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To advance Penn State agricultural research, the Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning moved forward a proposal on Feb. 16 to purchase 20.36 acres of land and property in Benner Township, Centre County, near the University Park campus.
Wear Red Day — Feb. 3 — and American Heart Month bring attention to the prevalence of heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. Penn State statistician Xiang Zhu works with international collaborations to study the genetics of heart disease in as diverse a sample as possible to improve our understanding of disease risk and ultimately to improve heart health for everyone.
You are reading this because of materials. Whether you are perusing this article on an electronic device driven by a semiconductor chip or via a paper printout, the ability to read these words is in a large part due to innovative materials research that led to a product in use in society.
The newest episode of "Life From All Angles," a YouTube series produced by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, highlights the breakthroughs made by Penn State Plant Institute Director Sally Mackenzie in understanding epigenetics and manipulating plants to be more productive.
A team of Penn State-led researchers received a $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help fund a project to develop a machine learning system for early Alzheimer’s disease detection.