Doug Cowen, professor of physics and professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, will present a free, public lecture titled "The Ghost Particle: A New Tool for Deep-Space Discoveries," at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, in Berg Auditorium, 100 Huck Life Sciences Building, on the University Park campus.
A new method uses fluorescence to detect potentially disease-causing forms of proteins as they unravel due to stress or mutations.
The STEM Extension Weekend at Penn State, taught by members of the Eberly College of Science, aims to show high school students who are blind or visually impaired that they can go to college for and have a career in science, even with their visual impairments.
A new program developed by researchers from Penn State and Microsoft Azure automatically detects regions of interest within images, alleviating a serious bottleneck in processing photos for wildlife research.
Nobel Laureate Barry C. Barish will give a free public lecture, titled "Probing the Universe with Gravitational Waves," at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, in 104 Keller Building, University Park. Barish is the Maxine and Ronald Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Registration is not required.
A simple drug cocktail that converts cells that are next to damaged neurons into functional new neurons could potentially be used to treat stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, and brain injuries, according to a team of Penn State researchers who tested drug combinations on cell cultures in the lab.
A massive release of passive-surveillance satellite data of nighttime lights could help researchers in fields ranging from agriculture to epidemiology.
Students in the Eberly College of Science are creating communities for underrepresented groups to promote a diverse, inclusive scientific enterprise.
The College of Engineering partnered with The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security to host a three-day workshop, a joint initiative to understand the evolving interactions between technology and our economic, political and social institutions, in Washington, D.C. A goal for participants was to learn how leaders use strategic foresight to better understand and anticipate changes that human-technology systems create and how to design strategies and develop options to better navigate those changes.
Penn State Willaman Professor of Biology Peter Hudson shared his thoughts on battling global disease and educating future scientists during the Annual Mark Luchinsky Memorial Lecture on Jan. 28 in Palmer Lipcon Auditorium.
Disrupting two genes involved in the preservation of RNA molecules inhibits the ability of the male form of the malaria parasite to mature and be transmitted from human blood into mosquitoes, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of Florida.
When a male gametocyte of the malaria parasite senses that it has been transmitted to a mosquito, it activates and forms eight sperm-like male gametes. This video captures the moment when flagellated male gametes break free of the red blood cell membrane.
Membraneless protocells allow RNAs to participate in fundamental chemical reactions, providing clues to early steps in origin of life on earth, according to researchers at Penn State.
J. Richard Bond, University Professor in the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, will present a free, public lecture, "The Quantum Universe in the Planck Era and Beyond," at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, in 100 Huck Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium), on the Penn State University Park campus. The lecture is part of 2019 Penn State Lectures on the Frontiers of Science.
The Innovative Teaching at Penn State (ITAP) Brown Bag Lunch Series will present “Using a Children's Storybook Assignment to Assess Pre-Service Teachers' Knowledge of Science Practices in Astronomy” from 12:05 to 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, in Paterno Library’s Mann Assembly Room and online via Zoom.
