Over 50,000 submissions are made for images on U.S. stamps every year, and out of those, about 40 are turned into real stamps ...

Increased antibiotic use can lead, seemingly paradoxically, to more problematic infections, as the bacteria evolve to resist the treatment. The answer to this antimicrobial resistance, which the ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. The research ...

In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus triggered an epidemic in the Americas. People infected with Zika, typically via a mosquito bite, may have mild symptoms, but if the person is pregnant, it can lead ...

Proteins are long molecules that must fold into complex three-dimensional structures to perform their cellular functions. This folding process occasionally goes awry, resulting in misfolded proteins ...

Ryan Henrici, a class of 2015 graduate who majored in biochemistry and molecular biology, is one of eight prominent young alumni who will be honored by the Penn State Alumni Association at the 2025 ...

Penn State physicist pioneered research that predicted a new class of exotic particles, ‘composite fermions,’ which could be integral to high-performance electronics and quantum computing 10 March ...

Sarah Assmann, Waller Professor of Plant Biology at Penn State, has been awarded the Masatoshi Nei Innovation Prize in Biology. The award was established through a generous gift from Masatoshi Nei, ...

A synthetic microbiome therapy, tested in mice, protects against severe symptoms of a gut infection that is notoriously difficult-to-treat and potentially life threatening in humans, according to a ...

“I just think that if I am not the one to tell my story, then it won’t be told,” said Nazifa Tabassum, molecular, cellular, and integrative biosciences graduate student, when asked why she decided to ...

K. R. Purdy Drew and J. Pogliano. Dynamic Instability Driven Centering/Segregating Mechanism in Bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 108 ...