Revealed missing step in lipid formation could enable detection of past climate
illustration of radical same enzyme bound to cofactors. Credit: Booker Lab
Compost to computer: Bio-based materials used to salvage rare earth elements
grid of materials and how they break down into polymers
Plant molecular geneticists discover, and begin to crack, the epigenetic code
two people in lab coats look at potted plant
SETI Symposium at Penn State attracts experts from around the world
Folder showing Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center logo

The 2022 Penn State SETI Symposium brought together scientists from around the world for one of the largest gatherings of SETI researchers.

Aryl substrate reactions reveal more about the field of alkene dicarbofunctionalization
akyl subtrates
Seed grants to fund projects that tackle huge scientific, societal challenges
ICDS 2022 seed grant graphic

Three teams from the Penn State Eberly College of Science have received ICDS seed grants.

Bioinformatics data reduction techniques must be used with caution
five men gather around withe board

Two common tools for scaling down DNA data may have inaccuracies, according to new research by Penn State.

Heard on Campus: SETI Symposium media panel
Media panel at Penn State SETI Symposium

Experts in the media panel at the Penn State SETI Symposim discussed rebranding SETI from the search for intelligence to technosignatures.

Penn State biologist receives NIH grant to help unlock biology of binge drinking
image of somatostatin in mouse brain

Nikki Crowley, assistant professor of biology at Penn State, has been awarded $1.6M to study the neurobiology of binge alcohol drinking.

Dark matter detector completes startup operations
LZ detector inside clean room while man wearing clean suit walks by

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has completed its initial run and is now the most sensitive dark matter detector to date.

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