New computer simulations that model every atom of a protein as it folds into its final three-dimensional form support the existence of a recently identified type of protein misfolding. Proteins must ...

The Department of Physics welcomes its newest tenure-line faculty members. Thomas Iadecola, associate professor of physics, is a co-hire of the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences ...

Angkai Li of Tianjin, China will be honored as the student marshal for the Penn State Eberly College of Science at the University’s summer 2025 commencement ceremony on Saturday, August 16 at the ...

Knowing how many people are vaccinated against an existing or re-emerging threat is a key factor guiding public health decisions, but such information is often sparse or non-existent in many regions, ...

The efficiency of quantum computers, sensors and other applications often relies on the properties of electrons, including how they are spinning. One of the most accurate systems for high performance ...

Runze Li, Eberly Family Chair Professor in Statistics, has been selected to serve as co-editor-elect of the Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA) for 2026 and as co-editor of JASA ...

Anna Mazzucato, Distinguished Senior Scholar and professor of mathematics at Penn State, has been named a Martarano Leadership Fellow. The Martarano Leadership Fellows Program (formerly known as the ...

Wen Jiang, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Structural Biology and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, investigates the structures of diverse biological systems using ...

The Eberly College of Science is committed to supporting our researchers in translating their research for society. Translation is an early part of technology transfer where scientific discoveries are ...

The motion of particles in a classical gas is famously chaotic. A simple and common consequence of this chaos is that an enclosed gas equilibrates to a single temperature, which is why letting cold ...

Biotechnology Mini Summer School is an opportunity for high school students who are fascinated by DNA and biotechnology and are interested in learning more about cutting-edge research in ...

1. Life sciences majors: Biology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Biotechnology; Integrative Science; Microbiology; Premedicine; Science B.S./M.B.A. 2. Physical ...