Diagnosing parasites that pose health risks for dogs, humans
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Researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences performed a series of studies examining the prevalence of the Echinococcus tapeworm in wild canids and domestic dogs, along with the best ways to detect it.
Pennsylvania’s aging levees are under pressure from scarce funding and severe weather
| by Kaleigh Yost
Pennsylvania has over 180 levees that span approximately 155 miles (255 kilometers) and keep its rivers from flooding. They protect about 158,000 people and US$26.2 billion in property across the state, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.However, those levees are aging, and funding to maintain and improve them is becoming scarcer.
Penn State, Kurt J. Lesker Company partner to advance atomic-scale processing
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Penn State and Kurt J. Lesker Company are launching a strategic partnership to develop new ways to create and shape the extremely thin layers of specialized materials that form critical parts of semiconductor, advanced packaging, quantum, photonic and other next-generation technologies. As these technologies become smaller and more complex, researchers need increasingly precise control over the materials they are made from, in some cases down to the scale of individual atoms.
Opportunity Grant applications open for non-tenure-line faculty
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Non-tenure-line clinical, teaching and research faculty and professors of practice can now apply to the Opportunity Grant Professional Development Program for the 2027-28 academic year.
Penn State dairy experts help farm improve production and profits
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When milk fat levels began slipping at Seven Stars Dairy in Millerstown, the farm began looking for answers. An on-farm visit by Penn State dairy experts helped pinpoint the problem and identify a few small adjustments. Those changes helped reverse the months-long decline without adding labor or increasing feed costs.
Camera, AI assess turkeys, predict future body weight in study
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Penn State researchers recently found that a camera paired with artificial intelligence could monitor individual turkeys and make reasonably accurate bodyweight predictions up to three weeks into the future.
Critical minerals and materials workshop fosters collaboration, partnerships
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Penn State showcased its leadership in critical minerals and materials research and workforce development through a recent three-day workshop that brought together nearly 150 representatives from academia, industry and government agencies.
$1.5M NSF grant to support K-12 learning with real-world educational dataset
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The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a research team at Penn State $1.5 million over three years to develop an educational dataset containing real industrial data. The team aims to bring their dataset to math classrooms in Pennsylvania school districts and identify ways to foster productive learning while addressing unproductive confusion.
Could plant scientists breed heavy metal contamination out of cacao?
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Varieties of cacao plants — which give rise to chocolate — differently mitigate and manage a toxic heavy metal that occurs naturally in the plants' soil. Researchers have now identified genetic differences in how two varieties manage metal uptake and facilitate the metal’s movement throughout the plant, which could help inform breeding practices.
Great Insect Fair bringing live bugs, honey tasting to Snider Ag Arena
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Live insects, honey tasting and hands-on activities will take over Penn State’s Snider Agricultural Arena this weekend as the annual Great Insect Fair
Grand Canyon water supply to be restored in weeks, not months
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National Park Service officials expect to restore a reliable water supply in the Grand Canyon in weeks — not months — as the deadly flash flood didn’t damage most of a near-complete pipeline project, they said Tuesday.
Ask an Expert: How could data centers impact public lands?
The construction of new data centers is shaping up to be a defining issue in the 2026 midterm elections. Politicians in both parties have been distancing themselves from data centers in the face of public discontent around the issue, with public backlash leading to the freezing of dozens of data center projects nationwide this year.