A Farm in Africa
Ukulima Root Biology Center aims to increase crop yields around the globe.
Annual Report of Research Activity
Penn State’s research expenditures in
FY 2009 reached a record $765 million,
a 74 percent increase since FY 2000.
January 26, 2010
Mammoth Achievement
By successfully sequencing the DNA of a long-extinct species, Stephan Schuster and Webb Miller have helped push back the boundaries of molecular biology.
January 19, 2009
- Off the Shelf: Book reviews from the editors of Research/Penn State.
- Crustacean Cleanup: Crab shell chitin shows promise in remediating acid mine drainage.
- Life in 140 Letters or Less: S. Shyam Sundar discusses the social and psychological underpinnings of the social media revolution.
- Features Archive: Research reports with text, graphics, audio, and video.
Research Unplugged
In Conversation
- Beyond the personal : Jonathan Marks argues for a broader definition of bioethics.
Students at Work
- Discovering Culture and Politics: Dispatches from Paris.
- This Ancient Ground:
Dispatches from Turkey and Jordan.
Pennsylvania Stories
- Guarding the henhouse: Penn State poultry scientists are a key part of a program to protect the state's flocks of avian flu.