In vivo reprogramming turns glial cell scar tissue back to normal neuron tissue. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Researchers at Penn State have developed an innovative technology to regenerate functional neurons after brain injury and also in model systems used for…

By Barbara K. Kennedy UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Like our Milky Way, every known large galaxy has at its center a supermassive black hole, some of which are surrounded by a super-bright disk of hot gas called a quasar. Now…

Team of Penn State researchers works on device that may one day improve patient survival By Curtis Chan For cancer patients, the most dreaded piece of news is that the disease has spread. "Ninety percent of patients die because of…

By Kevin M. Cockroft Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently became only the third hospital in Pennsylvania and one of only about 30 institutions in the country to offer a new minimally invasive treatment for brain aneurysms. Brain…

This is a backyard view of the sky surrounding the ancient star, cataloged as HD 140283. Star could be as old as 14.5 billion years A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken an important step closer…

Although pacemakers, pumps and defibrillators arent exactly new to the heart health scene, todays devices for supporting a strong ticker are smaller, smarter and more widespread than you might think. For instance, a full two-thirds of patients who receive defibrillators…

By Anne Danahy UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Condensation trails that airplanes produce mean not only a white-streaked sky on some days, but an increase in the amount of high-level clouds and, by extension, warming temperatures, according to a Penn State…

In the Red Cell Lab, students battle biases to improve intelligence. By Matthew Swayne UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Whether intelligence analysts are trying to predict the next moves of an insurgent group or determining how to best deliver aid after…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Just as ice sheets slide slowly and steadily into the ocean, researchers are returning from each trip to the Arctic and Antarctic with more data about climate change, including information that will help improve current models…

By James W. Campbell Engineer and Support Center, Huntsville This aerial view of the solar photovoltaic array at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., was taken, Jan. 8, 2013. The panels cover 42 acres and provide more than four megawatts of…

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Mussels can be a mouthwatering meal, but the chemistry that lets mussels stick to underwater surfaces may also provide a highly adhesive wound closure and more effective healing from surgery. In recent decades bio-adhesives, tissue sealants…

Tucson. Earth fissures continue to be a growing problem in Cochise County as new fissure areas have been identified in the past two years. Earth fissure maps for two such areas, Croton Springs, Willcox Basin, and Elfrida, Douglas Basin, are…