UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * A bolt is born! Atmospheric events underpinning lightning strikes explained * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Though scientists have long understood how lightning strikes, the precise atmospheric events that trigger it within thunderclouds remained a perplexing mystery. The mystery may be solved, thanks to a team of researchers led by Victor Pasko, professor of electrical engineering in the Penn   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 28 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * College of Ag Sciences names first cohort of Land Grant Research Impact Fellows * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has launched the Land Grant Research Impact Fellows program. This new initiative recognizes and supports faculty whose research addresses pressing challenges in Pennsylvania and beyond. Four faculty members were selected as the inaugural  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WASHINGTON POST: Pennsylvania Seats Could Decide the House Majority, and "Democrats Are Planning To Hit Them With All They've Got" * Vulnerable Pennsylvania Republicans Ryan Mackenzie, Rob Bresnahan, Scott Perry, and Brian Fitzpatrick are in the hot seat. The Washington Post reports this morning that in Pennsylvania, "four Republican seats -- enough to flip control of the lower c  more