the breadth of ...

Evelyn Mastaglio is a second-year student pursuing a degree in neurobiology, one of the newest majors in the Penn State Eberly College of Science. Drawn to the field for its unique blend of biology, ...

A new technique allows astronomers to home in on planets beyond our solar system that are in line with each other and with Earth to search for radio signals similar, for example, to ones used to ...

About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, yet the insect is dying off at alarming rates. In one year alone, between April of 2019 and April of 2020, one ...

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 ...

The sunflower family tree revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, among the members of this large plant family, according to a new ...

Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic — persisting in a particular location for an extended ...

Todd LaJeunesse, professor of biology at Penn State, has been appointed to the Wilson Hewitt Professorship in Biology in the Eberly College of Science. The professorship is part of a $3-million estate ...

Of the many ways in which aging affects our bodies, a deteriorating memory is among the most frustrating. Especially when you are expected to remember your login and secure password—upper and ...

Wen Jiang, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Structural Biology and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, investigates the structures of diverse biological systems using ...

Mauricio Terrones, Evan Pugh University Professor and Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics, and professor of chemistry and of material science and engineering, has been named the new George A. and ...

Instructors use a variety of technologies in their courses, from online homework and assessment tools to grading platforms and student learning aides. Now, new and evolving AI tools have the potential ...