Just as people have embraced computers and smart phones, they may also give their blessing to talking tissue boxes and other smart objects, according to Penn State researchers.

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

May 01, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 7 |

(Phys.org) —Video game and augmented-reality game players can spontaneously build virtual teams and leadership structures without special tools or guidance, according to researchers.

Technology - Other

Apr 29, 2013 2 / 5 (1) 0 |

The new livestock identification program recently launched by the federal government should not place a significant burden on producers in Pennsylvania or the East, according to an expert in Penn State's ...

Biology - Other

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Changing the way a plant forms cellulose may lead to more efficient, less expensive biofuel production, according to Penn State engineers.

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 26, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Party planners, take note: the atmosphere may become a little deflated at gala events in the future. Some scientists are sounding the alarm about the wastefulness of using helium—a rare, non-renewable gas—to fill party ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 26, 2013 4.7 / 5 (19) 11

In recent years, social network sites such as Facebook have become hugely popular platforms that provide users with various features to facilitate social connectivity, information sharing and relationship development. However, ...

Technology - Internet

Apr 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —In the wake of several manure-pit fatalities on mid-Atlantic farms in recent years, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences have published a new, international standard ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 22, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 1

(Phys.org) —The Maya are famous for their complex, intertwined calendric systems, and now one calendar, the Maya Long Count, is empirically calibrated to the modern European calendar, according to an international ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 11, 2013 4.9 / 5 (13) 1 |

(Phys.org) —Renovating public parks enhances visitor behaviors and experiences, according to researchers at Penn State, who surveyed park visitors in Allentown, Pa., about their use of a neighborhood park ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 10, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Nearly everyone knows what the inside of a computer or a mobile phone looks like: A stiff circuit board, usually green, crammed with chips, resistors, capacitors and sockets, interconnected ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Apr 09, 2013 5 / 5 (7) 1 |

(Phys.org) —To ordinary folks, stars in the galaxy may seem like tiny specks of light. But to Penn State Brandywine Professor Timothy Lawlor and undergraduate researcher Nick Rufo, one of those bright balls of gas is actually ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Apr 08, 2013 3.3 / 5 (7) 5

On Twitter, a popular microblogging and social-networking service, statements about vaccines may have unexpected effects—positive messages may backfire, according to a team of Penn State University researchers ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Apr 04, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 3 |

(Phys.org) —Increases in ground-level ozone, especially in rural areas, may interfere not only with predator insects finding host plants, but also with pollinators finding flowers, according to researchers from Penn State ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Remember when each new crop of computers was ever so much faster than the previous models? Well, those good-old days ended about five years ago when the accelerating rate of computing speeds ...

Physics - General Physics

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 0

(Phys.org) —For the first time, an elusive step in the process of human DNA replication has been demystified by scientists at Penn State University. According to senior author Stephen J. Benkovic, an Evan ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 01, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 3 |