Justin R. Rodriguez, William Murray, Kazunori Fujisawa, Seng Huat Lee, Alexandra L. Kotrick, Yixuan Chen, Nathan Mckee, Sora Lee, Mauricio Terrones, Susan Trolier ...

This year, the world is marking the 100th anniversary of quantum mechanics, the beginning of a scientific revolution so important that it prompted the United Nations to declare 2025 as the ...

Have you ever had that sinking feeling that you might have forgotten to turn off the stove? Or felt anxious about an upcoming event, or had bad dreams after a particularly stressful day? You aren’t ...

Ten percent of adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 20, whose brains are still developing, report drinking alcohol, with 90% of their consumption being binge drinking, according to the National ...

One of the many ways that research can make an impact on everyday life or address societal challenges is through a process called translation, an early part of technology transfer, where novel ideas ...

Thanks to a partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Science-U is fostering a new generation of environmentalists, allowing K–12 students to ask questions and ...

As part of our training, we chemists develop the ability to identify a molecule that we want to make and then work backward to design the sequence of steps and most efficient path needed to synthesize ...

Lifestyle can shape the composition of the beneficial bacteria and other microorganisms within the mouth, according to a new study led by Penn State biologists. The researchers studied the oral ...

Many important insights can be gained through the study of complex datasets, for example from census and medical data, but these datasets often contain sensitive personal information. So, how can ...

The Penn State Pulsar Search Collaboratory visits the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia. Members of the student organization obtain research credit by searching for signs of pulsars in the data ...

When on-campus labs were effectively shuttered in early 2020, scientists scrambled to find ways to continue their work. Biochemists and molecular biologists, in particular, struggled without the use ...

Emma Steinebronn speaks to students at Park Forest Elementary school. “The best STEM class ever.” That’s what Emma Steinebronn hears from students when she visits local elementary schools with the PAW ...