UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — By combining forefront X-ray observations with state-of-the-art supercomputer simulations of the buildup of galaxies over cosmic history, researchers have provided the best ...

A team of astronomers, including Penn State researchers, from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has used eight years of monitoring observations to discover unexpected changes in the winds ...

Why do giraffes have such long necks? A study led by Penn State biologists explores how this trait might have evolved and lends new insight into this iconic question. The reigning hypothesis is that ...

We have an active and extensive program of public outreach that promotes science literacy in a wide range of demographic groups. These outreach activities include public lectures, Road Scholar ...

Newly generated, complete genomes for the sex chromosomes of six primate species — produced by an international collaboration led by researchers at Penn State and the National Human Genome Research ...

Nineteen undergraduate students from the Penn State Eberly College of Science have been awarded Erickson Discovery Grants, which funds their independent research projects. The Rodney A. Erickson Grant ...

On May 10, Penn State Eberly College of Science alumna Susan Grove and her late husband, Cada, were honored with a special ceremony for their support of the college’s Center for Excellence in Science ...

Penn State’s Sustainable Labs Program marked its second year with successes and expansion. The program provides educational support and networking opportunities to labs across the University, helping ...

Denise Okafor, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the Eberly College of Science at Penn State, has been awarded a Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in ...

When public health officials make policies about when and how vaccination programs are implemented, they must weigh the benefits and risks of how infectious diseases spread throughout the country.

Mauricio Terrones, George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Head of the Department of Physics and Evan Pugh University Professor, has been named a 2024 Big Ten Academic Alliance Department Executive ...

John Warner, president and CEO of The Technology Greenhouse and co-founder of the field of green chemistry, will present the fifth quadrennial Whitmore Lecture on Chemistry Education and Public Policy ...