Penn State Advanced Vehicle Team accepted into EcoCAR Innovation Challenge
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Penn State’s Advanced Vehicle Team has been accepted into the U.S. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory’s four-year EcoCAR Innovation Challenge, which tasks university students with designing and building intelligent mobility solutions and innovative products using emerging technologies.
Hydraulic brain: Body motion linked to fluid movement in the brain
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The brain is more mechanically connected to the body than previously appreciated, scientists reported in Nature Neuroscience, noting the connection could be a potential biological mechanism underlying why exercise is thought to benefit brain health.
One Health Microbiome Center names next doctoral interns for industry program
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Two Penn State doctoral students will spend eight weeks in Germany at the headquarters of global biotechnology company QIAGEN. This marks the third year of the program, a partnership between the One Health Microbiome Center and QIAGEN.
Final call to register for 2026 Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium
The 2026 Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium is approaching, with registration and poster submissions open through May 1 for a three-day event focused on evidence-based climate solutions, collaboration and networking.
La Porta named interim dean of the Penn State College of Engineering
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Thomas F. La Porta, director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Penn State, has been named interim Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering, effective July 1.
Lehigh Valley biology professor honored with national entomology service award
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Brenna Traver, associate professor of biology at Penn State Lehigh Valley, has been recognized with a prestigious honor from the Entomological Society of America, highlighting her sustained contributions to the field of entomology and her service to the scientific community.
Master Watershed Steward program earns regional award
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Penn State Extension’s Master Watershed Steward Program received the 2026 Special Recognition Award from the Water Resources Association of the Delaware River Basin.
Biology students gain hands-on experience helping local farm
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Students from Penn State Beaver and staff from Penn State Extension–Beaver County are helping a local family farm with a water quality project that aims to improve the farm for future generations and potentially improve the water quality of a river downstream of a creek that runs through the farm.
Why delaying climate action now means higher seas by 2100 – new research
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Imagine your favourite sunny beach. Anywhere will do. You look out and see the ocean stretching to the horizon. To a glaciologist, that view is not just water; it’s melted ice. A new study shows that the best-case sea-level rise scenarios may now be out of reach.
Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center at Penn State Beaver celebrates opening
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Leaders from Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences joined University, state and local officials to mark the official opening of the Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center at the Penn State Beaver campus in Monaca.
The robot Cambrian explosion: Penn State researchers advance biorobotics
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Biodiversity mushroomed nearly 540 million years ago in what is known a the Cambrian explosion. Now, robotics are on the brink of their own Cambrian explosion, facilitated by Penn State researchers.
Detailed 3D Smithsonian specimen models enable far-reaching research
Penn State researchers in the Center for Quantitative Imaging (CQI) used advanced image processing to create high-resolution computer-generated 3D models, called meshes, and visualizations of polychaete worms for the Smithsonian Institution. The digital models of these aquatic segmented worms preserve the biological specimens in detail and allow researchers worldwide to examine key anatomical features without handling the original material.