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Faculty Contributions to research, students shaped legacy of geochemist Hu Barnes 12/05/2022 In the late 1940s, a budding electrical engineer named Hu Barnes spent the summer working with General Radio Company. In a time before the widespread use of computers, he watched as doctoral students toiled over drafting tables. |
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Faculty Stretchable rubber diode opens possibilities for medical, electronic devices 11/30/2022 Electronic devices, such as robotics or medical devices, are becoming more flexible as technology advances, so Penn State researchers have developed a fully rubbery stretchable diode that maintains performance. |
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Alumni Penn State alumni make mark on NASA Mars missions 11/30/2022 This fall, NASA’s Curiosity rover reached new heights. |
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Faculty Small percentage of globe provides critical natural benefits to most of humanity 11/29/2022 A small percentage of land and coastal waters provides most of the global population with the ecosystem services needed to support human well-being, and maintaining these areas can advance the United Nations’ development, climate and biodiversity conservation goals, according to an international team of researchers. |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Cody Two Bears to discuss renewable energy use in tribal communities 11/29/2022 Cody Two Bears will discuss his work — and his focus on youth empowerment — in his talk "Empowering Native Communities with Renewable Energy" at 4 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5. |
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Faculty Coffee Hour to discuss water governance conflicts linked to climate change 11/29/2022 Srinivas Chokkakula, Ministry of Jal Shakti Research Chair with the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, will give the talk “Conflicts and Complicit Climate Change: Transboundary Water Governance in South Asia” as part of the Department of Geography’s Coffee Hour lecture series |
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Faculty New method can scale, simplify manufacture of stretchy semiconductors 11/29/2022 Soft, elastic semiconductors and circuits could advance wearable medical devices and other emerging technologies, but the high-performance electronics are difficult and expensive to manufacture. A Penn State-led research team plans to make the process easier and cheaper with a new manufacturing method. |
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Faculty Power plant pipe corrosion focus of industry research project 11/28/2022 A team of researchers at Penn State is investigating how contaminants in power plant water cycles affect the integrity of steel pipes and tubing in power generation systems. |
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Development EMS’ Millennium Scholars say program improves representation, research 11/28/2022 David Flores says he works off the common wisdom that you’re made up from the average of the five people closest to you. |
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Faculty Women in energy and water research seminar to feature Karen Palmer on Dec. 1 11/21/2022 The fall 2022 Celebrating Women in Energy and Water Research seminar series at Penn State will conclude on Thursday, Dec. 1, with two seminars by Karen Palmer, senior fellow and director of the Electric Power Program at Resources for the Future (RFF). |