Shaver’s Creek takes steps to protect resident birds from avian flu outbreak
| psu.edu
A highly transmissible and potentially fatal strain of the avian flu has been detected in Pennsylvania for the second year in a row, and Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center is taking steps to protect the center’s resident birds from exposure.
Scientists identify new mechanism of corrosion
| psu.edu
A multi-institutional research team, co-led by Penn State, identified a new mechanism of corrosion that could have implications for safe power plant and nuclear reactor designs.
Superhydrophobic biosensor could measure sweat vapors on the body
| psu.edu
A biosensor that could measure sweat vapor, developed by Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, the James L. Henderson, Jr. Memorial Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, was featured in a paper published in ACS Nano.
PSU avian expert shares tips to prevent avian influenza
| wtaj.com
The most recent outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, is entering its second year and businesses across country are still being affected. This article quotes Suresh Kuchipudi, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Emerging Infectious Diseases and director of the Animal Diagnostic Laboratory.
The ethics of home ownership in an age of growing inequality
| theconversation.com
A scholar who examines the impact of property ownership explains why purchasing a home comes with many moral obligations.
Penn State Department of Electrical Engineering chooses prolific inventor as new head
| happyvalleyindustry.com
Madhavan Swaminathan is the new head of the Penn State Department of Electrical Engineering. Learn more about how he hopes to encourage "a holistic education focused not only on research, but also on marketing and business" and why he thinks Happy Valley can one day be "Happy Silicon Valley."
Taking a groundbreaking idea from the lab to the orchard
| happyvalleyindustry.com
Penn State professor Timothy McNellis has been researching fire blight since the 1990s, but just recently, his lab discovered a landmark solution that can change Pennsylvania’s agricultural industry for the better. Here’s how he’s getting it to market.
Penn State Extension beef cattle specialist receives Pa. Dairy Innovator Award
| psu.edu
Tara Felix, associate professor of animal science in the College of Agricultural Sciences and beef cattle specialist with Penn State Extension, recently received the Pennsylvania Dairy Innovator Award from the Center for Dairy Excellence.
Ed Abroad 'Stay Local Weekends' encourage global engagement and sustainability
| psu.edu
Penn State Global has designated two weekends in the spring semester as “Stay Local Weekends” for Penn State education abroad students. During these weekends, students pledge to stay local to their host city and explore the area around them instead of traveling to other cities. The two "Stay Local Weekends" are Feb. 11-12 and April 1-2 this year.
EarthTalks: Chabot to discuss NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
| psu.edu
Nancy Chabot, planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will share some of the latest results relating to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission impact event in her talk "Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART): NASA’s First Planetary Defense Test Mission" on Monday, Feb. 27. The talk, which is free and open to the public, takes place in 112 Walker Building.
NIH grant allows grad student to study Cuban, Cuban American health disparities
| psu.edu
Margarita “Maggie” Hernandez, a doctoral candidate in Penn State’s Department of Anthropology, recently received an award from the National Institutes of Health and National Human Genome Research Institute to support her multifaceted research project, "Noventa Millas: Migration history, genomic ancestry, and health disparities among Cuban immigrants and Cuban-Americans in the United States."
Researchers encouraged to turn tech into a startup through I-Corps short course
| psu.edu
Penn State’s I-Corps short course is accepting applications for its March cohort. Applications are due by March 1. The no-cost program helps researchers test a startup idea through customer discovery and lean startup methodology.
Once a frozen haven, climate-driven rising temperatures are rapidly thawing the Arctic permafrost, posing a major threat to communities and infrastructure. Researchers are investigating how these changes will transform rivers, with potential consequences for erosion, sediment transport, and the entire Arctic landscape. Additionally, their project incorporates art to communicate these critical findings in an engaging way. Listen to the podcast.
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